Weeks 17 & 18 - ATP Masters 1000 - Madrid, Spain (clay)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 17 & 18 - ATP Masters 1000 - Madrid, Spain (clay)

DF · Tennis legend

Jack is not happy and has lost the first set 5-7

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Ok, set all. Cracking end to the set for Jack

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Ah well, it was nice while it lasted:

Final: (14) Casper Ruud (NOR) WR 15 defeated (5) Jack Draper WR 6 by 7-5 3-6 6-4 cry

He'll surely have learnt a lot over the last 10 days or so.

Jajon · Club Coach

Well at least it was Ruud he lost to- always a nice guy! Cracking week though

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Ah well, it was nice while it lasted:
Final: (14) Casper Ruud (NOR) WR 15 defeated (5) Jack Draper WR 6 by 7-5 3-6 6-4
He'll surely have learnt a lot over the last 10 days or so.

Interesting comment by Jonathan Jurejko at *2-4 in the final set in the Beeb's live text commentary on the match:

Uh oh. A tired double fault by Draper isn't how he wants to start this vital game. But he recovers with a wonderful bit of play, lunging across court for a backhand which he whips back the other way.

Quality. Draper's mood takes a turn again when he is docked a first serve for another time violation.

He's so exasperated at Mohamed Lahyani. But Draper recovers to level at 30-30...

What was Lahyani up to? Can anyone explain?

Jan · Hall of fame

Ah, not to be. I saw some of the match, but not the last set. But a great week for Jack, and all great clay experience!
Onwards Jack!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Ah well, it was nice while it lasted:
Final: (14) Casper Ruud (NOR) WR 15 defeated (5) Jack Draper WR 6 by 7-5 3-6 6-4
He'll surely have learnt a lot over the last 10 days or so.
Interesting comment by Jonathan Jurejko at *2-4 in the final set in the Beeb's live text commentary on the match:
Uh oh. A tired double fault by Draper isn't how he wants to start this vital game. But he recovers with a wonderful bit of play, lunging across court for a backhand which he whips back the other way.
Quality. Draper's mood takes a turn again when he is docked a first serve for another time violation.
He's so exasperated at Mohamed Lahyani. But Draper recovers to level at 30-30...
What was Lahyani up to? Can anyone explain?

He gave Jack a time violation for taking too long on his serve, more than once. Hence Jack was upset about it.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Very nice final :)

Jack had a little wobble when he served for the first set

Ruud had a similar wobble at the end of the second

The rest of the two sets showed some super tennis

And Casper was just a little bit stronger physically in the third

He's 4 years older, Jack hasn't got there quite yet, he flagged just a touch, his shots weren't quite so deep and powerful

There wasn't much in it, Jack showed some excellent tennis but he got beaten by the physically stronger guy, which is just a question of age, you just look at the graphs for speed/power/endurance ratios

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Brilliant week for Jack and so close. Pleased for Ruud. Both will be ones to avoid in Paris.

Rome will be tough - hard to get back up for the next masters after doing so well in the one straight before. And Rome is slower than Madrid, usually, and also usually quite hot.