Week 9 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Quimper, France (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 9 - Challenger (€42,500) - Quimper, France (hard)

emma · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 9 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Quimper, France (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Ed avoided Arnaboldi ( biggrin ), but could end up playing Liam in the second round ( cry )!

L32: (7) Liam Broady WR 182 vs (SE) Andriej Kapas (POL) WR 333 (= CH)
L32: (Q) Ed Corrie WR 266 vs Vincent Millot (FRA) WR 217 (CH = 147 in February 2011)

christian · Intermediate Club Player

Cheers Paulisi, as hoped for he didn't need the lucky loser spot anyway.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Good win and decent placement in the draw. Would not be nice for Ed and Liam to have to play each other but it would be nice for them to get to that stage, and both need a QF points-wise so good luck to both.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Stircrazy wrote:
Ed avoided Arnaboldi ( ), but could end up playing Liam in the second round ( )!
L32: (7) Liam Broady WR 182 vs (SE) Andriej Kapas (POL) WR 333 (= CH)
L32: (Q) Ed Corrie WR 266 vs Vincent Millot (FRA) WR 217 (CH = 147 in February 2011)

Liam was practicing with Wardy in Glasgow today, so will be interesting to see if Liam withdraws. With DY in the US team, makes sense for Liam to be a practice hitting player this week.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Skupskis lost the 1st set 6-4 abd currently on serve at 2-1* in the 2nd after a big hold on Neal's serve from 0-40

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (WC) Maxime Authom & Romain Jouan (BEL/FRA) UNR defeated (3) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 208 (104+104) by 6-4 3-6 [10-7] bleh

wolf · Tennis legend

Painful.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Interesting that Liam is not on the OoP tomorrow although it's possible he's just asked for a late start.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So, in answer to why Marcus (and maybe others) are not trying Challenger qualies this week, it's because he's playing a Tier 2 British Tour event !!!!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Jaffa wrote:
Interesting that Liam is not on the OoP tomorrow although it's possible he's just asked for a late start.

He's just tweeted that he'll be in Glasgow all week, so it's looking more like a late withdrawal.

indiana · Tennis legend

Hmm, I wonder if Kyle ( more likely than James ( or Andy!) since he did have some injury ) is rather less than 100% and Liam has gone to Glasgow as further Davis Cup assistance / cover.

philwrig · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:
Hmm, I wonder if Kyle ( more likely than James ( or Andy!) since he did have some injury ) is rather less than 100% and Liam has gone to Glasgow as further Davis Cup assistance / cover.

I wondered with DY being a lefty, Liam was being used in the role of hitting partner to get Wardy and Andy acclimatised to playing a fellow lefty, cover as well of course, but nice to see him in and around the DC squad.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And, of course, one of the specific components of the new Wimbledon wildcard policy is 'making yourself available', if asked, to play at Davis/Fed Cup events. I think Phil's scenario sounds very likely (Young's forehand, in particular, is pretty similar to Liam's) and Liam may well be cementing his wildcard there.