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

Jan · Hall of fame

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

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (SE) Liam Broady WR 199 beat (Q) Marcus Willis WR 377 by 7-6(5) 6-4

SF: (SE) Liam Broady WR 199 v (2) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) WR 61 (CH 49 in 2011)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Great win for Liam and a big week for Marcus.

No SE thus Tennys should get the last spot in the draw at Champaign.

Semi final will be a real test of where Liam is at.

indiana · Tennis legend

Liam is certainly in very fine form, but Marcus was not far off him today.

Well done, both !

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

I thought the standard of play was very high. By my count Liam made 3 unforced errors, 4 if you include a 2nd serve return he failed to make. Marcus volleyed superbly once again. My only criticism would be that he made very little of the rare opportunities he got against Liam's 2nd serve.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Ed is into the SF of the doubles.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Ed Corrie & Alex Kuznetsov (USA) CR 568 (148+420) defeated (3) Ruben Gonzales & Purav Raja (PHI/IND) CR 349 (219+130) by 3 & 4 biggrin

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SF: Ed Corrie & Alex Kuznetsov (USA) CR 568 (148+420) vs (WC) Mikelis Libietis & Hunter Reese (LAT/USA) UNR

Spectator · All-time great

Nice work by Mr Corrie and partner.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Gastão Elias (POR) & Sean Thornley CR 549 (355+194) defeated Chase Buchanan & Tennys Sandgren (USA/USA) CR 465 (191+274) by 6-1 3-6 [12-10] biggrin

Not the cakewalk I expected after the first set. Nip & tuck throughout the MTB...

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SF: Marcelo Arevalo & Miguel Ángel Reyes (ESA/MEX) CR 511 (376+135) vs Gastão Elias (POR) & Sean Thornley CR 549 (355+194)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Could be a very good week for challenger doubles.
Brydan won, Skupskis in final and Ed plus Sean must fancy their chances.

PS Marcus has not signed in for qualis at Champaign.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Sensible.

korriban · Challenger level

paulisi wrote:
Could be a very good week for challenger doubles.
Brydan won, Skupskis in final and Ed plus Sean must fancy their chances.

PS Marcus has not signed in for qualis at Champaign.

After all the Cartman fun this week, a WC for the MD wouldnt surprise me

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Oh, you may be right. In which case his body will get a few days recovery anyway.

DWH · Club Coach

Another exciting week. Well done Marcus and good luck to Liam, Ed and Sean in their semifinals! smile

Spectator · All-time great

I wondered whether there might be an issue with his wrists towards the end of the Broady match - it looked as if one might be troubling him. At any rate, after all the long, three-set matches, he may need some time to recover generally and hopping straight into more qualies might not be a great idea. Doubt that he'll get a WC - there are a huge number of Illinois players (as someone here has already posted) who would have preference. But I could be wrong!