Week 40 - Challenger ($100,000) - Sacramento, CA, USA (Hard)

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 40 - Challenger ($100,000) - Sacramento, CA, USA (Hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

No ideas about Evo - never tweets about tennis, although I did see a tweet of him playing table tennis at Edgbaston priority a week or so ago.

Liam just started. 1-1 first set.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Liam breaks to serve for the first set 5*-4

doubles later - neither match on a streamed court.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Serves out the first set 6-4 and breaks straight away 2-0

paulisi · Tennis legend

FQR: (q3) Liam Broady WR 286 bt Alexander Ritschard (SUI) WR 905 (CH 648 in 2013) 6-4 6-0

5pts in the bank, nice draw please.(avoid Russell)

RobH · Social player

Looks like he got Luca Vanni

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Kyle Edmund WR 243 v (1) Sam Querrey (USA) WR 47 (CH 17 in 2011) *
L32: (Q) Liam Broady WR 286 v Luca Vanni (ITA) WR 156 (CH 154 last week after reaching 2 Challenger SFs in Asia recently)

* H2H 0-1 - Querrey won 7-6(5) 6-3 in Eastbourne earlier this year

Jaffa · Challenger level

Can't complain too much with that draw!

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Kyle v. Querrey is scheduled for not before 16.30 with I think is 02.30 gmt. Liam is 3rd match after 10.00 local but on the untelevised court again.

Liam won his fqr doubles 12-10 in the mtb.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

In a strange way, it might actually be a good draw for Kyle. As with when he came up against Sam Q at Queens, he often plays more freely against the bigger names. As his game has moved on and his experience grown, hopefully he'll now be able to keep that freedom right to the end of the match.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: (q1) Liam Broady & Jordan Thompson (AUS) CR 558 (286+272) defeated (q2) Sebastian Bader & Erik Elliott (AUT/USA) CR 784 (251+533) by 7-6(5) 1-6 [12-10] smile

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R1: (Q Liam Broady & Jordan Thompson (AUS) CR 558 (286+272) vs Alex Bolt & Frank Dancevic (AUS/CAN) CR 618 (101+517)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Indy very graciously posted (on Liam's previous Chally thread, I think) that he'd been one of the doubters re the LTA's strategy of clay court futures tennis for the lads, and missing Wimbledon. But wanted to give credit where credit was due, in that Liam had certainly come on leaps and bounds, and well done to the team.

Just want to echo the same thoughts because it was well said and shows there are many paths to Rome, and some probably better than others (Oli's choice to play Wimbledon and not toe the line can't, with hindsight, claim to have been the best choice of his).

So, yes, it still strikes me as a little bizarre but who am I to say . . . (a tiny churlish part of me thinks maybe Liam's just 'clicked' ever since the NTC closed, slightly JWH style but more so. But that's ungracious, and probably not true).

So, a mega well done to Liam for moving seamlessly up to Challengers (he may well lose this match now, but he's showed he fits in there). And well done to his LTA team too. And to his 'new' guys, as far as they're involved now. Onwards and upwards.

And, a vote in favour of those hippy-dippy shorts of his - I like them !

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 30th of September 2014 08:04:15 AM

steven · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:
Kyle v. Querrey is scheduled for not before 16.30 with I think is 02.30 gmt. Liam is 3rd match after 10.00 local but on the untelevised court again.
Liam won his fqr doubles 12-10 in the mtb.

Thankfully, Kyle's match is not before 00.30 BST (though it may end up being 02.30 if the earlier matches are long!)

Jaffa · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:

And, a vote in favour of those hippy-dippy shorts of his - I like them !

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 30th of September 2014 08:04:15 AM

I got myself a couple of pairs for my matches - I believe they're still available on Pro Direct!

Jaffa · Challenger level

They have exchanged breaks at 2-2 then Liam just held from 0-40 saving 4 BPs... 6-5*