Rough to beat two top 300 players and get no points - if he'd done that in any of the other four Challengers this week (where the top seeds in qualifying were all outside the top 290), doing that would have meant QFs in the main draw at least!

Another BP saved in a lengthy game 8

5-3*

Once again, he was killing his opponent's 2nd serve - 78% of 2nd return points won today - and we thought 64% yesterday was pretty good.

steven wrote:

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Once again, he was killing his opponent's 2nd serve - 78% of 2nd return points won today - and we thought 64% yesterday was pretty good.

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 Second serve points certainly look to be the key stat, along with BPs, with Evo saving 8 out of 8 and coverting 3 out of 6 (having missed the first 3).

Impressively he was not broken once in his three qualifying matches. 31 service games, 31 holds. For a player who doesn't have a particularly big serve that is good going.

Reposting this from yesterday but first round opponent will be one of

(4) Florent Serra WR 143
Laurynas Grigelis WR 205
(WC) Pierre-Hugues Herbert WR 355
(WC) Josselin Ouanna WR 463 (has of course been top 100)

PistolPete wrote:

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Does anyone know the schedule for the doubles? When is the first round played etc?

 

Thanks guys - this is a great forum for updates and discussion, I didn't know it existed!

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 There are two doubles matches today, including Eaton / Inglot v Skupski / Delgado. The rest of the first round will probably be tomorrow and Wednesday.

SMC1809 wrote:

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Welcome PistolPete. You should check this. It has links to all the oops, draws etc.

http://www.freewebs.com/britishtennis/gbtop25m/2012wk09.htm

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 Impressive link - thanks!