Week 25 - ATP 250 - Viking International - Devonshire Park, Eastbourne (grass)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 25 - ATP 250 - Viking International - Devonshire Park, Eastbourne (grass)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ali lost set one easily.

And was 5-6* down in the second. But broke.

Into a TB....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alistair Gray lost the second set TB 7-6(5)

But good effort.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jay is also not looking too likely in his match, set and a break down to Millman

Nix · Futures qualifying

JonH comes home wrote:
Jay is also not looking too likely in his match, set and a break down to Millman

I saw the last service game from Jay and he just seemed to have no self belief. Really flat and one shot just passed halfway down into the net. He needs something to change to get his career back on track.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The story so far:

L28: John Millman (AUS) WR 43 defeated (WC) Jay Clarke WR 233 by 3 & 2

L28: (9) Cameron Norrie WR 34 (= CH) vs Alexei Popyrin (AUS) WR 67 - Cam withdrew

L28: (Q) Ilya Ivashka (BLR) WR 876 defeated (LL) Alastair Gray WR 1041 by 6-2 7-6(5)

DF · Tennis legend

Liam playing well 3-1 up

Madadman · Top national player

So Kwon who got beat by Alastair Gray in QR1 is now in as a LL to replace Opelka. So gets a bye to round 2! Thats more than LL! Skipping two rounds from his original exit point!

Jan · Hall of fame

First set to Liam

flamingowings · All-time great

Madadman wrote:
So Kwon who got beat by Alastair Gray in QR1 is now in as a LL to replace Opelka. So gets a bye to round 2! Thats more than LL! Skipping two rounds from his original exit point!

Kwon is the 5th LL in Eastbourne. It's what can happen when you have a tournament so close to a slam and a terrible weather forecast.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
The story so far:
L28: John Millman (AUS) WR 43 defeated (WC) Jay Clarke WR 233 by 3 & 2
L28: (9) Cameron Norrie WR 34 (= CH) vs Alexei Popyrin (AUS) WR 67 - Cam withdrew
L28: (Q) Ilya Ivashka (BLR) WR 876 defeated (LL) Alastair Gray WR 1041 by 6-2 7-6(5)

L28: Vasek Pospisil (CAN) WR 66 defeated (WC) James Ward WR 340 by 4 & 4

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L28: (WC) Liam Broady WR 144 defeated Frances Tiafoe (USA) WR 56 by 6-3 7-6(4)

*****

L16: (WC) Liam Broady WR 144 vs (2) Alex de Miñaur (AUS) WR 18 (= CH)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nice one, Mr Broady !

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Absolutely brilliant Liam. So impressed.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Great performance from Liam particularly in the second set. Tiafoe was distracted in the first set, wanting to be off court because of the light, but asked a lot of questions in the second with Liam forced to save 6 breakpoints while not having a sniff on the American serve. Held all his serves in the tiebreak to keep Tiafoe at bay.