Week 38 - French Open, Roland-Garros, Paris (clay) - men's qualifying

Jaffa · Challenger level

Week 38 - French Open, Roland-Garros, Paris (clay) - men's qualifying

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Sorry for the caps but:

GET IN THERE LIAM.

What a win.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Two double faults on two set points !!!

That dutchman will be spitting .....

And the set point where Liam's ball was called out and the umpire overturned it.....

And the service winner that was called a let......

All in all, a wonderful spectacle

Well done, Liam !

indiana · Tennis legend

Simples

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Well done Liam. Great news.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That's EUR 25,600 as well, which is all to the good

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Just been to look and see if these additional 16 points sneak Liam back into the top 200. But in fact he drops a place to 207 in the live rankings - although I will add the caveat that I don't fully trust those rankings at the moment with all the complications.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Wednesday 23rd of September 2020 02:53:10 PM

DelayedReaction · Lower Club Player

What a great win.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Furthest Hes made it in a grand slam outside out of Wimbledon. Hopefully he can qualify.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Nice one Liam.

I've got the Eurosport Player free trial for this week, via Amazon Prime, but I'm thinking of cancelling it before I get charged. It's only £6.99 a month, and I'm hardly spending anything these days, but it's been a bit disapointing so far. It can take ages to find the stream as they are not labeled (I ended up watching the Liam 2nd set TB on Bet365 as it would have been over before I'd found it, assuming it wasn't on Eurosport 1), plus unlike normal Prime for normal WTA/ATP matches, who upload matches as soon as they finish, I think Harriet's match is the only women's match from yesterday that is on demand - unless I'm missing something obvious.

ITV 4 will have extensive coverage, and I already have Eurosport 1 and 2 via my Sky Package, so I'll probably be able to manage with those 3 channels and then Bet365 for any non British / non big name match I want to see. Once it gets to the L16, or certainly the QF, ES 1 and 2 and ITV 4 will be all you need for the singles matches anyway (I've limited interest in the doubles).

I'll probably end up keeping it for the one month, but I haven't been that impressed with it so far.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

European eurosport, on the hand, is great.
Really easy to load, all the matches shown, all labelled with names, and pictures, so really easy to find your match.
And you can cancel it immediately, if you want, and then let it roll off so you don't get caught out having another month.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
Nice one Liam.

I've got the Eurosport Player free trial for this week, via Amazon Prime, but I'm thinking of cancelling it before I get charged. It's only £6.99 a month, and I'm hardly spending anything these days, but it's been a bit disapointing so far. It can take ages to find the stream as they are not labeled (I ended up watching the Liam 2nd set TB on Bet365 as it would have been over before I'd found it, assuming it wasn't on Eurosport 1), plus unlike normal Prime for normal WTA/ATP matches, who upload matches as soon as they finish, I think Harriet's match is the only women's match from yesterday that is on demand - unless I'm missing something obvious.

ITV 4 will have extensive coverage, and I already have Eurosport 1 and 2 via my Sky Package, so I'll probably be able to manage with those 3 channels and then Bet365 for any non British / non big name match I want to see. Once it gets to the L16, or certainly the QF, ES 1 and 2 and ITV 4 will be all you need for the singles matches anyway (I've limited interest in the doubles).

I'll probably end up keeping it for the one month, but I haven't been that impressed with it so far.

I have Eurosport 1 here and they were showing the Karlovic match followed by the Cecchinato match. No signs of Liam's match at all although they occasionally mentioned it.

Jan · Hall of fame

Well done Liam!!

the addict · Tennis legend

Ace, I find it easier to search Amazon Prime on my laptop for matches on Eurosport catchup, and add them to my watchlist. Then they appear easily on the TV. Did that for Harriet yesterday since I missed the whole second set. I'll do that for Liam as well, once it is showing in the list - can only see his QR1 match at the moment.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Just been to look and see if these additional 16 points sneak Liam back into the top 200. But in fact he drops a place to 207 in the live rankings - although I will add the caveat that I don't fully trust those rankings at the moment with all the complications.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Wednesday 23rd of September 2020 02:53:10 PM

The top 200 issue is that the 28/09 live rankings don't include French Open qualifying and Liam has for now been overtaken by a guy competing in the Sibou Challenger.

All French Open points will add on 12/10 by which time Liam will probably need further points for top 200, though I am sure that he will just be looking to qualify for that achievement in itself.

All the best, Liam