The worrying thing is that Liam has now retired two weeks in a row.
Time to head home and get some rest. He has cracked the Top 500 which is a major milestone. Now it is rest, pre-season and hit the ground running for a big 2014.
Liam; "And that is the end of 2013. My backs played up again so time to go home and get it checked out. It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride this year but I came out stronger for it. Thanks for the help through it..."
Also, Mansouri just upset Roy, so here is the full round-up:
L32: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 1214 lost to (6) Tihomir Grozdanov (BUL) WR 453 (CH 443 in Sep) by 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 L32: (8) Liam Broady WR 471 lost to (Q) Niels Lootsma (NED) WR 1603 (CH 1595 in Jun) by 6-3 ret. L32: (Q) Evan Hoyt WR 1320 beat Tom Schonenberg (GER) WR 683 (= CH) by 4 & 4 L32: Toby Martin WR 886 beat (WC) Abdulla al Mohamoud (QAT) UNR by 2 & 0 L32: Luke Bambridge WR 758 beat (2) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) WR 346 (CH 345 last week) by 3-1 ret.
L16: (Q) Evan Hoyt WR 1320 v (Q) Niels Lootsma (NED) WR 1603 L16: Toby Martin WR 886 v (3) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) WR 402 (CH 245 in Mar) L16: Luke Bambridge WR 758 v (Q) Skander Mansouri (TUN) WR 1335 (CH 1325 in Oct; junior WR 68 / CH 38 in Mar)
-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 17th of December 2013 03:32:55 PM
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
Been hearing quite a lot of talk about Evan for years. Fine prospect, good looking player etc. Players come through at different paces, but be good to see him start to put some senior results together.
Yes, and Evan's the one that had the big hoo-hah with US college - getting accepted, being all excited and then being (voluntarily) disqualified for having been sponsored for 6 weeks or so when he was only 16.
I reckon that must have been difficult to come to terms with, just when all the others were leaving this September and he'd have been going too . . .
However, every cloud has a silver lining and all that and if he can piece together a few results, he may realise that it's all worked out for the best.
SF: Mats Moraing & Tom Schönenberg (GER/GER) CR 1877 (1211+666) vs (4) Luke Bambridge & Evan Hoyt CR 1353 (514+839) SF: (3) Marko Danis & Ivo Klec (SVK/SVK) CR 1379 (946+433) vs (2) Scott Clayton & Toby Martin CR 1284 (598+686)
The Germans will, I feel, pose a threat to Luke & Evan: they took out the top seeds, Narasimhan & Shabaz (CR 1302), by 2 & 2 in the first round & those handy Dutch boys, Lootsma & Sels, by 10-8 in the quarter-final MTB.