Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Champaign IL, USA (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Champaign IL, USA (Hard)

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Much better serving gets him to 6-5*

paulisi · Tennis legend

Better service game. Jaziri too aggressive and making the errors.

steven · Tennis legend

I wish Liam had done in the 9th game what he did in the 11th! Anyway, tiebreak time ...

steven · Tennis legend

2-4* at the changeover

steven · Tennis legend

For the 2nd(?) time in the tiebreak, Liam gets a mini-break back ... now can he hold 2 serves in a row?

steven · Tennis legend

He holds the first but not the 2nd

4-5*

steven · Tennis legend

Desperately close to a second top 100 (and first top 80) scalp, but ...

L32: Liam Broady WR 188 lost to (2) Malek Jaziri (TUN) WR 79 (CH 69 in 2012) by 6-4 4-6 7-6(4)

airsmashers · County player

Looks crestfallen

paulisi · Tennis legend

That was tough on Liam. You can see the disappointment as it was there to win.

Nice to see Jaziri's reaction at the end. You can tell he was impressed.

He is a top 100 player and Liam was probably the better player in the last two sets.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

What a shame. But it says a lot about where he has got to recently, when we are disappointed by Liam losing in a 3rd set breaker to the WR 79.

Of course, it doesn't help when you have played "three of the worst sets of tennis in the world". His quote, not mine (after going 4-6* down in that breaker). I happen to disagree with him but understand the frustration.

freerider · Futures level

disappointing to lose after having served for it of course (and presumeably last match of the season for Liam) but so many positives to take from the last 4 weeks and encouragement going into next season.

Really nice that now I truly believe that we have got at least 4 players capable of winning challengers next season - and even better that the ATP have started streaming so many of the events :)

Jan · Hall of fame

argh
I had to nip out just after the start of the TB. What a shame - so close.

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity, so close. Couldn't get his nose ahead in the TB. After losing the first point on serve, twice pulled back the minibreak and got the points back level only to drop his second service point of the two. And couldn't pull it back a third time.

Says so much about his progress and where he wants to be at that he was so frustrated at the end.

Spectator · All-time great

Yes, he may be disappointed - but it's been a phenomenal gain in the past six months. Well done to Mr Broady ... and may the disappointment and realisation that he can win such matches spur him on

-- Edited by Spectator on Tuesday 11th of November 2014 10:39:14 PM