Week 2 - ITF Challenger - Forli, Italy 2 $80K (Indoor Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 2 - ITF Challenger - Forli, Italy 2 $80K (Indoor Hard)

Nix · Futures level

Jay takes it 6-3 in the third. Better performance from Jay than I've seen in a long time (I only watched the last set and a half). But more conviction in approaching the net, more aggressive ground strokes and hugely more positive body language. Good luck in the next round.

seagull · Hall of fame

Jack takes first set 6-0

Priesty · Challenger level

Ruthless from Jack. 6-0 4-1*.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Playing last week's champ looked a rough draw but Jack made a mockery winning 0&1

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Good week in Italy so far for the lads

SuperT · Futures level

Yes another 3 good wins today. I do get the feeling that all our players do better when they are together in a group rather than off somewhere remote on their own. Hope they can continue to align their schedules.

Aberdaberdonian · Club Coach

emmsie69 wrote:
Aberdaberdonian wrote:
Madadman wrote:
Aidan gets the 2nd 6-3. Good win that.
So we just need Paul to win to make it a clean sweep in R32. No pressure.
Which we get Paul won 6-2 6-7 6-1

Excellent stuff. So just to get carried away for a moment, I checked the draw and sadly while its not possible for 2 all GB semi-finals, it is still possible that Brits could take 3 out of the 4 SF slots.

I reckon that would be mightly impressive if it were to happen. It feels like that wouldn't have occurred very often before, if ever (outside of a non-UK event). Queue someone with a better memory than me to announce it happened a month ago. biggrin

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

One of the US Challengers about 5 or 6 years ago rings a bell. Im sure Corrie, Smethurst and Evans were close to that at one. I seem to remember 5 or 6 were out together and made a good few quarters and semis. Someone with the data will clarify Im sure.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
One of the US Challengers about 5 or 6 years ago rings a bell. Im sure Corrie, Smethurst and Evans were close to that at one. I seem to remember 5 or 6 were out together and made a good few quarters and semis. Someone with the data will clarify Im sure.

Crikey - one for Steven Id say!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Aberdaberdonian wrote:
emmsie69 wrote:
Aberdaberdonian wrote:
Madadman wrote:
Aidan gets the 2nd 6-3. Good win that.
So we just need Paul to win to make it a clean sweep in R32. No pressure.
Which we get Paul won 6-2 6-7 6-1
Excellent stuff. So just to get carried away for a moment, I checked the draw and sadly while its not possible for 2 all GB semi-finals, it is still possible that Brits could take 3 out of the 4 SF slots.
I reckon that would be mightly impressive if it were to happen. It feels like that wouldn't have occurred very often before, if ever (outside of a non-UK event). Queue someone with a better memory than me to announce it happened a month ago.

Im not convinced its happened at a British event at challenger or main tour. We dont typically do well in grass events which they largely are, in terms of depth of numbers getting to that stage

paulisi · Tennis legend

We had a spell where we had Kyle, Liam, Evo and Bedene all winning challengers at around the same time.
I'm pretty sure we have had all GB finals

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

paulisi wrote:
We had a spell where we had Kyle, Liam, Evo and Bedene all winning challengers at around the same time.
I'm pretty sure we have had all GB finals

One that rings a bell is Evans Norrie somewhere in California sure that was a final.

Edit:

Was 2016 in Aptos. Dan won. Also was his 3rd all GB challenger final of that year. Dan lost to Kyle in Dallas but beat Ed Corrie in Drummondville, Canada.

-- Edited by Madadman on Wednesday 12th of January 2022 08:40:35 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Checked all three draws and no other Brit got past the second round.

Still a long way to go in this tournament...

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
paulisi wrote:
We had a spell where we had Kyle, Liam, Evo and Bedene all winning challengers at around the same time.
I'm pretty sure we have had all GB finals
One that rings a bell is Evans Norrie somewhere in California sure that was a final.
Edit:
Was 2016 in Aptos. Dan won. Also was his 3rd all GB challenger final of that year. Dan lost to Kyle in Dallas but beat Ed Corrie in Drummondville, Canada.

-- Edited by Madadman on Wednesday 12th of January 2022 08:40:35 PM

Any of those involve 3 in the semis ?