Week 2 - Australian Open qualifying - Melbourne (outdoor hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 2 - Australian Open qualifying - Melbourne (outdoor hard)

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

For those wondering where Liam is he posted this on his Twitter account.

Sad to say I have had to withdraw from The AO. I have two bone stresses in my ankle that got worse in Hong Kong until I felt I couldn't move properly on court in my last match. When I arrived in Melbourne I got an MRI which confirmed what the pain was. If I continue to play there's a high chance they could become fractures and instead of a month out it could be
3. Although tempting to play injured and take full prize money I felt it wasn't right when other competitors have a better chance fully fit.
Special thank you also to the AO and ATP for still giving me the full Travel Grant. Not mandatory but given to help me out with costs of the trip.

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Gutted for Liam as hes in such good form.

I saw on BBC breakfast that Oliver Crawford has stwichted to team go. Anyone know much about him?

Jan · Hall of fame

So disappointing for Liam. Hope for a quick and full recovery for him.

Blue_Belle · Club Coach

Mervatron2 wrote:
Gutted for Liam as hes in such good form.

I saw on BBC breakfast that Oliver Crawford has stwichted to team go. Anyone know much about him?

There's some posts in the individual players part about him.

Tanaqui · Club Coach

That's a real shame for Liam but sounds like a very sensible decision. Here's hoping he heals quickly and comes back with a bang.

scottie1 · Futures level

It is showing Crawford as USA in the draw

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
QR1: Ryan Peniston WR 179 vs Elias Ymer (SWE) WR 155
QR1: Jan Choinski WR 160 vs Benjamin Hassan (GER) WR 151
QR1: Oliver Crawford WR 215 vs Ilya Ivashka (***) WR 182
QR1: Billy Harris WR 199 vs Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) WR 207

All winnable and all losable ! Hoping the lads can eeek two wins out of that lot!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
For those wondering where Liam is he posted this on his Twitter account.

Sad to say I have had to withdraw from The AO. I have two bone stresses in my ankle that got worse in Hong Kong until I felt I couldn't move properly on court in my last match. When I arrived in Melbourne I got an MRI which confirmed what the pain was. If I continue to play there's a high chance they could become fractures and instead of a month out it could be
3. Although tempting to play injured and take full prize money I felt it wasn't right when other competitors have a better chance fully fit.
Special thank you also to the AO and ATP for still giving me the full Travel Grant. Not mandatory but given to help me out with costs of the trip.

Typical of Liam to have the principals not to participate just for the money. He really is a good guy.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Madadman wrote:
For those wondering where Liam is he posted this on his Twitter account.

Sad to say I have had to withdraw from The AO. I have two bone stresses in my ankle that got worse in Hong Kong until I felt I couldn't move properly on court in my last match. When I arrived in Melbourne I got an MRI which confirmed what the pain was. If I continue to play there's a high chance they could become fractures and instead of a month out it could be
3. Although tempting to play injured and take full prize money I felt it wasn't right when other competitors have a better chance fully fit.
Special thank you also to the AO and ATP for still giving me the full Travel Grant. Not mandatory but given to help me out with costs of the trip.
Typical of Liam to have the principals not to participate just for the money. He really is a good guy.

It's also really decent of him to express his gratitude for being given the travel grant to help with his expenses. Unwelcome news.

Off topic, "principals", Bob?

brittak · Satellite level

For info qualifying matches are being shown on discovery+ for those that can. Matches are individually designated so should be easy to find - Ryan and Billy on overnight

brittak · Satellite level

Although its raining so no play atm!!

Blue_Belle · Club Coach

All matches cancelled due to continuous rain

Crispy · Strong Club Player

Bittersweet, but welcome back to the top 100 Liam. Get better soon. A lot of love on Twitter for Liam, especially from Lokoli, the player who benefited from Liam's withdrawal.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

As it's a dead quiet day today, due to weather, just pointing out the 'big scandal' in tennis in a lot of Aussie papers this week has been the 'shock defection' (Canberra Times) of Charlie Camus - Australia's top junior, currently #17 - to France

Charlie is very high profile, been with Lleyton Hewitt a lot, won their Junior Sportsman of the year (or something like that), has been connected with the adult Davis Cup team (as well as playing for the Junior one, of course)

Supposedly the FFT gave him a better offer.......

Sorry to put this in adults - I'll put it in juniors other stuff too - but it's getting a lot of focus, especially in the downtime when there's no tennis.....