Week 42 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Las Vegas NV, USA (hard)

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Week 42 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Las Vegas NV, USA (hard)

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Liam saves FIVE set points recovering from 15-40 and then three deuce/Ads.before holding on for 5-5- struggling with overheads a bit now though and SK is giving him plenty of them.

Strongbow · All-time great

Liam serving to get a tie-break blankstare

indiana · Tennis legend

Kozlov certainly found his mojo and mixing it up well. Liam has maybe become a little too conservative again at times but he can still take this second set and match.

*5-6

Strongbow · All-time great

Drat 5-7 cry the difference between 137 and 196,

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Drat!

Liam has game point at 5-6 40-30 but overhits a forehand from a decent position. An epic rally gives Kovlov another set point which Liam saves but SK gets another one and this time he takes it after setting the point up with very aggressive backhand return. 7-5, and into a decider we go.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Some great rallies, partly because both players struggling to kill off points, but Liam draws first blood breaking in the first game of the decider.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Kozlov was comfortably the better player in the second half of that set. Liam did well to save so many BPs.

Liam has just broken at the start of the third.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

For the second time, Liam can't back up a break and is broken straight back.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

That could be that. Kozlov getting into every Broady service game now. Liam has game point twice but can't convert and after saving one break point he can't save the second as Kozlov breaks for the third game in a row. Kozlov looking increasingly dominant, Liam battling bravely.

I said earlier it was too soon to panic, now is NOT too soon to panic.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

But hold on... break point Liam

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Saved, but now another one.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Got it. Back on serve.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Kozlov nets and we're back on serve 3-2*

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Liam is broken and 3-1 down Kozlov is bossing the points and looking good. Then SK looses his serve, and it is 3-2 on serve. The flow of this match is very strange.