Week 29 - USA F20 ($10,000) - Tulsa, OK (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 29 - USA F20 ($10,000) - Tulsa, OK (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, ain't that just dandy, at 6-4 5-2 down, the other pair decide to retire.

So, well done Liam and Luke 10k Tulsa doubles champions !!!!

Spectator · All-time great

No shame in that loss for Mr Bambridge; Mr Frank is very underranked. Congratulations to them both on the doubles title. (How many is that now? I've lost count ....)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Andrew Harris a break up in the first set v Liam. 3*-2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Liam redresses the balance & eventually breaks again to capture the first set by 6-4.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Liam about to serve for the match at *5-3

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Liam Broady WR 382 beat (4) Andrew Harris (AUS) WR 574 6-4 6-3

paulisi · Tennis legend

More big points for Liam and another jump up the rankings.

There are quite a few guys pushing towards that top 300 mark.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Fingers crossed for another futures win, and doing well in a tournament you are expected to win. Still feel Andrew Harris would have been a more competitive opponent had he not opted for the mollycoddled shamateurrism of collegiate tennis.

He wasn't a random choice in the ITF v college debate as his junior background is not that different from that of our promising clutch of 20 yr olds. Ranked 330-600. I just hope he comes away with a good degree although looking at his holiday schedules he seems to still have an eye on being a player on the ATP tour.

Let's hope Liam continues his development tomorrow and starts sticking together a run of ITF wins that shows he is ready to be competitive at Challenger level.

indiana · Tennis legend

Good to see, and hopefully Liam can have much more success in the coming 3 weeks compared to his previous 3 USA weeks.

I would say, such has been the standard of these fields, that he could already have been quite a bit higher ranked if he had been closer to his best form.

Let's now make these weeks really count !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Final: (1) Liam Broady WR 382 v Mitchell Frank (USA) WR 833 (CH 622 in 2012)

philwrig · Hall of fame

I was shot down a couple of weeks ago when I suggested Liam's results were on the upgrade, during this run of American tournaments. I'll try it again, encouraging progress shown by Liam this week, playing close to his best tennis it would seem.

indiana · Tennis legend

We'll let you away with it this time, Phil :)

philwrig · Hall of fame

Very kind of you Indy.

paulisi · Tennis legend

To be fair he is the top seed by some margin and he can only beat what's in the draw, but Liam still needs to prove himself against similar ranked players to see if he is capable of moving up a level.
It will be interesting to see what Liam's plans are after this round of US 10ks