An update since the madness of Wimbledon

Hi, Just a little update on what I have been up to since the madness which was Wimbledon.

I have spent 3 weeks doing some much needed training focusing mainly on my physical strength and speed but also doing a lot of work on my game.

I have also played 3 Challenger tournaments which I’ve been winning a round each week, and slowly ticking my ranking along. I think I will be about 360, 50 places higher than after Wimbledon.

I am taking a much needed holiday next week, my first in over 2 years, and will come back recharged and ready to keep on flying up the rankings.

Thanks a lot for all your help.

Chris

New Delhi 4 Challenger

Still in Delhi playing singles and doubles in the next tournament.

Won 1st round of both.  SIngles against Prakash Armitraj the no. 2 seed 7-6 6-1. Serving well again.

Playing Tsung-Yua Yang tomorrow. He’s the no. 1 junior so should be interesting

4 August 2008 – New Dehli III Challenger

Chris is 2nd on court today from 9.30 local time for singles playing Mohammed Ghareeb from Kuwait. He is 4th on court playing at all British doubles match against Josh Goodall and James Ward.

For the draw, results and order of play see the ATP challenger home page listed in the links.

16 July 2008 – Manchester Challenger

Beat Dan King-Turner 6-4, 6.3 in the first round.

Lost to Richard Bloomfield 6-3, 6-4 in the second round.

Earnt 5 points.

Chris Finishes an Impressive Run at Wimbledon 2008

Chris at Wimbledon 2008

(extract from the retail answers website)

Retail Answers sponsored young tennis player, Chris Eaton, has taken the British grass court season by storm. His wonderful and highly publicised Wimbeldon run came to an end last night as 25th seed Dimitry Tursunov proved a bridge too far. The final score was 7-6, 6-2, 6-4. Chris has playing the tournament of his life, having got through the Wimbledon qualifying to earn a place in the main draw. Chris is currently ranked 661 in the world and 13 in Britain but set to rise dramatically as his newly earnt points kick in.

In the first round, he made an emphatic win to book a place in the second round. He pulled off a shock straight-sets 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 win over Serbian Boris Pashanski. He is playing the tournament of his life, having got through the Wimbledon qualifying to earn a place in the main draw. Chris is currently ranked 659 in the world and 13 in Britain.

Chris came through qualifying in style. Looking comfortable, throughout his first ever 5 set match, Chris beat Frenchman, Olivier Patience, 7-6, 6-3, 7-6 to book himself a place in the main draw.

In the first round of qualifying, Chris came back from a set down to oust the 15th seed from Russia, Mikhail Kukushkin, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, overcoming a ranking discrepancy of 522 places.

In the second round Chris recovered from the disappointment of losing the first set on the tie break to beat Jan Minar from the Czech Republic with a convincing 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

This follows an impressive win in the Nottingham qualifying second round against world number 91 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. See www.lta.org.uk for a full write up.

18 June 2008 20:39 – Final Round

Hi,

On Tuesday I managed to come through another very tough match in the qualifying for Wimbledon leaving me with a best of 5 sets match to qualify tomorrow.

I’m really looking forward to the match and cant wait to get out there and play.

Kind regards,

Chris

16 June 2008 22:04 – Qualifiers

Hi,

Just to let you know that I won my 1st round match today against the russian number 15 seed 26 64 75. It was a great match for me and I hope I can keep playing well tomorrow when I take on a czech guy.

Kind regards

Chris

30 July 2007 21:28, Another injury

Hi,

I’m sorry it has taken me a while to update you with my progress, mainly because the progress has been halted by a long and infuriating back injury. I have a disc problem in my lower back which is very sensitive and has to be carefully monitored. However, I now am well on the way to recovery, having been out now about 5 weeks, and it looks like my cardio fitness sessions at 7am, and endless amounts of stomach and back strengthening work has paid off. I am now back playing fairly close to flat out, in the best shape physical condition of my career and absolutely desperate to get back out onto the tour and do some serous damage!

Before I got injured I was on a massive high having played in the qualifying event for Wimbledon where I won a round against a player ranked 270ish 64 62 and then lost in a tight match against a player who is 120 in the world 76(5) 62. This was such a confidence boosting experience and a fantastic opportunity to see where the level I am aiming for is and how close I am. This also really showed me how my tennis can trouble (52 up in the tie break in the 2ND match) some of the best players in the world. Unfortunately this 2ND round was when I picked up the injury and haven’t been able to really carry on that momentum yet, but as soon as I get back into competing I am sure I will be able to make some massive leaps in the quality of my tennis and my ranking!

I will let you know when I am back into competing, which as I said will hopefully be very soon, but thanks a lot for all your support, and I hope you are well!

kind regards

Chris

28 January 2007 15:48 – Australia Futures

Hi,

I’m very sorry that I haven’t emailed you for such a long time, I had a few problems with my email towards the end of last year, so I thought id sent you an email update, but my dad told me that it hadn’t gone through.

Anyway, happy new year and I hope you all had a great time at Christmas as I did, it was nice to have a little (5 day) break at that time just to refresh the batteries…..it was much needed.

The email I tried to send you was one about the trip I had to Australia at the end of last year, September to November, which was a really long and challenging tour. I played 8 weeks of tournaments picking up a few ranking points to keep my ranking on the assent, but I struggled against the seeded players in the tournaments out there. I tended to play well against them in general, but struggled to beat them in 2-3 sets, I was often better for 1 set or even 1 and a half sets, but I struggled to maintain a high level for the whole match. Mentally it was a great challenge for me to go out there and try to compete for 8 weeks, this proved to be much harder than I had anticipated, however it was such a good learning experience for me and I’ve started off this year playing really well because of it.

At Christmas I had an intense fitness block which was 3 weeks long, so I have only played 2 tournaments so far this year. The first was a very strong futures in Sunderland which I lost to an Italian in the 1st round having received a wild card into the main draw. The next week was a challenger tournament, the last direct player into main draw was 280 in the world, but again I received a wild card which was an amazing opportunity for me as I haven’t played in a main draw challenger before. I played against an American player who has previously reached a ranking inside 90 so he was very good, but I played really well and took the 1st set, but lost 63 in the 3rd set. It was such a boost to see that my tennis can handle his level and come out on top for a set, but I just need to be able to keep that level for a whole match.

I’m emailing you from France at the moment where I’m playing some tough futures (all the futures at the beginning of the year tend to be really tough). I’m playing qualifying at the moment and I’ve won my 1st
two rounds in the qualies and have to play my last round tomorrow against a seeded French player, but I’m playing very well and feel really good about this week.

I hope all is well with you, and thank you again for your help and support,

Chris

16 November 2005 16:20 – Israel Futures

HI

Just a quick hello, I am in Israel at the moment, I arrived out here yesterday and will be playing in two futures tournaments here in and around Tel Aviv. I may play another tournament here after these two, but it depends on how things are going. I will update you on how I am doing,

Thanks a lot

Chris