L32: (1) Ryan Peniston WR 234 (CH = 123 in July 2022) vs Rodrigo Alujas (MEX) WR 692 (CH = 689 last December)
L32: (WC) Gonçalo da Rosa Castro (POR) UNR vs (6) Max Basing WR 366 (= CH)
L32: (7) Gastão Elias (POR) WR 389 (CH = 57 in October 2016) vs Henry Searle WR 476 (CH = 353 in January)
L32: Lui Maxted WR 451 (= CH) vs (4) Liam Broady WR 282 (CH = 93 in September 2023)
35 year-old Elias has just given Henry a real lesson
Henry lost 6-3 7-5
Henry was the slightly better player in the second set, had break points, not much different in the first set in many ways, but was just a touch fragile when it mattered and you could see that Elias was just patient, waiting, knowing that the little wobble would come - and it did
Looked a really encouraging turnaround for Liam last November with his run to the Lyon Challenger final including some great wins.
But pretty disappointing so for this year including comfortable looking wins against him by Toby, Max and now Lui. Now all of these are on the up and that is good to see, but concerning re Liam.
Looked a really encouraging turnaround for Liam last November with his run to the Lyon Challenger final including some great wins.
But pretty disappointing so for this year including comfortable looking wins against him by Toby, Max and now Lui. Now all of these are on the up and that is good to see, but concerning re Liam.
Liam always strikes me as a bit of a momentum player. And as hes had a bit of a stop start to the year with what seems like a small injury. Lets hope he can get some momentum going again.