QR1: BYE vs (q4) Liam Broady WR 345 (CH = 158 in August 2015)
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QR2: (q4) Liam Broady WR 345 vs Brandon Holt (USA) WR 935 (= CH) or Connor Farren (USA) WR 826 (CH = 823 last month)
Freddie Nielsen's lurking in the top half of the draw. Wonder who his doubles partner will be.
I'm intrigued now, who?!
Jon, I've absolutely no idea. That's why I posed the question. I can see, on reflection, that the wink probably gave the impression that I had inside knowledge. Sadly, I haven't. Sorry if I misled you.
Freddie isn't even in the doubles, what a miss for someone! But he did qualify for singles though.
I had been following Kyle's score on live scores and was pretty depressed at the end. Also saw a tweet somewhere that Liam was a set down. So after a long drive home from the office, it has really cheered me up to see that Liam has pulled off another very impressive win. Now if he an just pull of another couple of wins and go deeper into one of these tournaments, we will really begin to see the rankings rise that his recent form has merited.
Next up for Liam will be the winner between (Alt) Joris de Loore WR 223 and (WC) John Lamble WR 880. There have been worse draws for R2 of a Challenger, but when you have taken out a Top 100 player in R1, you deserve a decent draw for the next round.
The rankings rise is coming, I feel. I haven't checked but seem to think Liam's race position is at least 40-50 places above his current ranking, and most of those race points seem to have come in the last couple of months. Keep going Liam!