Week 45 - Next Gen ATP Finals - Milan, Italy (indoor hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 45 - Next Gen ATP Finals - Milan, Italy (indoor hard)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Well done Jack.

Rich2310 · County player

Jack with a real chance of winning this event now. Why not. He has the game to go up against any of these left.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Rich2310 wrote:
Jack with a real chance of winning this event now. Why not. He has the game to go up against any of these left.

Yes.

Stricker made Jack look very second class a couple of days ago.

But that was the first match.

Stricker was playing lights out tennis and may well find it difficult to keep that intensity (he wasn't quite as good, IMO, against Musetti)

So not sure everyone will be conifdent that Stricker will be able to do it twice like that (assuming they two even get there in the first place)

So why not? smile

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Rich2310 wrote:
Jack with a real chance of winning this event now. Why not. He has the game to go up against any of these left.
Yes.
Stricker made Jack look very second class a couple of days ago.
But that was the first match.
Stricker was playing lights out tennis and may well find it difficult to keep that intensity (he wasn't quite as good, IMO, against Musetti)
So not sure everyone will be conifdent that Stricker will be able to do it twice like that (assuming they two even get there in the first place)
So why not?

Well why not indeed - and stricker gors down in 4 sets, Lehecka will be the final opponent for Jack if he wins

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Jack didn't win unfortunately. I thought he looked like he was maybe not feeling absolutely well. Nakashima was the better player and deserved the win. James Trotman's tense loud coaching didn't strike me as that helpful either.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Shame for Jack, season over for him, but its been a great season and hes won around $140k this week so nice Xmas pressies from him !

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Just for the record:

SF: Brandon Nakashima (USA) WR 49 defeated (3) Jack Draper WR 41 by 4-3(6) 1-4 4-2 4-3(5) cry

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Shame for Jack, season over for him, but its been a great season and hes won around $140k this week so nice Xmas pressies from him !

Pity but his highlight may be still to come. I reckon he might be in the forum PoS contention

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Shame for Jack, season over for him, but its been a great season and hes won around $140k this week so nice Xmas pressies from him !
Pity but his highlight may be still to come. I reckon he might be in the forum PoS contention

oh yes!

Rich2310 · County player

Sorry folks I feel like I jinxed Jack by saying he could win the whole thing.

But what a week and a fab year for him to now be in the worlds top 50.
Just feel there's so much more to come from Jack moving forward.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nakashima won the final in 3 sets

indiana · Tennis legend

Rich2310 wrote:
Sorry folks I feel like I jinxed Jack by saying he could win the whole thing.

But what a week and a fab year for him to now be in the worlds top 50.
Just feel there's so much more to come from Jack moving forward.

Great year and great that it brought him here. Though he has had much more impressive weeks to be fair and you were right that it was a very winnable event for an in better form Jack.

Onwards...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Rich2310 wrote:
Sorry folks I feel like I jinxed Jack by saying he could win the whole thing.

But what a week and a fab year for him to now be in the worlds top 50.
Just feel there's so much more to come from Jack moving forward.

Not your fault - no such thing as jinxes smile

I think Jack had a good week - Stricker was absolutely on fire the night he beat him. And that kid has the most huge talent. But Jack did well to put that behind him - and to beat Musetti, with all the crowd behind him, was an excellent example of match management.

I didn't see his semi but I watched pretty much the whole of Nakashima's match against Huesler at Surbiton and was blown away with how well Nakashima played - without being flashy, as such, or show-boating. Amazingly strong and solid.

But Nakashima also has a physique that is really not the norm for a 21 year-old, which certainly helps but won't be so marked in a few years.

Great attitude too. Very much focused on hard work. It shows. And he says that going to college for a year was a great decision.

For Jack to lose to him, the eventual winner, is hardly a problem.

Musetti will be gutted. Stricker will know he really missed a trick in the semis. Jack, on the other hand, should be very pleased (but not utterly delighted, of course).

(And, of course, both Alcaraz and Rune chose not to come..... not unsurprisingly .... )

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

This years finals are in Saudi as anticipated and for the next five years.

From the atp

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has been officially announced as the host city of the Next Gen ATP Finals, from 2023-2027. The tournament will take place over five days at the King Abdullah Sports City on indoor hard court from 28 November-2 December 2023, with a record US $2 million prize money on offer.

Jeddahs successful bid makes history, with the Next Gen ATP Finals to be the first ATP event to take place in Saudi Arabia. It builds on a more than 30-year presence in the Middle East for the ATP Tour.

ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said: "The ATP Tour is truly global and exploring new markets is central to growing the game. Bringing the Next Gen ATP Finals to Jeddah is our chance to inspire new fans, in a region with a vast young population, and unite audiences around tennis."