Well done Josh on the win, and with the draw opening up, it's not unreasonable to suggest he won't qualify, as there's no-one in his section he can't beat on a fast hard court.

Nishikori replaces Hewitt in the main draw, who's out for the season with hip surgery (and surely will retire after next years Aussie Open)

Around 25%? Cuevas hasn't had a great year and Bloomers would have had a good chance had his outdoor hard record been anywhere near his grass/indoor results.


I don't really understand why Bloomers doesn't do much better in the US. It's not like Wimbly or Queen's are much faster these days...





I certainly hope that he won't retire, FD. Actually I doubt it as there was no injury when I last heard - just to get him back to full fitness. And I am not sure if it's worth it for just three or so months?

RB v PC 2-1* and 0-30...back to 40-30....deuce..

RB v PC 3-2* 30-15..

RB v PC *3-3

Rich seems to be doing fine on serve and has had at least one BP chance and several deuce pts on the PC serve.

RB v PC 4-3* and 0-15, 15a, 15-30, 30a, 40-30, game

*4-4