Week 45 - Challenger 80 ($52,080) - Knoxville, TN, USA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 45 - Challenger 80 ($52,080) - Knoxville, TN, USA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 45 - Challenger 80 ($52,080) - Knoxville, TX, USA (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I think he's Johannus, with a 'u', SC.

Those doubles draws are horrid. Shame.

Emile played back in September, got a MD win, I seem to remember, but, yes, he's been absent for a long time before that. Presumably covid and US college related.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
I think he's Johannus, with a 'u', SC.

You're quite right. Now corrected. Hard to get used to unconventional spellings of Christian names inflicted on an unsuspecting world by what I would regard as either ignorant parents or parents wanting to make some kind of a statement. "Johannus" as a surname seems to belong almost exclusively to a firm of Dutch organ-makers. Came across this as I was trying to unearth more information. Explains his presence in the draw. Interesting that it comes from ITV.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks for the link, SC.
Again, purely on the name thing, wonder if his nickname Jomo is 'Yomo', like Johannus, or Jomo (soft 'j'). (Or maybe he's dropped the 'y' sound, even for Johannus? Always liked the fact that Johanna Konta has insisted that she is not Jo-anna, as in Joe, by Yohanna).
I'll put your link in the US college thread too.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 45 - Challenger 80 ($52,080) - Knoxville, TN, USA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (qWC) Johannus Monday UNR defeated (q2) Nick Chappell (USA) WR 335 by 4-6 7-5 6-3 biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR (qWC) Johannus Monday UNR vs (ALT/q8) Donald Young (USA) WR 432 (CH = 38 in February 2012)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: (qWC) Johannus Monday UNR defeated (q2) Nick Chappell (USA) WR 335 by 4-6 7-5 6-3

Lord above, where did that come from ?!?

I watched a little bit of set one, and also a little bit of set 2, and thought Jomo was playing really well, some great penetration on his forehand, and really get up the court - but I was sure that Nick would just have too much for him. Wrong ! biggrin

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thats a good win! Hadnt realised Donald Young had dropped so far, that will be a tough match next!

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Great win. To pick up his first ranking points. Hopefully he can keep it up tomorrow.

brittak · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: (qWC) Johannus Monday UNR defeated (q2) Nick Chappell (USA) WR 335 by 4-6 7-5 6-3
Lord above, where did that come from ?!?
I watched a little bit of set one, and also a little bit of set 2, and thought Jomo was playing really well, some great penetration on his forehand, and really get up the court - but I was sure that Nick would just have too much for him. Wrong !

Indeed wow!

I watched the second set from Chappell leading 1-0 having broken and he was receiving a MTO. At the time I was thinking that Johanuus had a nice game but like you, CD, thought that Chappell would just end up serving it out as he didnt have anything particular hampering him. Chappell did indeed serve for the match at *5-4 but I think he got a bit tight and Johannus took his chance and snatched the set and then went 3-0 in the third before going on to win.

Brill - dont you just love it when Brits take advantage of wildcards that come their way!

Good luck in the FQR.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Again, purely on the name thing, wonder if his nickname Jomo is 'Yomo', like Johannus, or Jomo (soft 'j'). (Or maybe he's dropped the 'y' sound, even for Johannus? Always liked the fact that Johanna Konta has insisted that she is not Jo-anna, as in Joe, by Yohanna).

As a (non-native) German-speaker, I would instinctively choose the "Y" sound, but I'm guessing - obviously - that, unless one or other of his parents has some Dutch or German blood in his/her veins, they're bog standard monolingual Brits & won't have insisted on the "J" pronounced as a "Y", so it will be "Joe-mo", especially if the friends referred to in the article are those made in east Yorkshire. I read for my degree at Hull & actually lived in hall in Cottingham & unless things have changed drastically since I was there, people still aren't that, how shall I put it, outward-looking. Can't see the Yanks "buying" "Yomo" anyway.

I well remember watching a media interview with Johanna a few years back during which one of the journos addressed her as "Joanna" & she immediately snapped back "It's Yo-Hanna". I thought: "Good for her"! smile

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

The commentary with the article , video at top of article, clearly calls him Johannus with a J and JoMo with a J and not a Yohis old coach is talking to him around 2 mins in and speaks to him directly as Jo-Hannus. So dont think theres any debating this one Im afraid !

emmsie69 · Top national player

Stircrazy wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Again, purely on the name thing, wonder if his nickname Jomo is 'Yomo', like Johannus, or Jomo (soft 'j'). (Or maybe he's dropped the 'y' sound, even for Johannus? Always liked the fact that Johanna Konta has insisted that she is not Jo-anna, as in Joe, by Yohanna).
As a (non-native) German-speaker, I would instinctively choose the "Y" sound, but I'm guessing - obviously - that, unless one or other of his parents has some Dutch or German blood in his/her veins, they're bog standard monolingual Brits & won't have insisted on the "J" pronounced as a "Y", so it will be "Joe-mo", especially if the friends referred to in the article are those made in east Yorkshire. I read for my degree at Hull & actually lived in hall in Cottingham & unless things have changed drastically since I was there, people still aren't that, how shall I put it, outward-looking. Can't see the Yanks "buying" "Yomo" anyway.
I well remember watching a media interview with Johanna a few years back during which one of the journos addressed her as "Joanna" & she immediately snapped back "It's Yo-Hanna". I thought: "Good for her"!

Slightly different but when people refer to Emma as Em I cringe, as a fellow Emma I hate it and if anyone calls me Em I add the ma as a gentle reminder