And McGee is through to QR3. 5-7, 6-2, 7-5!
Was 3-5 down in the 3rd.
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And McGee is through to QR3. 5-7, 6-2, 7-5!
Was 3-5 down in the 3rd.
Weeeew!!!
Yes was looking at it - 3-5 down but turn it around - playing Ze Zhang in 3rd round .....
6.00pm for a place in main draw - Court 8. Good luck to him.
Lost First set 6-0 :(
But wins 2nd set 6-4.
2-0 up in the 3rd, just held from 40-15 down.
Served for the match at 5-2, was broken , just about to try again ; 5-4.....,,,
Ah this is tense, was 40-0 up serving for the match, hasn't finished the job, yet..
wooo!
5 match points later! He's through! God was only following that on slamtracker! Nerves!
Great news - is this is first time to make a grand slam first round?
Yep. This is massive for him, just pocketed himself about 30-35 grand, which is massive prize money. Will make a very big difference to his prep for future comps, and he's going to be floating near the top 150.Quote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
I had a look at the main draw, and some of the qualifiers have to play one another or wild cards in round 1, it'd be brilliant if he got to face someone he could beat, and then maybe play a big gun in round two in front of a crowd.
He playing a Kaz ranked 108 in the world so he has a chance in this one - when is this match on?
It's great news and i hope it gets him into the top 150 in the world - should set him up to go at these tournaments in a bigger way now hopefully
Provisionally playing on the 25th but no times/courts decided yet AFAIK. That lad is very big and strong, but James will have already played 3 games on these courts while he won't have played any, so there's every chance of an upset.Quote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
In other news, his win inspired me to give drawing him a lash.
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McGee up 3rd on Court 13 on Monday. Play starts at 4.00pm Irish time so probably between 7.00 and 8.00ish Monday evening, maybe earlier. Sky may cover it. All good betting sites will :)
Chance to play Tsonga if he wins!Quote:
Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid
James was on newstalk this morning. No real talk of just being happy to be in the main draw, seems very focused on winning.
It's good that he has had a few days to let the achievement sink in and now he can focus on the task in hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
For some perspective on today's match:
From what I can gather - today will be just the 9th time a player repesenting Ireland will play a men's singles match in the open era. Matt Doyle - despite representing Ireland in the Davis cup from 1981 onwards, only started to represent Ireland on tour from 1985 onwards. Louk Sorensen's win in the 2010 Australian Open is Irelands only win in a grand slam mens singles game in the open era.
1977 Sean Sorensen L R1 Wimbledon to Rod Laver (AUS)
1980 Sean Sorenson L R1 Wimbledon to Patrice Dominguez (FRA)
1985 Matt Doyle L R1 Australian Open to Jay Lapidus (USA)
2010 Louk Sorensen W R1 Australian Open against Lu Yen-hsun (CTP) , L R2 to John Isner (USA)
2011 Conor Niland L R1 Wimbledon to Adrain Mannarino (SWI)
Conor Niland L R1 US Open to Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Louk Sorensen L R1 US Open to Rogerio Dutra Da Silva (BRA)
2014 James McGee R1 US Open v Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)
Anyone know of any others ?
Very promising start, soon to be serving for the 1st set.
1 Set all now. Competing very well, his first serve % poor I would think. Getting dragged into too many long games on his own serve. Next few games key.
Beaten in 4 sets - 4th set breaker. Left it all out on the court in fairness to him. Was a very entertaining 4th set.
Yeah he had nothing else to give. Shows the gulph in class he still needs to cross thou, but this was a very big step in the right direction for him in so many ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid
Cluskey and Sorensen both won 1st round in their respective challengers this week.
Louk Sorensen in the final in Italy today - think he be Irish No. 1 tomorrow!
