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

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Liam is playing well enough but struggling to make much headway against the Opelka serve. Tough windy conditions by the looks of it.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Poor performance from Liam so far. Very one-sided tiebreak.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

That was a surprisingly easy break of serve, I suppose helped by Opelka missing his first serve much of the time. I thought the contest was over when Liam df to give away his own serve the previous game.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Liam takes the 2nd set breaker to level things up.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Liam levels the match, taking the second set tie-break by 7-6(5). smile

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Liam with impressive speed before unleashing a forehand pass for the early mini-break. Opelka wild error at 5-5 after two rather annoying 2nd serve aces.

Jaffa · Challenger level

That was a horrific line call in Liam's favour at 5-5 IMVHO. He deserved that set Liam though. That might break Opelka

Nix · Futures level

Well done Liam. Against 21 aces and 90% win of points on first serve by Ophelia, he wins second set. Albeit on tie break but takes mental strength to keep going against such pressure knowing it could be so difficult to break back.

Nix · Futures level

Ophelia! Sorry, blooming spell check. Opelka.

indiana · Tennis legend

Ha, Ophelia thinks he's a tough guy with all these aces

Hmm, though I guess rather too many folk have felt the effects of Ophelia's winds in the last week or so

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 20th of October 2017 09:08:46 PM

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Another break. Opelka's volleys not too clever in that game.

And two awful forehand errors on bp in Liam's next service game

-- Edited by kundalini on Friday 20th of October 2017 09:20:36 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

When Liam gets that slider serve into the Opelka body in the Ad court, he doesn't know what to do with it.

indiana · Tennis legend

Phew, hopefully what will prove a vital hold for 4-2*.

Did well to get out of it after Opelka'a err rather deep looking return.

indiana · Tennis legend

Cheers Reilly. Service games to love don't come much more gift wrapped than that.

5-3*