Qualies: (6)Yuichi Ito (JPN) vs Satoshi Yoshino (JPN) Ryo Oki (JPN) vs Scott Doerner (AUS) Kai-Lung Chang (TPE) vs Ming Li (CHN) Hiroyuki Fujisawa (JPN) vs (12)Simon Childs (GBR)
Simon's first opponent doesn't even appear to have a profile on ITF. What surface is this being played on? If it's fast, I think Simon has a chance against most players at this level.
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive.... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience
Great to see Simon come back from that first set score. That should really build his confidence and hopefully carry him through to the main draw, especially as he's the last seed in his section.
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To look at a thing is quite different from seeing a thing and one does not see anything until one sees its beauty
That's a disappointing loss for Simon after those encouraging series of results down under. However, it's quite a surface change !!! Hopefully he will have been able to adjust by next week, he did well to fight back in his rd2 qualies match but to be pushed that close by an unranked Taiwanese player showed that he was struggling.
Slabba joins Simon for next week's 10K in the land of the rising sun
