Week 25 - ITF M15 - South Bend, IN, USA (hard)

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Week 25 - ITF M15 - South Bend, IN, USA (hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Oh well done Johannus! Excellent !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Mega well done to Hull's JoMo !

And worth pointing out, this is a bloke who was never ranked in juniors, only played one event ....

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

For the record, match details at the bottom of page 2.

Hull Uni is my alma mater... Never took to the flat East Riding accent.

Strongbow · All-time great

Given he's a US college player we probably won't hear much from him again - unless he turns pro which most of them don't.

Same for the Womens although we've had a few recently.

Most take the degree and run - which you can't blame them for.

steven · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:

Mega well done to Hull's JoMo !

And worth pointing out, this is a bloke who was never ranked in juniors, only played one event ....

I'm sure Ken on Radio Tennis was calling him MoJo (that might just be Ken though!)

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
For the record, match details at the bottom of page 2.
Hull Uni is my alma mater... Never took to the flat East Riding accent.

Haha, one of my friends at university was from that area and one of his favourite meals was, as he pronounced it, "turd in the hurl" - it didn't sound very appetising to me!

Seriously though, with Kyle Edmund and Paul Jubb having grown up in that area and now Johannus, and quite a few other good juniors and college players from that part of the country too, it seems to be quite a tennis hotbed!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Hull Uni is my alma mater... Never took to the flat East Riding accent.
Haha, one of my friends at university was from that area and one of his favourite meals was, as he pronounced it, "turd in the hurl" - it didn't sound very appetising to me!

I can just hear that in my head! My friends there weren't local & I don't think that toad in the hole was ever part of our diet, although one of them, from Caistor in Lincolnshire, introduced us to pig's trotters, which I don't recall finding unpleasant. She used to tell the tale of her mum, who was Welsh, who insisted on pronouncing "fuchsia" something along the lines of "fookser"! wink

Nix · Futures level

Strongbow wrote:
Given he's a US college player we probably won't hear much from him again - unless he turns pro which most of them don't.
Same for the Womens although we've had a few recently.
Most take the degree and run - which you can't blame them for.

Doesn't it depend on how successful they were in their college career though? So Paul Jubb, Cam Norrie, Ryan Peniston all did well in their college tennis programme and have gone on to professional careers. If you were maybe not in the top 100 players you might just use it as a great opportunity to get a good education for free. Johannus seems to be quite committed to improving and concentrating on his tennis, so maybe he's more likely to play professionally at some level.