Week 31 - Challenger ($100,000) - Banque Nationale Challenger, Granby, Canada (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 31 - Challenger ($100,000) - Banque Nationale Challenger, Granby, Canada (hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Let's hope Tiafoe is a bit tired after his exertions last week.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Stircrazy wrote:
steven wrote:
James draws a Brit in R1 for the 2nd week in a row and the winners of that match are likely to get Lloyd's conqueror in Lexington, Tiafoe.

L32: Brydan Klein WR 271 v (8) Grégoire Barrère FRA WR 193 (CH 187 earlier this month)
L32: James Ward WR 249 v Liam Broady WR 277
Qualifiers placed & would you Adam & bloody Eve it?
L32: (Q) Ed Corrie WR 362 vs (4) Frances Tiafoe (USA) WR 149 (= CH) .

In actual fact Lloyd lost to Lexington winner Escobedo not his vanquished final opponent Tiafoe It does still mean three Brits facing very tough task to get thru to Quarters though.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Topemp wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
steven wrote:
James draws a Brit in R1 for the 2nd week in a row and the winners of that match are likely to get Lloyd's conqueror in Lexington, Tiafoe.

L32: Brydan Klein WR 271 v (8) Grégoire Barrère FRA WR 193 (CH 187 earlier this month)
L32: James Ward WR 249 v Liam Broady WR 277
Qualifiers placed & would you Adam & bloody Eve it?
L32: (Q) Ed Corrie WR 362 vs (4) Frances Tiafoe (USA) WR 149 (= CH) .

In actual fact Lloyd lost to Lexington winner Escobedo not his vanquished final opponent Tiafoe It does still mean three Brits facing very tough task to get thru to Quarters though.

I know. I even commented on the fact that Escobedo had gone on to take the title on the Lexington thread, beating Tiafoe in the final. The comment you've quoted was meant to be a reflection on the fact that Tiafoe keeps getting in the way of our boys' progress.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Our boys may wel look back in 10 years time when Tiafoe is at his peak! And reflect very positively that they were able to run him close on the challenger tour when he was 18.

A certain Mr A Murray won his first challenger age 19 ranked 145 in 2005, he is now quite good but a geriatric compared to Tiafoe who won't turn 19 until Jan 2017.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Topemp wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
steven wrote:
James draws a Brit in R1 for the 2nd week in a row and the winners of that match are likely to get Lloyd's conqueror in Lexington, Tiafoe.

L32: Brydan Klein WR 271 v (8) Grégoire Barrère FRA WR 193 (CH 187 earlier this month)
L32: James Ward WR 249 v Liam Broady WR 277
Qualifiers placed & would you Adam & bloody Eve it?
L32: (Q) Ed Corrie WR 362 vs (4) Frances Tiafoe (USA) WR 149 (= CH) .

In actual fact Lloyd lost to Lexington winner Escobedo not his vanquished final opponent Tiafoe It does still mean three Brits facing very tough task to get thru to Quarters though.
I know. I even commented on the fact that Escobedo had gone on to take the title on the Lexington thread, beating Tiafoe in the final. The comment you've quoted was meant to be a reflection on the fact that Tiafoe keeps getting in the way of our boys' progress.

To be 'fair to Tiafoe, he's only played one Brit in the last 4-5 months.

And only 2 Brits since the start of the year.

(And not sure RJA would even count them as British - Klein last week and Bedene back in March)

I don't quite know why you think Tiafoe has been a British problem.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

It appears Liam is not very happy with the schedulers this week. And I don't blame him. Here is his tweet.

Checked the schedule at 5pm and I'm on 5th match after 10am. Look again at 11pm and I'm first on at 10am... What

Good job he double checked before going to bed. I wonder if he told Wardy about the change or is he just hoping that Wardy will still be in bed and not turn up wink

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
It appears Liam is not very happy with the schedulers this week. And I don't blame him. Here is his tweet.

Checked the schedule at 5pm and I'm on 5th match after 10am. Look again at 11pm and I'm first on at 10am... What

Good job he double checked before going to bed. I wonder if he told Wardy about the change or is he just hoping that Wardy will still be in bed and not turn up

biggrin biggrin biggrin

DF · Tennis legend

Liam up 2-0

DF · Tennis legend

James woke up 2-2 smile

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Net, net, James deserved that set, played slightly better than Liam and winning it 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

James was a break up in the second. But Liam played a very good game to break back towards the end.

Now 6-6

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: James Ward WR 249 defeated Liam Broady WR 277 by 6-4 7-6(5)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

James win the tiebreak 7-6(5)

Shame for Liam but, overall, James was the better player.

thejester · Satellite level

I was completely conflicted about that match. On the one hand I'm really hoping Liam can get his Mojo back and make his way back into the top 200. On the other hand I feel James is in desperate need of something to break for him sooner rather than later or it will be curtains. He was WR113 a year ago today and it can't be easy to fall so far so (relatively) fast. Anyway I hope they both succeed in the above. Sounds like James deserved to win, and hopefully Liam isn't too discouraged by a tight loss.