So long as he is fit and much as I like Neal, and rate him, Id take Andy in the last 8 as my partner any day. Dont folks think he and Joe are proving a strong pair? They look very good to me.
Great result for Liam. Would it be sacrilege to say wish Joe and Neal had played the doubles together?
No, but I am happy with Joe & Andy playing together.
Andy comes with possible injury issues, and again some ongoing doubts here, but if you are going for gold ( or at least a medal ), it makes sense to pick the player with the biggest upside. Neal's a great player but with Andy's big time experience and possible best level ( quite apart from how different pairs are likely to gel ), like Jon, I felt it was a very understandable choice by Joe. Joe & Andy simply looked the better chance to me and, as long as Andy's injury issue continues as unrestricting as he says it is, it still looks very good.
-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 27th of July 2021 09:42:46 PM
Survives break back point and Liam takes the 2nd set 6-4. Into a decider. Thats really impressive from Liam who was 6-7, 0-2 down and I thought.....heading home!