The tennis gods handed Liam Broady a super-tough first round assignment in the ATP 500 Cinch Championships at London’s Queens club this week.
Marin Cilic, the Croatian with an illustrious history that includes winning at Queens in 2012 and 2018 as well as the 2014 US Open final, will be the reward for wild card Broady’s impressive 2022.
The big Croat has had a mixed 2022 by his illustrious standards but was back to his best in Paris reaching the Roland Garros semi finals with a comprehensive win over Daniil Medvedev and a cliff-hanger of a quarter final win over Russian Andrey Rublev which he took with a dramatic fifth set tie break victory.
This will be Cilic’s first official outing on grass this season but his grass court pedigree is up there with the very best in the sport and it will be an expectant Queen’s club crowd that will watch the Stockport-born left hander walk out with the much-liked 33 year old on Monday.
Queens
This is where progress has got you.
Right up there on the route to you know where!!! His first outing on grass – make the most of it – from the very first
game. Perfect timing for you – at the top of your game. You showed just what a quality player you are in the JS match.
Better than you realise . Research MC
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