R32: Jamie Baker WR 249 v (2) Frederico Del Bonis (ARG) WR 122
We are not having much luck with our draws at Challenger level this week. In my opinion this is arguably the worst draw possible. Del Bonis is a very fast rising 19 year old who has won a Challenger (Rome-2) and has made two other Challenger finals (Napoli and Rimini). The good news is that he is an out an out clay courter having played exclusively on the stuff since the Australian Open. Even so you would have to make him a pretty heavy favourite although hopefully Jamie can take heart from a season best win against Ouanna this week.
And he breaks at the start of the second set to lead 2-0. It would be great if he can finish this off as the next match should be a lot easier than this one.