Week 8 - Challenger 90 ($81,240+H) - National Bank Challenger, Calgary, AB, Canada (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 8 - Challenger 90 ($81,240+H) - National Bank Challenger, Calgary, AB, Canada (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Liam's opponent has served TEN double faults, I believe, in the first set. Including two in the final game before the TB when he was serving for the set.

C'mon, Liam !

DF · Tennis legend

and Liam has hit 6 aces. C'mon Liam!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great. First set taken care of, in a pretty spotty affair of a TB, but with a super last point.

DavidC · Tennis legend

The overall standard of play in the first set was poor, and Liam got away with his slow start (down 2 breaks) thanks largely to his opponent's serving woes. Liam was unhappy at Oliveira being allowed a MTO (for retaping i think) at 5-5 just after Liam had broken back - and the Portuguese player benefited from the break, with a strong game to break for 6-5. Neither player is happy with the line calling. Nothing for Liam to fear if he can play anywhere near his best (nowhere near so far)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And now he loses the second, in a continuation of a very spotty match, of pretty low quality.

The Portuguese player's serve is just horrid!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

QF: (7) Liam Broady WR 230 beat (15) Gonçalo Oliveira (POR) WR 287 (CH 194 Dec 17) 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Decent climb of approx 20 places in the live rankings for Liam and a win in the SF would see him back inside the Top 200.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Friday 28th of February 2020 10:00:08 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (10) Maxime Cressy (USA) WR 191 vs (7) Liam Broady WR 230

Cressy served 20 double faults to his Japanese QF opponent's seven, but 18 aces to his opponent's four!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
SF: (10) Maxime Cressy (USA) WR 191 vs (7) Liam Broady WR 230
Cressy served 20 double faults to his Japanese QF opponent's seven, but 18 aces to his opponent's four!

he was almost out as well. Going to be a tough opponent. How is Cressy seeded 10 and WR 191 versus Liam at seed 7 but down at 230?

Edit, sorry I see he won Drummondville last week, but his highest ranked opponent was 239.

Liam can win this.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 29th of February 2020 12:26:37 AM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Liam Broady & Scott Clayton CR 560 (362+198) defeated (4) Harri Heliövaara & Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN/FIN) CR 447 (142+305) by 1-6 7-6(5) [13-11] biggrin

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Liam into a final set having fought back to take the 2nd.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Cressy has served 25 aces in 11 service games so far according to the atp scoreboard! Wow!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Cressy has served 25 aces in 11 service games so far according to the atp scoreboard! Wow!

Now 26, according to bet365, to Liam's four, but 11 double faults to Liam's three.

3-3* in the final set...

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Cressy has served 25 aces in 11 service games so far according to the atp scoreboard! Wow!

Quite often just going for ace on 2nd serve hence 11 DFs too.

Apart from that is is chip and charge at every opportunity and trying to hit outright winners on return of serve. Tough style to play against but Liam has done it quite well.

https://livestream.com/ATP/events/9020207

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 29th of February 2020 08:52:05 PM