Liam took advantage of Peliwo's tiredness to get what had seemed an unlikely win after losing 8 games in a row. He will therefore have the chance tomorrow to emulate Marcus Willis, who won the title in 2008. The finals start at 7pm BST tomorrow, but I don't know whether the Boys or Girls will be first

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Liam took advantage of Peliwo's tiredness to get what had seemed an unlikely win after losing 8 games in a row. He will therefore have the chance tomorrow to emulate Marcus Willis, who won the title in 2008. The finals start at 7pm BST tomorrow, but I don't know whether the Boys or Girls will be first

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If he does win, we can only hope that will be the only bit of Marcus's career he emulates - a prime example, if one was needed, that junior success does not necessarily translate into a wildly successful career as a pro.

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 1st of September 2012 12:13:31 PM

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DavidC wrote:

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Liam took advantage of Peliwo's tiredness to get what had seemed an unlikely win after losing 8 games in a row. He will therefore have the chance tomorrow to emulate Marcus Willis, who won the title in 2008. The finals start at 7pm BST tomorrow, but I don't know whether the Boys or Girls will be first

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If he does win, we can only hope that will be the only bit of Marcus's career he emulates - and prime example, if one was needed, that junior success does not necessarily translate into a wildly successful career as a pro.

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 Marcus didn't have a junior record which marked him out as a strong candidate for a successful pro career - the Canadian Open was his only Grade 1 (or above) singles title which boosted him to a career high of 15 right at the end of his spell, whereas Liam has achieved much more at an earlier stage - and hopefully will transfer that over time to the pro stage. You are right of course though that only a proportion of even the very top juniors make a successful transition 

Against convention they are playing the Boys final first (streamed via the link on page 2) at 7pm BST - presumably because the girls' final is an all-Canadian affair between Zhou and Abanda. Liam's semi can be viewed by picking match 11 from the recorded options.