Well done to Alex, that's a really impressive win  - I mean, a year ago, we'd have expected him to beat Meffert easily, but the German is now higher-ranked and was a clear favourite to win the match with the bookies (Alex was at 2.50), and after the long flight back from Argentina, a straight sets win is really well done. Gets Alex back into the top 200 after only one week outside too.

I don't fancy his chances against Troicki, if that's who he plays, unless Troicki's DC heroics start catching up with him, but whatever happens in R2, this is a good start to Alex's campaign to get his ranking back up to where it should be.

Great win for Alex, hope it is the first of many in what is a very difficult event.

there is a nice photo of alex serving in the day3 gallery.

Troicki had set points to win the 1st set 6-4 but Kim held on, broke and served out to take it 7-5. Just starting the 2nd.

opps i mis read, kim won the 1st set, trocki the 2nd.

so onto a 3rd.

Troicki won 6-2 in the 3rd.