Week 2 - ATP 250 - Adelaide, Australia (outdoor hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 2 - ATP 250 - Adelaide, Australia (outdoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Joe and Rajeev won their doubles - it would have been a poor doubles day here if they hadnt !

Priesty · Challenger level

Dan lost 4-6 6-2 6-1 cry

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thats a shame but the score suggests it could have been match fitness that was the issue?

Getting one win first week back was a good effort, maybe the AO and 5 sets will come too soon, but nonetheless I am sure he will give it a go!

Priesty · Challenger level

Certainly hope he can pull some wins together fairly soon - there will be big pressure on his WR come August otherwise.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Priesty wrote:
Certainly hope he can pull some wins together fairly soon - there will be big pressure on his WR come August otherwise.

Yeah, but it is his first come back week and he is short of any match play in 3 months now. I dont think we can have expected anything more this week and I think the Aussie swing will largely be finding his game. Any wins are a bonus.

Not sure his plans post Australia, he doesnt seem to be entered into anything at the moment, presumably waiting to see how Australia goes and then refine his programme from there. Reckon we will see Dan back properly in time for IW and Miami swing.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (3) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 13 (6+7) defeated Andreas Mies & John-Patrick Smith (GER/AUS) CR 111 (34+77) by 6-3 7-6(2)

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QF: (3) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 13 (6+7) vs (ALT) Diego Hidalgo & Cristián Rodríguez (ECU/COL) CR 158 (82+76)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
L16: Jack Draper WR 62 defeated Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) WR 55 by 5-7 7-6(9) 7-6(7) in 3h 39m

biggrin I hope he doesn't feel too many ill effects after a marathon like that, given his injury record!

LordBrownof · Futures level

A nice warm-up for best of 5 next week!

wolf · Tennis legend

QF: (3) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 13 (6+7) defeated (ALT) Diego Hidalgo & Cristián Rodríguez (ECU/COL) CR 158 (82+76) by 6-4 6-2

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SF: (5) Hugo Nys & Jan Zielinski (MON/POL) CR 37 (18+19) vs (3) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 13 (6+7)

wolf · Tennis legend

For balance as I complained about singles players withdrawing last week, it is only fair to say there have been three doubles specialist teams giving walkovers this week.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
For balance as I complained about singles players withdrawing last week, it is only fair to say there have been three doubles specialist teams giving walkovers this week.

Joe and Rajeev progressing well though!

Nix · Futures level

Jack takes the first set against Paul 6-1!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nix wrote:
Jack takes the first set against Paul 6-1!

And he has a potential L64 re match against Paul in Melbourne - would be great for confidence if he can pull this one off!

Nix · Futures level

He takes it 6-1 6-4. TBH he didn't even have to play his best tennis to win this. Not sure if Paul was having an off day or saving himself for the AO but Jack played well in the second set (didn't see the first) but didn't have to be spectacular.

As you say Jon good confidence booster for Jack.