stringertom
Bionic Poster
That's a Futures tournament. Nice to see them advancing though.
The Official Teenage Tennis Talent Thread
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TripleATeam
G.O.A.T.
Oh yeah.
They need to step it up and soon.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
No overtime for Clarke and THF at Ilkley as they both lost in straight sets in the QFs.
Early evening match in Todi for surprising Caruana.
Early evening match in Todi for surprising Caruana.
gogo
Legend
Oh yeah.
They are still very young (particularly Kuhn). No rush. No shortcuts necessary. Lots of time left.
TripleATeam
G.O.A.T.
Fratricide leaves Kec in the final...They are still very young (particularly Kuhn). No rush. No shortcuts necessary. Lots of time left.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Caruana bows out to The Cech in Todi, 2&2.
stringertom
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At the inaugural ATP250 Antalya (Turkey) Open, Altmaier failed to qualify by losing to recovering Mattie Ebden of Oz. He will be first LL if #1 seed Ramanathan wins today (up a break early vs #7 Mertens.)
Two teens are attempting to qualify at the Milan Challenger being held at Sewretch's new tennis center, The Aspria Tennis Club. #2 seed Taberner got a bye and plays his first match today vs Fabiano de Palma (BRA). Russian Roman Safiullin is the #8 seed and plays Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG.)
Two teens are attempting to qualify at the Milan Challenger being held at Sewretch's new tennis center, The Aspria Tennis Club. #2 seed Taberner got a bye and plays his first match today vs Fabiano de Palma (BRA). Russian Roman Safiullin is the #8 seed and plays Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG.)
gogo
Legend
Wimbledon qualifying draw is out.
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/qs/qsdraw.pdf
From a teen perspective we have:
Tsitsipas in Giraldo [2] section.
Fritz and Mmoh in Sandgren [3] section. (That should be interesting.)
Rublev [5] is top seed in his section. (closest is PH Mathiew [20])
Opelka in King [8] section.
ADM gets J.Melzer[18] first round and is in Stakhovsky[11] section.
Lee takes on E.Ymer in Q1. Jay Clarke is also in this section with Marterer[14] the high seed.
Kozlov [32] is in Kravchuk [16] section. Koz plays recent teen Polmans in Q1.
Which teens do you think will make the main draw?
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/qs/qsdraw.pdf
From a teen perspective we have:
Tsitsipas in Giraldo [2] section.
Fritz and Mmoh in Sandgren [3] section. (That should be interesting.)
Rublev [5] is top seed in his section. (closest is PH Mathiew [20])
Opelka in King [8] section.
ADM gets J.Melzer[18] first round and is in Stakhovsky[11] section.
Lee takes on E.Ymer in Q1. Jay Clarke is also in this section with Marterer[14] the high seed.
Kozlov [32] is in Kravchuk [16] section. Koz plays recent teen Polmans in Q1.
Which teens do you think will make the main draw?
tennis08tarheels
Hall of Fame
Tsitsipas has a good chance, no scary grass-court players in his way.
I hope Fritz wins, and Tennys get a LL spot. Mmoh is a non-factor.
Rublev is playing really well but gets Joao Domingues in the first round who is a tough opponent (although JD may never have played on grass before...not sure).
Opelka's draw is brutal. Grass specialist Rajeev Ram in Q1, then Lukas Rosol is Q2 and if he gets through those he should beat whoever he plays in Q3.
Tall order for ADM to make it through both of those veterans. If he does, this is a big statement weekend for him.
Feels weird saying this, but given his recent grass form Kozlov should advance.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Poast bump from one year ago...there are nearly twice the tribe of teens that entered qualies last year. Let's hope we see a few more qualify...The goose egg might taste good to eat but its symbolism I could live without.
stringertom
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Russian Money closes out the action for the teen crew at Roehampton qualies for Wimby. There were some nice wins and some expected losses as they went 6-5 for the day:
WINNERS
Tsitsipas, Fritz, Rublev, ADM, Jay Clarke and Kozlov
LOSERS
Kwon, Lee, Mmoh, Opelka and Storrie
WINNERS
Tsitsipas, Fritz, Rublev, ADM, Jay Clarke and Kozlov
LOSERS
Kwon, Lee, Mmoh, Opelka and Storrie
gogo
Legend
Pretty good results. That was a tough loss for Opelka though. Two tiebreaks. I would have liked to see him continue on.
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Deleted member 743561
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Has that dude cracked seven ft. yet? Want to see an eight-footer out there but it's iterations.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
On the bright side, Tsitsipas and ADM fought successfully through three-set battles with tough veterans. The cream may rise to compliment the traditional strawberries.
On the dark side, the two Koreans seemed quite lost. I hope they gain some experience from the long trip to Europe for next year.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Tall ones from The North are excelling in other sports. We just had two 7-foot 1st round NBA draft picks from Finland and Latvia. It may be just a matter of time before one gets a racquet placed in his hands instead of a pumpkin.
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okdude1992
Hall of Fame
Not a bad day for the teens. Would be some nice additions to the main draw.
I had never seen Jay Clarke before Ilkley last week. He's actually quite a bit better than I expected!
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Altmaier got in Antalya main draw as a LL, took advantage of it and beat VEB 7-5 6-7 7-6. He plays Turkish WC Ilhan 2R. Ilhan advanced when #8 seed Klizan retired in the first set TB.
Sysyphus
Talk Tennis Guru
What has been will be again/Kozmug shall keep mugging in slam qualifiers/there is nothing new under the sun. — Ecclesiastes 1:9
Goes down to Dennis *****' Novikov.
