Week 13 - Challenger ($75,000+H) - León, Mexico (hard)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Week 13 - Challenger ($75,000+H) - León, Mexico (hard)

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

And he's 5-2 up in the 2nd! And I didn't watch because I thought he was going to get thumped!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I can't say I was particularly confident, there seems to be something about being a "lucky looser" and a it's a freebie nobody expects me to win so let's go for it approach to the main draw.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Wow! Another lucky loser makes the most of his luck:

L32: (LL) Liam Broady WR 322 defeated (SE) Denis Shapovalov (CAN) WR 194 by 2 & 3

And I hope his luck continues:

L16: (1) Victor Estrella (DOM) WR 91 (CH = 43 in July 2015) vs (LL) Liam Broady WR 322 bleh

Julia Carrot · All-time great

They barely shook hands at the net and there seemed to be a bit of a row going on immediately afterwards. Did anybody catch that ? But very well done Liam anyway.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Nice one Liam! I had a sneaky feeling Liam might win this one. Denis has played a lot of tennis lately.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Shapovalov said something to him in the first set, about him being an LL i think. Then at the end Liam did over react a bit shouting come on at the top of his voice three times, it was quite funny really. Shapovalov didn't like it, let's just leave it at that!!

To be fair, Liam returned very well there especially. Shapovalov nowhere near his best houh

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

I've just seen the'hand shake' on Twitter!

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

Smashing balls at umpires and arguing with a nice boy like Liam? If Dennis keeps this up he can expect a thank you card from Kyrgios.

steven · Tennis legend

Great win for Liam, I certainly didn't see that coming!

"Stropovalov" has won 17 of his last 22 matches, but while he's 15-2 v the rest of the world over that period, he's 2-3 v Brits (beat Ed & Lloyd, lost to Evo, Kyle & Liam)

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Liam is a pretty placid guy but I don't think he is a fan of gamesmanship, but understands it well and finds it really.... er .. motivating, try it and it's likely to backfire.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Thursday 30th of March 2017 02:09:51 AM

Smudge226 · Strong Club Player

Gone right off that Shapchap, well done Liam.

Jan · Hall of fame

Great win - well done Liam!

Etienne · Club Coach

I think we should cut Shapovalov some slack, I remember how difficult I found it to control my temper at that age, and I'm pretty chilled. Zverev jr seems to have similar issues, so I just think the combination of teenage hormones and being an elite athlete is a difficult one to master.

Etienne · Club Coach

Oh, and that is Liam B's best win in ages.