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Bob in Spain


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For all those of my vintage who got the pun, congratulations. The clue was definitely in the spelling of Baron instead of barren.

For those too young to remember, Baron von Richthofen (German spelling) - aka The Red Baron - was allegedly the greatest 'ace' pilot in WW1.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen

And especially for Christine.

www.youtube.com/watch

OK. Back to the tennis please.

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Jan


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I certainly don't remember WW1, but am old enough to remember the Baron Knights smile



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Bob in Spain wrote:

For all those of my vintage who got the pun, congratulations. The clue was definitely in the spelling of Baron instead of barren.

For those too young to remember, Baron von Richthofen (German spelling) - aka The Red Baron - was allegedly the greatest 'ace' pilot in WW1.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen

And especially for Christine.

www.youtube.com/watch

OK. Back to the tennis please.

 Oh, thank you for that, I thought Snoopy was linked in some way biggrin

 



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Bob in Spain


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Jack romps through the 1st set 6-1.

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First set breadstick in Jack's favour....

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After a shakey opening service game (2 doubles and a break point) Jack romps through the first set 6-1



-- Edited by Jiwan on Sunday 20th of February 2022 05:46:54 PM

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Jack breaks to go 2-1 up in the second. Looking like one way traffick at the moment

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I'm not sure what has happened to Tim VR. He started very strongly and Jack struggled in the first 3 games.

Jack now 3-1 up

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Despite a couple of horrible drop shots, Jack breaks again. 4-1

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Safe to say Jack needs to work on that drop shot a bit. But other than that, his game looks in pretty good order.

*4-1

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So basically what Jiwan said smile



-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 20th of February 2022 06:02:00 PM

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He survived 3 break points.....it's now 5-1

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5-2 and now serving for the match. His opponent looks spent. A big effort to get to the final as a qualifier

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F: Jack Draper WR 201 beat (Q) Tim van Rijthoven (NED) WR 236 6-1 6-2

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Total domination from Jack. He wins 6-1 6-2. First time i've seen him on a hard court. He looked great

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I remember a recent debate about whether 140 as a year end ranking was an overly optimistic prediction for Jack..... I would say most definitely not now!

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