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#1 ·
I know there used to be a Greg Jones thread but it recently got deleted because there was no activity in it for a year, so I thought I would remake one. Greg has just won his second futures title in Australia now on the back of a final appearance last week in another future. The most encouraging sign is that it seems Greg is very capable on Clay unlike most of our players.

Hes been grinding at the futures level for a while now but I hope this victory gives him enough confidence to pull enough strong results together to get his ranking high enough to get direct entry into challengers. This guy does actually have quite a bit of talent for anyone whos wondering he has a gigantic serve, only a tiny bit smaller than Sam Groth and can play on all surfaces which he proved in juniors when he lost to all the eventual champions of the junior Grand Slams in 2007. Hes 20 years old so still young enough but really has to keep up with Brydan Klein now to have chance of ATP success.
 
#326 ·
A pity. Good match, though. Jonesie unlucky with that draw, again. Cops No.1 seed, who was comprehensively beaten 63,62 and replaced, by a grass court specialist, who reached the final at Newport a few years ago. Good fight by Jonesie given his score-line compared to that of Brown. Amritraj served off his face at 75% and returned well, breaking Jonesie 4 times in the tie-break, all on first serves and then shutting him out in the third set, Jonesie breaking Amritraj to get his only game, but being denied a break by Amritraj on two other occasions and then dropping serve three times. A tad unlucky.
Hope his stomach strain injury has not reared itself again.
 
#331 ·
Jonesie gets up in the semis beating No.4 seed, Facunda Arguella (ATP 169), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.

He then played No.1 seed veteran Michael Russell (ATP95) in the final.

Jonesie outplayed the experienced Russell in the first set after a nervous start, coming from 1-4 down to win five games on the trot to win the first set 6-4.
He then went "walk about", failing to press home his advantage, losing his serve early in the set, then failing to break Russell in the 3rd game when 15-40 up, then dropping his serve twice more, to suffer a bagel 0-6 loss in the second set.
He recouped for the final set but was unable to convert a 0-40 three break-point chance in the 3rd game. He then saved two match points at 5-4 down, and was unable to convert two break-point opportunities in the next game, which would have had him serving for the match. Russell held to lead 6-5 and then broke Jones to win the match 4-6, 6-0, 7-5.

A good week for Greg, and a final match which he could have won with a bit more application and perhaps some luck, which will see him back under 300, at around 250 in the rankings.
 
#336 ·
Jonesie started the year well with two top 100 scalps, then injury/illness slowed him down and he lost confidence it seems, losing a lot of winnable matches by close score-lines. Just a pass for him, compared to last year but has upside to come.

has earned 145 pts this year, with 42 to defend, 29 pts before US Open cut, so has still has work to do to make the qualies cut.

Hopefully a Pass, and a ranking at around 200 by year-end, if he can stay injury/illness free.
 
#337 ·
Jonesie goes down to No.1 seed Ilja Marchenko in 2nd round at Lexington 46 26. :sad:
Unlucky in the draw as he copped the highest ranked non-seeded player in the 1st round and the No.1 seed 2nd round. :mad:
Better than the No.1 seed 1st round I suppose, but only just...

Jonesie just missed out of the Main Draw and had to go through qualifying. May have just done enough to keep his ranking at around 250 to make the cut for the US Open qualies. Will have a nervous wait now. :eek:
 
#338 ·
Good win by Jonesie over Mischa Zverev in Vancouver, getting up in a fighting win 57, 76(1), 76(2).
Came back from a break down in all three sets, then saved four match points at 4-5(0-40) in third set.
Served well and played well in the tie-breaks.
Well done Jonesie
 
#340 ·
Jonesie gets up against James Ward, who won Lexington last week beating Aussie James Duckie, winning in straight sets 61 76(4).
So good win from Jones, who did not serve too well. Only 35% first serves in first set but won it 6-1. Improved to 54% in second set but did serve well in tie-break when it counted - 5 first of 6 serves.
 
#342 ·
Jonesie does not serve well enough to get over No.2 seed Canadian Vasek Pospisil (ATP89), going down 5-7, 4-6, in a longish match. Pospisil served well on the big points, serving 12 aces, to Jones 4 aces.
Still a decent tournament from Jonesie, who played well to stay with Pospisil despite serving under 50%, but he had his chances to do better against Pospisil.
 
#349 ·
Yeah good to see him make the cut at last.
He has had an up and down year so far with his results - some sublime, others pathetic. Needs to be more consistent to progress.
 
#351 ·
And got the second set too...
Wins 63 64, against No.5 seed Rajeev Ram (ATP118) - not a shabby result. Served well - at 66% with a high percentage win rate for 1st serves. Did not drop a service game in the match, so all round good play.
Hope he can back that up with a second round win, needs to perform consistently.
 
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