Week 43 - ATP Challenger 50 - Ortisei, Italy (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 43 - ATP Challenger 50 - Ortisei, Italy (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (q5) Sandro Kopp (AUT) WR 414 (CH = 386 in August) vs Patrick Brady WR 874 (CH = 849 in August)

Very brave of Patrick!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Giorgio Ricca & Augusto Virgili (ITA/ITA) CR 921 (405+516) vs Billy Harris & Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) CR 579 (350+229)

L16: David Jorda & Alejandro Moro (ESP/ESP) CR 1141 (523+618) vs (2) Daniel Cukierman (ISR) & Joshua Paris CR 403 (182+221)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: Patrick Brady WR 874 defeated (q5) Sandro Kopp (AUT) WR 414 by 3 & 4 biggrin

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: Patrick Brady WR 874 defeated (q5) Sandro Kopp (AUT) WR 414 by 3 & 4

very good!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: Patrick Brady WR 874 defeated (q5) Sandro Kopp (AUT) WR 414 by 3 & 4

FQR: Patrick Brady WR 874 vs (q12) Daniil Glinka (EST) WR 585 (= CH)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: (q12) Daniil Glinka (EST) WR 548 defeated Patrick Brady WR 889 by 4-6 6-4 7-5

A valiant effort!

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

So close, but as SC says valiant effort and a good indicator of current level around 400-500.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
So close, but as SC says valiant effort and a good indicator of current level around 400-500.

Just curious, am I the only one who finds Patrick's game rather lightweight and uninspiring? Have you watched more of him? Am I being unfair?

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Coup Droit wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
So close, but as SC says valiant effort and a good indicator of current level around 400-500.
Just curious, am I the only one who finds Patrick's game rather lightweight and uninspiring? Have you watched more of him? Am I being unfair?

Ive seen him twice in the summer and I think I get what you mean. Sometimes players that seem lightweight are more precise so they get the results that way and a bit more tactical rather than weapons. Would that be fair?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Fair point.
He's obviously 'light' as in he's young and still slender in build. And that makes it difficult to impose yourseff so you have to use different tools.
But I guess that doesn't mean lightweight.
I don't think I've ever watched a whole match of his - just 20 mins here and there. Which may be a problem; I may well not really have appreciated the tactical skills.
But i can't help it, I still didn't really enjoy watching the bit of the match I saw yesterday, it was very defensive, just neutralising balls, with a bit of variety, I grant, but nothing else.
I wish him well - but he won't be on my fave list (which I'm sure will lose him lots of beauty sleep - not)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Billy Harris WR 249 defeated (7) Stefano Napolitano (ITA) WR 239 by 5 & 3 smile

*****

L16: (Q) Hynek Barton (CZE) WR 587 (CH = 489 last month) vs Billy Harris WR 249

Should be in with a chance there!

seagull · Hall of fame

Looking very likely that Billy will get a new career high this week. Currently live ranked 244.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Billy continuing to go well ! Good run. As mentioned , I hope he pushes through the end of the season and secures a place in the AO qualies!

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

A couple more wins here would probably be enough. Its always a worry when players play so much that they burn themselves out or get injured. If he gets enough wins to get top 230 this week maybe time for rest. Alternative opinion would be keep playing whilst on form. Difficult decisions, good ones to have though.