Week 38 - ATP 250 - St. Petersburg, Russia (indoor hard )

Jaffa · Challenger level

Week 38 - ATP 250 - St. Petersburg, Russia (indoor hard )

indiana · Tennis legend

Top 150 here we come

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Amazing result! Yes, Gulbis was poor, but Liam stuck at it, and kept asking the questions and let Gulbis make the mistakes. This turns a promising week into a great one. 32 points, load of cash, and a real breakthrough, first time he's qualified for a ATP250 and now a 2nd round slot. And playing like this, who knows.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Topemp wrote:
Amazing result! Yes, Gulbis was poor, but Liam stuck at it, and kept asking the questions and let Gulbis make the mistakes. This turns a promising week into a great one. 32 points, load of cash, and a real breakthrough, first time he's qualified for a ATP250 and now a 2nd round slot. And playing like this, who knows.

Didn't/couldn't watch it but - oh yes !!!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Just come home to see the result. WOW. Nuff said.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Constant wrote:
Liam has to defend 25 atp pts to the end of the year.
Already qualifying gets him 12 and if he manages to beat Gulbis a cool 20 more which more than covers the 25 so could easily push on for the rest of the year and break into the top 200

That's that box ticked.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

By 'ecky eck. !!!!!! That is a truly heart cheering result. Almost speechless !!

JonH · All-time great

Stunning result - Gulbis can be moody but still. Puts Liam into the top 200....in the Race

Nix · Futures level

theemptyvessel wrote:
Getting carried away now but looking ahead it is Mannarino in the next round and he is known for producing pretty inconsistent play depending on his moods, how far can Liam go?

Mannarino's only lost twice this year though to players outside the top 100, and one of those was Shapovalov. So it's going to be tough. But a really good string of results from Liam. Really pleased for him. It seems strange that he had such a slump last year. Let's hope this run of results continues.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Brilliant from Liam. That's a great week. Banking the money as well should take the pressure off going into the last few months of the year. Hopefully he can finish the year inside the top 200.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Liam's second round match is fifth on the streamed court tomorrow, so probably early evening (Dom's doubles is last on the other court). Mannarino won their previous encounter 0 & 4 in the Knoxville Challenger of November 2014

L32: (Q) Liam Broady WR 248 beat (Q) Ernest Gulbis (LAT) WR 212 (CH 10 June 2014) 6-3 6-0

L16: (Q) Liam Broady WR 248 v (4) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) WR 31 (CH 27 in July 2015)

Oakland2002 · All-time great

paulisi · Tennis legend

I'm not sure why, but if you check Liam's record, he gets the majority of his points in the latter half of the season.

Brave decision to turn up here( he could have played US challengers) and it has paid off(literally).

Priesty · Challenger level

No doubt Oli's defeat by Lloyd on Sunday was a great weight off Liam's mind since he had promised on Twitter to buy him a pint if he won the tournament as a qualifier. Clearly made all the difference wink

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Anyone know of somewhere I can see some highlights of Liam's win?

edit: found some on a youtube account called tenniswarden

-- Edited by Madadman on Tuesday 19th of September 2017 10:22:19 PM