And Patience's 13-11 was quite a short match for him, compared to what he has done at Wimbledon qualifying before.
Back in 2005 he lost in the first round to Chris Guccione 4-6, 7-6(3), 23-21!!!
* Holds out white flag * I can't compete with that feat of memory LOL. (and yes, I know it's not a competition )
Had to check the scoreline, but I knew he was involved in an insanely long match before at Wimbledon, but wouldn't have known who he'd played without looking it up.
(It's not like I'm remembered the TB score from a qualifying match involving 2 non-brits from 3 years ago)
That's how it works with me too - a vague memory that prompts me to look something up.
Apart from knowing all the set scores in Dee & Lownsbrough's matches of course, they (plus the names el Harith, Rusthei and Derakhshani) are imprinted on my memory for life.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
De-facto Brit Max Mirnyi wins 6-4, 6-4 and so at least has got something out of his choice to try and qualify rather than play Nottingham with Jamie Murray
Alun Jones and Sam Warburg are now playing in the doubles qualies - this seems to rule out the injury explanation as why these two seeded players were so easily beaten in singles round 1.