Week 31 - Kentucky Bank Challenger, Lexington, KY, USA ($75,000) (hard)

GBJ · Club Coach

RE: Week 31 - Kentucky Bank Challenger, Lexington, KY, USA ($75,000) (hard)

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Some horrible forehands and Liam concedes the break. 2-3, Gojo to serve

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Liam loses the first set 6-4. He isn't playing at all well

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Liam's level in this match isn't good enough to allow him to construct points as he would like. Many of his trading forehands are really short. I so hope that he can turn things around, but it really isn't looking good.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Want to say that Liam gets the break but in truth, Gojo gave it to him with consecutive DFs from 30-30. But right now, we will take anything we can get.

Liam *3-1

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

That's not the Liam out there that I know. So tentative. No dynamism. Confidence all gone. Hands the break back with a DF of his own.

indiana · Tennis legend

We've kind of been here before with Liam, in rankings / potential ranking terms and I think with comments re confidence.

Rose to WR 158 on 03/08/15, had fallen back to WR 412 on 15/05/17, back up to a CH 154 on 02/04/18.

Yes still now WR 175 but a lot to defend in the coming months and his overall season to date gives him a race position 317.

Must be so frustrating in such periods to play so well short of his proven potential level. So hope he can turn it around again, in the short term today but he needs to find much more beyond that, and it is there, waiting to be tapped.

Break up again, 4-6 *4-2

paulisi · Tennis legend

Break gone.....

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Well that was painful to watch. Liam goes out after losing the 2nd set on a breaker.

hoots · Intermediate Club Player

Lost 7-4 in the tiebreak after being 4-1 up. Disastrous.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

As said, painful. And that forehand has just lost all resemblance of a proper forehand.....

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Liam kept getting within touching distance & never quite pulled it off:

L32: (Q) Borna Gojo (CRO) WR 624 defeated (4) Liam Broady WR 192 by 6-4 7-6(4) bleh disbelief

indiana · Tennis legend

From what I could see Liam kept getting ahead in the second set and the TB but I assume Mr Tentative took over

Nix · Futures qualifying

What a shame to see Liam as a shadow of the player he was towards the end of last year. No zip or aggression to his shots. It shows that talent and fitness arent everything. That belief thats bursting out of Jay at the moment has abandoned Liam at the moment. I wonder if hes changed his routine from last year. Hopefully hell get some support from teammates, coaches etc and get his spark back.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Topemp wrote:
Looking at the schedule for tomorrow, Dan is now down to play a qualifier Jeffrey John Woolf, so am assuming Granollers has dropped out which makes it a much better draw. Expect a Dan- Jay Quarter final, which would be great/ agonising.

Couldnt rule out an entire British top half in the quarters now.

Maybe Granollers would have been better - Evo instantly 0-3 down cry

But early days....