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

LouieG · County player

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

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Tennys seems arrogant and unlikeable, but perhaps he was having a bad day.

Delighted to see Marcus blast him off court - that will teach him! Brits mop up the quarter, stunning.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Great win.

Next round should be interesting. Liam must start as favourite.

Where will that put Marcus in the rankings? New CH?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Pity the Brits have to meet in the quarters.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

I enjoyed that match. The quality varied from the sublime (mostly Marcus' stop volleys) to the ridiculous.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I eventually managed to watch the replay of Liam's match through. Very impressive, especially the first set. Was Iron Mike having a bad day, has he declined a lot recently (it's a couple of years since I have seen him play), or did Liam just make him look bad?

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

where is the replay?

Spectator · All-time great

Certainly getting a lot of attention on Twitter ...

Colette Lewis ‏@zootennis 9m9 minutes ago

He's developing quite a cult on Challenger circuit now, so here's #tbt of Marcus Willis(GBR) at 2008 USO Jrs #Cartman

MikeCTennis @MikeCTennis · 37m 37 minutes ago

You guys can have Le Monf and his Coke. #Cartman just grabbed an RC and a snickers for the third set with Sandgren. #EPIC @Willbomb90

Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg · 25m 25 minutes ago

@MikeCTennis @TheTennisNerds This Cartman fellow is my hero.

philwrig · Hall of fame

That was peak Marcus, Sandgren completely caught in his web, great to see an all GB QF.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

The Knight wrote:
where is the replay?

Livestream.com, click on sport, then ATP, then scroll down for the matches. May also have to click on "archive" somewhere in there, I can't remember.

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

livestream

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

The Knight wrote:
where is the replay?

https://new.livestream.com/atp

You can watch entire matches going back a long way on this site.

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

just spoke to Marcus on facebook he said interview with mike c will be 9.30 to 9.45 ish
could be interesting
ye-ha

philwrig · Hall of fame

HossTheBoss wrote:
just spoke to Marcus on facebook he said interview with mike c will be 9.30 to 9.45 ish
could be interesting
ye-ha

Mike C just confirmed that on the livestream.

steven · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Great win.

Next round should be interesting. Liam must start as favourite.

Where will that put Marcus in the rankings? New CH?

Back in the top 350 (up about 30-35 places from 377 currently) but he would need to beat Liam to have a chance of improving his career high and would need to make the final to make sure, in which case he would break into the top 300 as well.