Week 44 - Challenger ($50,000) - Charlottesville VA, USA (Hard)

philwrig · Hall of fame

RE: Week 44 - Challenger ($50,000) - Charlottesville VA, USA (Hard)

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Cracking win - starting to look settled at Challenger level, very exciting stuff!

DWH · Club Coach

Marcus and Lewis won the first set 6-2 against he second seeds. Playing some good stuff from the parts I saw

indiana · Tennis legend

Superb ! A win that one would look for, but very decisive. Wonder what Liam got from the doctor yesterday ?!

Still has only lost one L16 match anywhere in over a year ( and that as a LL so he'd already actually lost earlier ).

DWH · Club Coach

indiana wrote:
Superb ! A win that one would look for, but very decisive. Wonder what Liam got from the doctor yesterday ?!

Still has only lost one L16 match anywhere in over a year ( and that as a LL so he'd already actually lost earlier ).

Not sure why he was at the doctor but he's joining MikeC on the centre court livestream at some point, So he may well get asked.

indiana · Tennis legend

C'mon, Marcus and Lewis !

Real pity that they have been exposed to such little at this level in the past ( while racking up futures titles ), but I variously hear great things about each of them, and clearly they are an established team. Hopefully, they can now seriously progress.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Marcus and Lewis take out the Nº 2 seeds 10-8 in the MTB. Now that's a decent result to say the least.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good stuff Liam

paulisi · Tennis legend

Bomb and Burts got out of jail in the MTB. A break down twice. Got it back to 9-8 on serve and broke.

Loud celebration at the end.

indiana · Tennis legend

Good stuff :)

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

Also a win for sean in his quarter final

DWH · Club Coach

Well done Marcus & Lewis and well done Sean.. they play each other so someone's making the final either way smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Gastão Elias (POR) & Sean Thornley CR 587 (390+197) defeated Frank Dancevic & Miguel Angel Reyes (CAN/MEX) CR 653 (515+138) by 7-6(5) 6-3 smile
QF: Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 481 (233+248) defeated (2) Marcelo Demoliner & Roberto Maytin (BRA/VEN) CR (241 (101+140) by 6-2 3-6 [10-8] biggrin

*****

SF: Gastão Elias (POR) & Sean Thornley CR 587 (390+197) vs Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 481 (233+248)

Pity they have to play one another, but at least we're guaranteed a finalist. wink The only seeded pair now left in the draw is TCH & Freddie N (1)...

steven · Tennis legend

QF: Liam Broady WR 235 v Ryan Harrison (USA) WR 196 (CH 43 in 2012)

This is the first time Harrison has won back-to-back main draw matches since the Dallas Challenger in March and the first time he's won back-to-back singles matches of any kind (any kind recorded on ITF, anyway!) since Wimbledon qualifying.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 31st of October 2014 12:32:29 AM

TMH · Futures qualifying

It's incredible how downhill it's gone for Harrison in the last two and a half years. Must be some sort of mental demons at play there, you'd have thought.