Congratulations to Liam who must feel bloody great just great he's the second oldest first time winner on the ATP challenge tour at 27. I don't know who was older when they won their first one but I'm sure they never looked back...
He acculated his points in perhaps the most consistent manner. No tournament accounted for more than 14% of his overall total. That tournament being Biel, his first tournament win at the Challenger level which came in September. Liam also has the most even split amongst surface types amongst the Top 10 as well as in terms of round reached.
In R1 of the Aussie Open today:
Love all the attention Liam's been getting for his rainbow laces, and his responses to the interviewers, and his support for the LGBT community
Just reading these stats properly, they are really good Aberdaberdonian, thanks for all of these. Something for everyone in these I reckon
I find the weekly ranking change lines confuse me to be honest, just my poor way of looking at them, but these graphs and insights are the business in the individual threads!
But I know others like the weekly lists - everyone is different!!
Liam's win in R2 at Wimbledon, on 30th June, against Schwartzmann, seeded 12, was just thrilling.
A HUGE testimony to Liam's grittiness and belief, and his coaching/fitness team too.
Liam won his R1 match in five. Then played three long sets of doubles. He said his legs were aching.....
But all started well......Liam won the first set 6-2. Only to lose the second 4-6. And then the third 0-6. And then go 0-3 down (I think it was) in the fourth. He lost 11 games on the trot.
BUT somehow scrapped his way back in the fourth, played an excellent tie-break, and there we was, still alive, in the fifth....
And then upped his game, played really tough, and almost made it look easy by the end
First time he's ever made the third round in a Grand Slam - and he did it at Wimbledon in five