Week 2 - ATP Challenger 75 - Nottingham, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Oscariyan · Strong Club Player

Week 2 - ATP Challenger 75 - Nottingham, Great Britain (indoor hard)

seagull · Hall of fame

Henry has pulled out of his planned 2 weeks in Doha. Makes sense to stick to British events this month.

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Couldn't watch the third set

But super excited that he won - that must have taken some strong nerves

Pleased to have Henry in my top-10

(Mind you, Arthur is still AWOL so maybe not looking quite as good as all that )

Win the final and Henry will have moved from GB #21 to GB #10 in the one week ( he will be up to GB #15 if he is 'just' RU ).

So given you have predicted Henry to be GB #10 and WR 350 you'd then want him to just stick around there for the rest of the year

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 10th of January 2025 05:15:34 PM

twentytoone · Intermediate Club Player

What would we consider a good year for Henry, what should he be aiming for.

GBJ · Club Coach

indiana wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Couldn't watch the third set

But super excited that he won - that must have taken some strong nerves

Pleased to have Henry in my top-10

(Mind you, Arthur is still AWOL so maybe not looking quite as good as all that )
Win the final and Henry will have moved from GB #21 to GB #10 in the one week ( he will be up to GB #15 if he is 'just' RU ).
So given you have predicted Henry to be GB #10 and WR 350 you'd then want him to just stick around there for the rest of the year

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 10th of January 2025 05:15:34 PM

Or for him AND OTHERS to get higher in the rankings! I think I put him as my 10 too

emmsie69 · Top national player

twentytoone wrote:
What would we consider a good year for Henry, what should he be aiming for.

Atleast within GS qualifying range.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

GBJ wrote:
indiana wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Couldn't watch the third set

But super excited that he won - that must have taken some strong nerves

Pleased to have Henry in my top-10

(Mind you, Arthur is still AWOL so maybe not looking quite as good as all that )
Win the final and Henry will have moved from GB #21 to GB #10 in the one week ( he will be up to GB #15 if he is 'just' RU ).
So given you have predicted Henry to be GB #10 and WR 350 you'd then want him to just stick around there for the rest of the year

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 10th of January 2025 05:15:34 PM
Or for him AND OTHERS to get higher in the rankings! I think I put him as my 10 too

Yes, I'd be happy for him to go up to WR 150, as long as there were 9 others above him

I'd sacrifice the rankings and get the places

Seriously, I think Emmsie is right and his goal should be to make top-200 at the end of 2025

ADD: should add, that would be the 'goal'; I mean, he'd still have had a very successful year if he goes up from WR 550 to WR 300 (or even 350 biggrin ), but top-200 seems an ambitious but plausible goal

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 11th of January 2025 01:46:49 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

First set tie break for Henry

indiana · Tennis legend

Henry lost the TB 6-8 ( though he led it by *4-1 early on and had a SP at 6-5* )

6-7(6) 2-1*

No breaks of serve so far.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Henry lost the TB 6-8 ( though he led it by *4-1 early on and had a SP at 6-5* )
6-7(6) 2-1*
No breaks of serve so far.

He saved several SPs too (in the previous service game as well as one in the TB, I think)

It was very close.... shame about the very last shot that was into an open court and he overhit it

But some excellent play

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

On break point, they call a second serve footfault against the Norwegian !!!!

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Not to be for Henry but a great week.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

He fought really well, after the disappointment of the first set

But the third set just got away from him

Great to hear SUCH a big (or at least noisy

) crowd

LordBrownof · Futures level

Who is part of Henry's setup at the moment?

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

On the back of 4 first round losses, this week has been absolutely excellent for Henry. I'm guessing that his next events might be Sunderland and Glasgow. Futures events just after being a Challenger finalist might be a step down, but he needs to get used to playing and winning everyday.