De Minaur loses meekly too. Clarke doing fine against Ymer for now, and Muscovite Money just starting up.
Goes down to Dennis *****' Novikov.
De Minaur loses meekly too. Clarke doing fine against Ymer for now, and Muscovite Money just starting up.
gogo
Legend
And Altmaier takes down Ilhan 63 36 76(5) in R2..so into quarters against Ferrer or Sugita. These are his first to ATP Tour wins. Good for him!
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
Fritz giving bakeries first set
stringertom
Bionic Poster
The remaining teens are all up a set, with Big Daddy Taylor Fritz having the easiest of the four sets, a breadstick vs Gonzalez.
stringertom
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Clarke is through to the final round, 4&6 over elder Ymer.
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
Ymer out
stringertom
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stringertom
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Tsitsipas wins in 2 TBs after being way down in the second set.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Money makes it through too so we have four teens on the brink of main draw. Well done, teenyboppers!
Oh man. I just went back and watched the highlights, and this match was totally on Tiafoe's racquet. He was a set and a break up, but gave the break back. Then at 4-4 in the second set, he had a break point and an easy overhead, but put it right back at Gasquet who blocked it for a winner. If that overhead was aimed anywhere else in the court Tiafoe would have been serving for that match, it could have easily been a 7-5 6-4 win.
But Gasquet was experienced enough to fight through, then the tiebreak was decided by just one minibreak, Gasquet took advantage of the mental letdown after the tiebreak to immediately get the single break in the third, and that was that.
But Tiafoe looking good going in to W.
stringertom
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Clarke was serving for a two-set lead but was broken. In the TB now.
stringertom
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Clarke and Fritz both in control with two-set leads.
stringertom
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Fritz gets through in straight sets but Clarke has surrendered his big lead and heads to a fifth set.
stringertom
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Tough loss for Clarke from the commanding lead to lose 1-6 in the fifth.
stringertom
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Tsitsipas makes quick work of the first set 6-3 vs De Loore.
stringertom
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Tsitsipas coughs up an early break and never recovers as De Loore takes the s cond set 6-3.
stringertom
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Rubles up 2 sets to one in the most improbable manner. He won the set in a TB 13-11 after neither player held serve the entire set! On grass!
On grass!
jaggy
Talk Tennis Guru
I just sent you a message if you get a chance to see and reply. CheersRubles up 2 sets to one in the most improbable manner. He won the set in a TB 13-11 after neither player held serve the entire set!
stringertom
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Teenybopper trot to SW19 as they go 3-1 despite Clarke's stumble.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
It's now all up to the draw gods for the three qualifiers, WC Shapo and direct entry Tiafoe. Did I include everyone???
Who goes the deepest into the draw???
Who goes the deepest into the draw???
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Friday
gogo
Legend
I'm calling Fritz. (with full right to change that call once I see the draw....or once I see that I'm losing that call!
)Late and long ETA:
Rationale:
- Rublev: I could just quote stringtom's post about his last match.
- Shapo: The weight of expections will be too much this particular time.
- Tsitsipas: Too loosy goosy in outcome.
- Tiafoe: Solid, but I just have a feeling that his road just won't go his way this time.
- Fritz: Looking very solid in his qualifying results. Perhaps he's getting his footing and "mo" back.
Who do I WANT to go furthest?
- First is Shapo. (It's Canada's 150th birthday this weekend! I gotta show my colours. And, he's just such an exciting player when he's on. (operative word: "when")
- Second: the rest of them!!! (with maybe Rublev coming in at the rear, but not by much)
Stefanos seems like a sweetheart and has a pretty good touch. Tiafoe has been picking up his skills on grass. Fritz got knocked off the puck by personal matters, and is no doubt under great pressure. It's been wonderful to see cruise through qualies. Rublev, after a lull, is showing glimpes of the brilliance we saw when he was so much younger.
What say the rest of you?
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stringertom
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I'm liking Shapo with the same caveat. When in doubt, go lefty on grass.I'm calling Fritz. (with full right to change that call once I see the draw....or once I see that I'm losing that call!
Sysyphus
Talk Tennis Guru
Resurgent matinée idol all the way. Would be cool if he drew Sock and exacted revenge after two (?) fifth-set losses to him at the slams.
Harbor naive hopes for my flaky faves Foe and Money as always of course. Honestly, all have good potential to win a match or two with the right draw, though Tsitsi probably the least so.
Harbor naive hopes for my flaky faves Foe and Money as always of course. Honestly, all have good potential to win a match or two with the right draw, though Tsitsi probably the least so.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Here's the interview I referenced in a first page poast in the thread that emphasizes your "matinee idol" label. Keep in mind he was being interviewed at Nottingham'15 when he was 17.
PeteD
Legend
Cheesits what a dreamboat
okdude1992
Hall of Fame
Holy Sh*t, seriously?! I saw the result and was happy (Rublev in MD, and won a TB).Rubles up 2 sets to one in the most improbable manner. He won the set in a TB 13-11 after neither player held serve the entire set!
But being broken 6 times in a row is seriously alarming. Worse than WTA
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TripleATeam
G.O.A.T.
I think Fritz. His win was convincing, but let's see R1 before making any rash decisions.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
It was a reverse polarity of the serving order that set that filtered down into their recap comments. There were no breaks that set. Sorry to mislead you...I should have gone back and deleted the poast after @falstaff78 confirmed the snafu.
Sysyphus
Talk Tennis Guru
Yeah I suspected as much
Rublev the return bot. Only match I could see that happen in would be Mikael Ymer vs KozSimilar threads
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