Week 44 - ITF M25 - Sunderland, Great Britain (indoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 44 - ITF M25 - Sunderland, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Utterly heart-breaking for poor Luke Simkiss - four match points, one on his own serve (and, wow, that's some serve he has) but he couldn't quite manage it, missed his winners by inches

Lost in the third-set TB :::(((

indiana · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Good to see Ali G back on court - although he may have played in the last couple of weeks because I have been so out of it, that I might not have noticed.

Yes, good to see, and to win his R1. And it is his comeback event, well ITF at least.

Win the title and he would be back in the top 500 - well at least for a week.

seagull · Hall of fame

Kyle having an almighty battle against Santillan. Was a break and 5-2 down. Came back to win second set. Was a break down in third, now into final set tiebreaker.

LordBrownof · Futures level

Has anyone watched enough Kyle since coming back to see how the injury has (or hasn't) impacted his game?

indiana · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Kyle having an almighty battle against Santillan. Was a break and 5-2 down. Came back to win second set. Was a break down in third, now into final set tiebreaker.

Yes. saved a couple of MPs at 3-5* in the second set too.

But has lost the final set TB after 3 hours 27 minutes

scottie1 · Futures level

Saw Kyle in Glasgow I thought in his match in.lattter stages of match against Anton he was the Kyle of old but after tough hold by Anton he seemed to go to pieces . I am.unsure if fully fit I thought he had a knee problem he was stretching towards end of the Anton match.

It's a shame his ranking is so low but on what I saw he is not a top 100 player maybe he is just rusty

scottie1 · Futures level

Santillan is nothing to special the Kyle of old would have won in straight sets.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Round-up of today's play:

L32: (Q) Sean Hodkin WR 1211 defeated (6) Gianmarco Ferrari (ITA) WR 484 by 7-6(5) 7-6(6) biggrin

L32: (4) Daniel Cox WR 439 defeated (Q) James Mackinlay UNR by 0 & 3

L32: (5) Tibo Colson (BEL) WR 449 defeated (WC) James Davis WR 1197 by 4 & 4
L32: Alastair Gray WR 571 defeated Paul Jubb WR 625 by 2 & 5 smile cry
L32: (3) Akira Santillan (AUS) WR 388 defeated Kyle Edmund WR 546 by 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 7-6(4) cry

L32: (7) Alec Deckers (NED) WR 538 defeated Luke Simkiss WR 834 by 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6) hmm

L32: (WC) Michael Shaw WR 1193 defeated (Q) George Houghton WR 1015 by 7-5 1-0 retired

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L16: (5) Tibo Colson (BEL) WR 449 vs Alastair Gray WR 571

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 31st of October 2023 07:39:53 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Akira can blow very hot and cold, but when he is focused, he is a very decent player.

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Stircrazy wrote:
Round-up of today's play:
L32: (Q) Sean Hodkin WR 121 defeated (6) Gianmarco Ferrari (ITA) WR 484 by 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

L32: (4) Daniel Cox WR 439 defeated (Q) James Mackinlay UNR by 0 & 3

L32: (5) Tibo Colson (BEL) WR 449 defeated (WC) James Davis WR 1197 by 4 & 4
L32: Alastair Gray WR 571 defeated Paul Jubb WR 625 by 2 & 5
L32: (3) Akira Santillan (AUS) WR 388 defeated Kyle Edmund WR 546 by 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 7-6(4)
L32: (7) Alec Deckers (NED) WR 538 defeated Luke Simkiss WR 834 by 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

L32: (WC) Michael Shaw WR 1193 defeated (Q) George Houghton WR 1015 by 7-5 1-0 retired
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L16: (5) Tibo Colson (BEL) WR 449 vs Alastair Gray WR 571

Thanks as always for the comprehensive summary. Sean really has kicked on ranking wise since I last spotted him, wonder if he has a shot at direct entry for the Aussie Open? smile

Priesty · Challenger level

How gutting for Kyle, 2 final set TB losses within a week. Hope things start to come together for him again soon.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

An interesting challenge today for Henry Searle as he takes on last weeks Glasgow winner, Blockx. Blockx, of course, beat several Brits last week and it will be intriguing to see how Henry stacks up against him.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Priesty wrote:
How gutting for Kyle, 2 final set TB losses within a week. Hope things start to come together for him again soon.

He has had a lot of time off. i wouldnt even count the other comebacks as he hasnt managed to get any momentum going during them. I didnt see yesterday match but I watched one of his matches either last week or the week before. I thought at times he was slow to move his feet and get set on a few shots. Im sure his level will improve but will just take time. No amount of training can replace match court action.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (Q) Sean Hodkin WR 1211 defeated (6) Gianmarco Ferrari (ITA) WR 484 by 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

L32: (4) Daniel Cox WR 439 defeated (Q) James Mackinlay UNR by 0 & 3

L32: Alastair Gray WR 571 defeated Paul Jubb WR 625 by 2 & 5
L32: (3) Akira Santillan (AUS) WR 388 defeated Kyle Edmund WR 546 by 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 7-6(4)
L32: (7) Alec Deckers (NED) WR 538 defeated Luke Simkiss WR 834 by 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

L32: (WC) Michael Shaw WR 1193 defeated (Q) George Houghton WR 1015 by 7-5 1-0 retired
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L16: (5) Tibo Colson (BEL) WR 449 vs Alastair Gray WR 571

L32: (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1605 defeated (Q) Ewan Moore UNR by 1 & 3