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

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

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

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
B00thy wrote:
That final set was the best I've seen Cam Norrie play for a long while
Good stuff, I take it he won!!
Tennis Abstract maybe not so mad after all but I bet Indy is nashing his teeth!!

Naa, all's good. Cam won and I won a bit. I kinda thought he'd lost a bit of the momentum that had drawn me in, and from the cash out offer I stood to lose almost twice as much if he lost as I would have added if he won, and I wasn't going to be able to follow it any more. Still made a profit for the overall judgement calls.

Anyway, I see he won 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4 ( sorry for my earlier first set misinformation )

PS And TA having Cam at 85% does seem a bit mad from what seemed known beforehand ( and it was questioned ) and how the match played out, with BOOthy saying that final set was the best he's seen Cam play for a long time.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 24th of April 2025 05:28:21 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L96: Cameron Norrie WR 91 defeated (WC) Martín Landaluce (ESP) WR 148 by 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4

Wasn't expecting that outcome when I went out to Sainsbury's after he lost the first set tie-break! biggrin However...

L64: (26) Jiri Lehecka (CZE) WR 27 (CH = 22 in February) vs Cameron Norrie WR 91

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L64: (26) Jiri Lehecka (CZE) WR 27 (CH = 22 in February) vs Cameron Norrie WR 91

L64: (5) Jack Draper WR 6 vs Tallon Griekspoor (NED) WR 34 (CH = 21 in November 2023)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L96: Cameron Norrie WR 91 defeated (WC) Martín Landaluce (ESP) WR 148 by 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4
Wasn't expecting that outcome when I went out to Sainsbury's after he lost the first set tie-break! However...
L64: (26) Jiri Lehecka (CZE) WR 27 (CH = 22 in February) vs Cameron Norrie WR 91

Cam apparently didn't feel at all well before & during the match. All credit to him for battling through it.

wolf · Tennis legend

The match before Jacob's has finally finished. Surely they could have moved their court a lot earlier only the 2 big courts out of 8 still had play.

indiana · Tennis legend

If Cam can get past Lehecka, a LL would await in R3 - either Diallo ( comfortably beat Bergs in R1 ) or Majchrzak ( in for Alcaraz, withdrawal due to "muscle strain" ).

Hopefully Cam will feel much better by Saturday.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jacob has an early break

Jan · Hall of fame

Jacob breaks to love to take the first set 6-3

wolf · Tennis legend

He's completely bossing it...

Jan · Hall of fame

Now they seem to have some sort of problem with the line calling... or the sound system...

But up and running again now!

-- Edited by Jan on Thursday 24th of April 2025 08:06:13 PM

-- Edited by Jan on Thursday 24th of April 2025 08:07:17 PM

Smudge226 · Club Coach

Fearnley excellent first set, very impressive. That FH is wicked. Good to read from comments here that Norrie played well having not seen the match.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Jake, looks like a solid performance - excited to see how rest of this week and rest of the clay season goes as he develops further.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L64: (26) Jiri Lehecka (CZE) WR 27 (CH = 22 in February) vs Cameron Norrie WR 91
L64: (5) Jack Draper WR 6 vs Tallon Griekspoor (NED) WR 34 (CH = 21 in November 2023)

L96: (Q) Jacob Fearnley WR 68 defeated Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) WR 72 by 6-3 7-6(2) biggrin

He could have made it a bit easier for himself before the tie-break...

*****

L64: (Q) Jacob Fearnley WR 68 vs (19) Tomás Machac (CZE) WR 20 (= CH)

indiana · Tennis legend

What's not to like. 2 British matches, 2 British wins, and I profit in both