Watched the match, was never beating Toricki, had he won he'd certainly be #1 but he'll get about 45 ranking points for coming 2nd, it'll be fairly tight between him and James for #1 now alright. Both seem to be taking this week off. Cluskey is down in Asia playing with Kyle Edmund for the 2nd week running. Edmund will be at least a top 100 singles player methinks, seems very good for his age.Quote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
New rankings havn't updated yet, but I think Sam Barry is also into the top 300 now, won an ITF event apparently, but not sure where :P
Edit: I think James will get about 35 points for his us open showing, so will be around the 185 mark, Louk will be 190 or so I think! 1st time we'll ever have two lads in the top 200 (3) if you count Cluskey, and then Sam Barry is looking very promising.
Troicki only back a few weeks after serving a 1 year ban for failing to provide a drug sample - hard luck to run into a guy like that who is obviously headed back to the top 50 ish.
Hon the Nishikori!!
Nishikori v Cilic in the Finals. As expected!
Must admit I have a soft spot for Wozza! I hope she fulfills her potential today and beats Serena. Although I gather they have become great friends in the last few months.
Weird to see Martina Hingis on the winners rostrum last night - won the women's doubles with Flavia Panetta.
Woz and Serena bonded after the McIlroy craic apparently. Dimitrov was caught in a love triangle between Serena and Sharapova a while back. So they became friends among all that mess. That's a big part of the reason why Williams hates Sharapova, and loves playing/beating her. Must be like a hoor house at grand slams :P There's all the tennis gossip you could ever need.
Their last two matches this year resulted in very close 2-1 wins for Williams, but Serenas getting her act together and should really edge it, although she has been known to totally implode, so you never know. I'd love to see Woz win as well tbh.
Cilic was absolutely immense yesterday, I expected him to go 2-0 up and then crack mentally, really impressed with how he finished the match off. Cilic is fav if he plays like that again, but if the pressure gets to him, I think Nishi will win the long rallies and is more steady mentally. Getting the Djokovic match done in 4 sets will have helped thou, he'll have a bit of time to help his weary body recover.
When was the last Grand Slam final without Federer/Nadal/Murray/Djokovic in it?
Edit - the 2005 French Open final between Safin and Hewitt. Bloody hell. Only del Potro and Wawrinka have even won a Grand Slam since then (and Murray only has 2)
Louk highest ever ranking at 185 and ireland no 1 ...... James at 195
Sam Barry at 286. Our best crop ever I would say. Louk has a lot of points to defend this week. He made the final in this competition last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
From what I can see, Sam has won 5 ITF doubles titles this year, and about 3 singles titles, as well as losing a final or two. He's far ahead of anyone we've ever had before, at his age, I think.
It has to be said, that Cilic was pretty awesome from the 1/4 finals onwards, if he keeps his composure like this in future, he will be very dangerous going forward. Nishi was tired, but Cilic gave him nothing.
Cluskey into the final of Sevilla! Sorensen into the quarters of Istanbul.
Not sure anyone is doing anything else, unless it's an ITF event in god knows where.
Sorensen out in q final - 7-5, 6-3Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
Watched the match, not a whole lot between them to be honest, but Louk would go 0-30 down on his own serve way too often for comfort which cost him. He got to the final here last year, so this will likely mean McGee jumps back to the #1 spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
James lost the final as well, it was tight enough but the Dutch boys won all the big points. He was defending a loss in a final from this time last year, so no damage done thankfully.
I think he's been in two finals and made 3 semi's now in the last 6 weeks or so which is pretty good by most standards. If he has a decent end to the year he'll have every chance of being back in the top 150, and given how horrific his 1st few month of the year were this time out, he'll have a good shot at being around 120 or so in time for Wimbledon.
That is if he decides not to pack it in..
Sam Barry and Daniel Glancy(!) are competing in quali rounds for the 250 event in Mets, Had a look at the draws, I see Barry losing out in the 3rd round, and Glancy in the 2nd. But sure who knows. I assume McGee will be heading back to america to play USTA.
Shows what I know, Barry lost 6-1,6-1 to someone I've never heard of!!
Glancy won easily at least, plays Bossell tomorrow, who is an ok player on the ITF circuit, it's winnable for Dan, but I wouldn't get my hopes up!
Something wrong somewhere cause Louk Sorensen is up to 175 in the world ..... his highest ever! ..... Bravo