Looks like one of Liams ranking rivals, Kotov, won in China ATP 250 and Garin also won, so Liam is now Live 102 and a win will leave him short of top 100. So it now looks like at least 2 wins needed (including today if he gets to play)
Aaaand of course down comes the rain, with Liam a break and 30-0 up!
Correction: must have been a light shower as the umpire shuffled around the court a bit, rubbed his foot over a couple of tramlines, and declared "play on"!
Further correction: chucking it down again... match suspended at 2-1 and 15-15 on Liam's serve.
-- Edited by greeny12 on Thursday 21st of September 2023 03:04:04 PM
-- Edited by greeny12 on Thursday 21st of September 2023 03:05:53 PM
That win would jump him over 4 players from Live 101 to Live 97. Only one of those 4 players is still playing this week. Also, there are only 4 players below him in Live rankings with the chance to overtake but that would take some extraordinary results.
-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Friday 22nd of September 2023 10:27:32 AM
Definitely scheduled to play a second match today.
Centre Court: Not before 5.30pm (that's probably French time so 4.30pm UK).
Barrere and Cazaux looking like going into a 3rd set. Cazaux won the 1st, Barrere about to serve for the 2nd at *5-4
Edit
3rd set confirmed. Let's hope for a long and tense TB at the end of it.
-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Friday 22nd of September 2023 10:55:18 AM
the schedule seems to have 3 more matches after the French guys finish - that aint happening in just 4 hours, IMO, so either Liams next match will be a lot later than the NB time or they will move stuff onto other courts -- I cant imagine they will want to hang it over to another day if courts are available to get things played?
Definitely scheduled to play a second match today.
Centre Court: Not before 5.30pm (that's probably French time so 4.30pm UK).
Barrere and Cazaux looking like going into a 3rd set. Cazaux won the 1st, Barrere about to serve for the 2nd at *5-4
Edit
3rd set confirmed. Let's hope for a long and tense TB at the end of it.
-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Friday 22nd of September 2023 10:55:18 AM
the schedule seems to have 3 more matches after the French guys finish - that aint happening in just 4 hours, IMO, so either Liams next match will be a lot later than the NB time or they will move stuff onto other courts -- I cant imagine they will want to hang it over to another day if courts are available to get things played?
I've seen some pics of floodlit play on the tournament website, so I guess they could go later into the evening on the centre court there?
If not, the "Court 5" schedule is fairly light today, and there will have to be a sizeable gap before the final doubles as Brouwer's previous round dubs hasn't even started yet and indeed he's currently in the early stages of a singles match!