I hope so too, and of course he has the extra incentive of trying to hold onto the GB no. 4 spot - if he loses today and Bloomers beats Bubka tomorrow, he'd overtake.
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What has been relatively encouraging is that Ward, thus far, has been fairly serene on serve despite serving at 32% first serves in. He is actually winning more on his second serve (62%) than Okun is winning on his first (56%).
In terms of what is happening elsewhere, Bozoljac has just won the first set 7-6(5) up against the WR 715 American Bradley Klahn, the winner playing the winner of this match.