Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000) - Knoxville, TN, USA (Hard)

philwrig · Hall of fame

RE: Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000) - Knoxville, TN, USA (Hard)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Brilliant !!!

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent win - good to see that Marcus doesn't look out of place in challengers. Hopefully we will see some more regular appearances in the challengers. Just needs to get that ranking inside the top 300 now and Marcus is more that capable of achieving that.

Rola or Sandgren next.

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

Fantastic result. Chase has had a good season, so that is a really good win. Hopefully Marcus will focus on Challengers next season as he certainly has the hard court game for them.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just got in - really superb result from Marcus (hope he's got the physio doing his job and it feels OK tomorrow). So good to see him in Challengers.

Well done to Liam too. Happy days all round.

sherbert · Lower Club Player

Great result for Marcus. Pushing his way up to challenger level - Wimby main draw next year? 😝

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Cracking day for both guys. Liam looked a class above his opponent and Marcus got progressively better after the first set - he seems to enjoy the 3 setters!

No pressure in the next match, if he keeps serving so well he will be a nightmare for anyone indoors.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And brilliant end of set from Corrie + Kutz., coming back from a break down and then saving two set points in the TB, followed by Ed doing a winning lob and a clean ace. First set won.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Ed Corrie & Alex Kuznetsov (USA) CR 568 (148+420) defeated Sebastian Bader & André Ghem (AUT/BRA) CR 675 (277+398) by 7-6(6) 6-1

*****

QF: Ed Corrie & Alex Kuznetsov (USA) CR 568 (148+420) vs (3) Ruben Gonzales & Purav Raja (PHI/IND) CR 349 (219+130)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And a clean and simple 6-1 in the second set too.

Another Brit win . . . :)

Priesty · Challenger level

Well done Liam and Marcus biggrin

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Missed all the fun as I had to go out after the 1st set. Think it will be worth me going back to the live stream site to watch on replay, even if only to see the end and witness the reaction you are all talking about.

Top bombing Marcus. More of the same in the next please. Awesome result.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Liam first up tomorrow, Marcus third on.

Jan · Hall of fame

Glad to see that Marcus won - had to stop watching after the first set!
Good luck to Marcus and Liam tomorrow.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Stella day. Great to see such commitment getting results, really pleased to see so many players making progress on the challenger tour with the potential to go so much further. Respect due for not only having the talent but also being prepared to back it.