Yucatan Word Cup 2006 - ITF Grade 1.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Yucatan Word Cup 2006 - ITF Grade 1.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Qualies draw:

http://www.copayucatan.com.mx/files/draws/SQ-Boys.pdf

Nicholas Hallchurch is the eleventh seed.

It appears that they have some kind of livescoring.

http://www.copayucatan.com.mx/83-2-Men+.html

Salmon · Tennis legend

Nicholas Hallchurch lost in straight sets to Alexander Sarkissian of the US.

Main draw will be out today. Hopefully Dyce will avoid the big names early on.

Salmon · Tennis legend

They don't have livescoring. It's just a board made to look like that.

Singles draw:

http://www.copayucatan.com.mx/files/draws/SMD-%20Boys.pdf

There were quite a few withdrawals and Dyce became the twelfth seed. He can meet Berankis again in the round of 16. The field is pretty weak, so he should go through three rounds comfortably.

His first round opponent is world Junior number 601 Nathaniel Gery of Canada.

This is a perfect opportunity for Dyce. Even if he loses in the R16, he will gain 10 points. And then there is doubles.

Sheddie · administrator

Dyce's rd1 match was rained off yesterday so he could play 2 matches today.

As Arka said, it's a great draw for him. Gery's best results this year are 2 G4 quarters and 2 G5 quarters. He won a round at Eddie Herr before losing in straights in rd2 to someone ranked in the 200s. Should be a comfy straights win for Dyce.

In rd2 he'd face unranked American qualifier Cyprian Pisarek who beat an unranked wildcard in rd1.

Hopefully Dyce can get revenge over Berankis in rd3, he beat him 4 and 4 on clay in India earlier this year so it's currently 1-1 in the head to heads.

Dyce's first match starts at around 10.30 am USA time, so I assume about 3.30pm GMT.

-- Edited by ultimateshedman at 08:53, 2006-12-12

Salmon · Tennis legend

Copa Milo is in Chile and not India, that's a mistake on the ITF site.

I forgot that he lost to Dyce on clay. That is great news, as Berankis is very good on clay, apart from being incredible on hard courts.

Just found out that he defeated Alan Wright 4 and 1 on clay when he was still 15 and got his first point. That's really impressive.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Dyce chose Harri Heliovara as his dubs partner.

And hence they become the second seeds.

This is a massive opportunity for Dyce, as his fourth, fifth, and sixth best doubles points are all zeros! He can gain 25 points if he makes the finals here.

Dyce has a good chance of cracking the top 90 this week.

http://www.copayucatan.com.mx/files/martes/DMD-Boys.pdf

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 15:28, 2006-12-12

Sheddie · administrator

Greenleaf wrote:

Copa Milo is in Chile and not India, that's a mistake on the ITF site.

I forgot that he lost to Dyce on clay. That is great news, as Berankis is very good on clay, apart from being incredible on hard courts.

Just found out that he defeated Alan Wright 4 and 1 on clay when he was still 15 and got his first point. That's really impressive.

I thought it must have been a mistake as all the Indian tournaments are on outdoor hard and also if he'd played there you would have seen him !

Wright's had an up and down 2006, some very impressive results in qualifying at times [he beat Ralph Granbow - ranked in the 600s] but I think he's only got 1 ranking point which says something for the strength of the fields in Spanish futures.

Sheddie · administrator

Greenleaf wrote:

Dyce chose Harri Heliovara as his dubs partner. And hence they become the second seeds.

This is a massive opportunity for Dyce, as his fourth, fifth, and sixth best doubles points are all zeros! He can gain 25 points if he makes the finals here.

Dyce has a good chance of cracking the top 90 this week.

http://www.copayucatan.com.mx/files/martes/DMD-Boys.pdf

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 15:28, 2006-12-12

It'll be good if he finishes the year in the top 90, he's spent 2006 oscillating up and down from 95-130. Sounds like it's a very good chance, unfortunately rd1 and rd2 singles results aren't available yet which is annoying as matches were played yesterday.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Dyce lost 46 63 76 to Gery.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Confused

From all the reports Dyce is supposed to be great, but he keeps losing.

The way the articles about him talk about his elite status at Bolletieri I thought we'd be watching him fly through the draws.

What's the crack?

RedCabbage · Club Coach

I agree. Maybe he's just a bit fragile. Bad players can't play good tennis, but good players most certainly can play bad tennis.

I think him and Jade Curtis must be related!

Salmon · Tennis legend

RedCabbage is pretty right. Jade and Dyce suffer from similar problems.

He has had a few great wins this year - Berankis on clay, Rhyne Williams on hard, and also Jose-Roberto Velasco and Dennis Lajola on hard. Berankis and Rhyne could well become stars in the future.
But lately, he has become terribly inconsistent.

He had a brilliant start to 2006, as he played some great tennis on South American clay, the same stage which Andy Murray used when he was 16. But since then he has played tennis of a standard way below his ranking - all due to a mix of injury problems and some bad performances.

Hopefully he will have a good start to the next year in Australia.

The courts being made faster doesn't suit his style that much, I guess, but he is still a hard court player, and can do well if he finds form.

Salmon · Tennis legend

johnnylad wrote:

From all the reports Dyce is supposed to be great, but he keeps losing.

The way the articles about him talk about his elite status at Bolletieri I thought we'd be watching him fly through the draws.

What's the crack?

Welcome to the wonderful world of Nick Bollettieri, where students are nothing but tools for business.

You can trust that man to say anything, as long as it ensures that it will get him money.

Dyce isn't the "next Andy Murray" and it's very important that he realises it. Dyce is a talented player and may well become a top player in the years to come. But it's pathetic to say that he compares to an Andy Murray of his age.
At his age Andy was one of the best Juniors in the world and was good enough to win at Challenger level. Dyce is yet to qualify for a Futures. How is he the "new Andy Murray" at this point?

Not saying that he can't be. It may well be that he will emulate Andy in the future. But it's pathetic to say that he is as good as Andy of his age. It's really detrimental to his career. How many players will think themselves to be inferior to what their coach suggests? None. Dyce may hate me if he reads this, but it's very important that he realises it, even it means hating people.

If he plays this tennis, he doesn't have much chance of cracking the top 100, forget top 10.
At his age, Boggo was a USO Juniors semifinalist, after defeating third seed Brian Dabul on his way (Dabul is one of the most talented players to have emerged from South America in the last decade, but couldn't hack it at ATP level because of one reason - he is just 5ft 2 inches tall! He was a junior world number one in 18s and boasts the incredible feat of winning both doubles and singles in the same year at Orange Bowl 16s). And see how much difficulty Boggo is having to face at trying to reach the top 100.

I hope that Dyce knows what his level is. He isn't "the next Andy Murray". He is Graeme Dyce, the first Graeme Dyce and the last Graeme Dyce. Just like Andy is the first and the last Andy Murray. There is no doubting his talents, Berankis and Rhyne Williams may well end up in the top 10 in the years to come. That shows that Dyce is capable of some high quality tennis.

Rant at IMG over. x

johnnylad · Tennis legend

So is elite status at IMG more to do with fees than talent or is he there on merit but not performing in his matches?

-- Edited by johnnylad at 10:03, 2006-12-15