Jake Fearnley

From the BBC

" Britain's Jacob Fearnley, 23, won his third title in four months on the Challenger Tour, beating 27-year-old Frenchman Quentin Halys 0-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 in Rennes.

He is now expected to rise to 129 in the world, up 396 places since graduating from Texas Christian University in May."

Well done Jacob :clap:

Another from the BBC re Fearnley. Now ranked 126.

http s://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cvgdwlmy3evo

Jake Fearnley was serving for the match at *5-3 but got broken.
Now he's serving at *5-6 to take it to a tie-breaker in the 2nd set.
If he loses there'll be a 3rd set.
:facepalm:

Tie-break it is, Mayot serving first:

*1-0
1-1*
2-1* Mini break to Mayot.
*2-2 Mini break cancelled
*3-2
3-3* at the change of ends, Jake held one serve
4-3* but not the 2nd, mini-break Mayot
*4-4 mini-break cancelled ... c'mon Jake!
*5-4 all on serve, the Brit must hold his 2 now
5-5*
5-6* and he does. Match point ... now break the Frenchman!!!
5-7

Great for Jake, well done!

Well done to Jake. Keep it going lad.

http s://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c70w1r5yjz2o

On Fearnley's meteoric rise.

Thought Jake now deserved his own thread and have moved posts across.

Jake is playing in the Canberra challenger. Playing in the second round against J Trotter starting 11.30 pm tonight.

Thanks Cazza. I'm going to try and watch this.