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

philwrig · Hall of fame

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

steven · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
goldenboy wrote:
well done Marcus,

though he's been a bit unlucky with the draw - 2nd seed qr1; tough pro qr2, underranked player qr3 and no $ or pts if he loses; and not even getting into the doubles directly (looks like he's just about to start qualifying match)!

At least Marcus has still got his sense of humour.
Cartman wins 76 67 76! What an epic! Off to eat some pies and ice cream before the dubs. #vamos

Yes, that made me smile too They beat Elliott & Ouellette 4 & 3 in doubles QR1 too

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (q1) Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 451 (221+230) defeated (qWC) Erik Elliott & Greg Ouellette (USA/USA) CR 1515 (522+993) by 4 & 3

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FQR: (q1) Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 451 (221+230) vs Taro Daniel & Dimitar Kutrovsky (JPN/BUL) CR 1590 (1209+381)

Reeltime · Satellite level

Great couple of results for Marcus. Bored out my skull on tour in Germany today so put a bunch of bets on. One of which was 20 quid on Marcus at 6/4. Therefore I actually sat through every point of that match on bet365 lol. #epic

spud · Challenger qualifying

Giron will be tough for Marcus, he's had some very good results on tour recently beating quite a few top 300 players. Fingers crossed Marcus + quick courts will be too much!

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Bit of a drag Marcus + Lewis having to go through doubles qualifying but at least getting plenty of doubles matches in which will give them an opportunity to sharpen up after a significant gap playing together .

Their current ranking as we saw last week v treat Huey & F Nielsen in the final is not a full reflection of their true ability which I think currently is combined 160-300 . They had significant back during the summer so their rankin stagnated .

A combined ranking of 400 should be good enough for WC main draw Wimbledon a long way off but worth planning for !

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Marcus v Giron is on livestream.

Marcus was broken at 3-3 thanks to some excellent play from Giron...he plays a lot like Broady, not very tall but good serve placement and able to work the angles really well.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Marcus has lifted his game in the 2nd, serving remarkably well and leaving Giron with little to play with.

5-4* on serve.

all_rounder · Junior player

Been playing brilliantly in the 2nd set. Now at set point in the tiebreak! 4 chances.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Marcus levels it at one set all :)

all_rounder · Junior player

There's the set! Superb stuff! 7-6 :) Bring on the decider!

all_rounder · Junior player

Broken :( *4-2 down. He's been the better player though...

all_rounder · Junior player

Break back! Woohoo. 4-3*

steven · Tennis legend

Marcus had break points in the 9th game of the 3rd set that would have left him serving for the match but he is 1/9 on bps so far (though he has also saved 6/8 bps and served 22 aces!) - after Giron held, he held again for 4-6 7-6(2) 5-5*

philwrig · Hall of fame

Break point baby !!