I heard Sam Querrey was there but i don't see him on the draw? What gives.
Hope Taylor Dent wins a couple.
It sucks that Taylor Dent lost. It was always going to be hard for him to beat a guy who has been playing tennis all year. He took it to 3 sets though and remained competetive, so that is a good sign.
DY up a break in 3rd, serving to get a 5-2 lead.
Scoville put a beatdown on Spadea, and had a very impressive FH.
Kendrick won as well.
donald barely won
Scoville has been an interesting player. Very athletic guy but has not been able to get it going on the ATP tour.
Based on what I saw today I really think there's a good chance of him cracking the top 100 in the next year. Of course it's hard to say as alot of guys out there have great strokes but he really was very impressive today.
What's with him and choking???
The problem is that Spadea actually seems like he's been the better player this year results wise.
Tym, your whole post is great, I think you really hit the nail on the head. Maybe it sounds like I was reading into what I saw too much, and maybe I was.
To add to what you said, I went to a futures event earlier this year, and saw a player who is around 850 in the world lose a tough three setter to the #3 seed, who went on to win the tournament. That #3 seed went on to win the tourney, and is a top 200 player in his own right. The #2 seed in that tourney (who won the futures event the week before with viritually the same draw) lost in the first round in this tourney.
The #3 seed beat a player in the finals who he lost to in the first round of a challenger a few weeks before, that player went on to win that challenger. Both of those players have lost close matches against top 50 players when they've gotten to the main draw of ATP events. The list goes on and on. It's fascinating.
You're right that it wouldn't have taken much for Scoville to have an off-day, or just enough off an of-day for Vince to break him down. Vince even made the comment to his coach at one point "how lucky is this guy getting?", I think he felt the same way. He *almost* made a match of it in the second set, having two break points to get back on serve, but Scoville came up huge and that was that. At any rate, I stick by my comment that if Scoville plays like he did yesterday on a regular basis, he does have a shot at going after the top 100. But then again, most of the guys out there would too if they played their best day in and day out.
As for Vince, it just really seemed like he's getting to a point where he has little weapons to really beat alot of players out there now, and he literally has to "play his heart out" to win every match, whether its against a top 20 player or a guy who's 250 in the world. Vince has to be that "smarter player" who hits the right shot at the right time, while alot of guys can get by on raw shotmaking up to a certain point. Granted, his bag of tricks so to speak is probably bigger than most, and I guess he's kind of already been that player most of his career, so I have mad respect for him for sticking with it and having the recent success he had a few years ago.
any scores from this place today?
He's got the talent and like I said he is very athletic and strong. Like him more than DY, lol. But there are hundreds of players like him. BTW, thanks for you recaps. They are a good read thanks:grin:Based on what I saw today I really think there's a good chance of him cracking the top 100 in the next year. Of course it's hard to say as alot of guys out there have great strokes but he really was very impressive today.
DY won his 2nd rd match today, so he plays the winner of the Jenkins - Warburg match. Warburg, he'll most likely beat, Jenkins beat him last time they played.
I watched the Battistone brothers beat Kevin Kim and Donald Young 6-1, 7-5. The Battistone's were very impressive as doubles players, particularly Dann, and really made two world-class singles players look second-rate on a doubles court. I chatted with them later on and they were really nice guys as well.
On another note, Nishikori is in the qtrs of Stockholm. If I were DY I would have stayed to play the qualies of Stockholm. Its a tour event so more pts to be had. Plus, he had the 4 Challengers he could have gotten into after Stockholm.
Nishikori in the SFs of Stockholm has nothing to do with DY. Nishikori is 100 times better than DY. DY would have lost in the Stockholm qualies.
Nishikori in the SFs of Stockholm has nothing to do with DY. Nishikori is 100 times better than DY. DY would have lost in the Stockholm qualies.
did they use their 2-handled racquets and jump serve?
Yup. Interesting to watch, no doubt.
Where did you get the result? What was the score? Good to hear though. Young could definitely win this tourney.
I had to call the tournament directly. They're doing a horrible job of updating the website.
A good win for DY He will lose to Odesnik.DY beat Jenkins, finally, he plays Odesnik tomorrow, who beat Isner.
Russell beat Ball, and he plays the winner of Bogie/Kendrick.
For all the haters, thats at least 24 more pts added to his ranking.
Where are all the Isner bandwaggoners now???
Like I said in a post a few wks ago, DYs coming back to the Fall Challenger circuit with a sense of belonging, Id even say superiority now. He's a year older, hopefully stronger and bigger as well. I'm expecting him to dominate like he did last year and get back into the top 100.
Then we'll see how he does at the tour level.
A good win for DY He will lose to Odesnik.
So do they volley with two hands on both sides? Logically that would impact their reach, right?
Man, you know, I really should've paid more attention. It seemed like what they did varied on the situation. I am pretty sure Dann was volleying with two hands on both sides, but not exclusively. Dann is a machine at the net.
FWIW, when I watched them warming, they were hitting every shot imaginable, two-handers on both sides, one handers on both sides, one-handed backhands on both sides(!).
In the match, if I remember correctly, Dann was using two hands on both sides for returns, and Brian was using two hands on the backhand with a one handed forehand for one side. But both players hit an occasional one handed forehand on either side when it was necessary.
Wow, amazing. I have to say, I would be amazed if these guys had any real success on the pro tour. But man is it cool to see people out there willing to defy the norms. Thanks so much for the summary.
Both Dann and Brian (particularly Dann) have tremendous instincts for doubles, and their games complement each other as a team very well. They have had some wins against some top doubles players, so it really isn't unheard of to see them knocking on the door at ATP main draws or making a run in a Grand Slam qually sometime in the future.
DY is thru to the finals. Odesnik had to retire in the 3rd set.
Kendrick is up a set against Russell.
Thats at least 42 more pts in the bank.
DY is thru to the finals. Odesnik had to retire in the 3rd set.
Kendrick is up a set against Russell.
Thats at least 42 more pts in the bank.