Richard Bloomfield vs Alexandros Japkupovic (GRE) 3-6 7-5 *1-3
A very close contest 2nd set at 4-4 Richard held serve from 0-40 and after several chances at 6-5 finally took the set, however the third set not going well as already break of serve!
-- Edited by mjd on Wednesday 4th of April 2012 02:09:18 PM
18-year-old James Ireland will join the ATP singles rankings on 16 April after winning today - judging by how he came back from a set down and edged him in the 3rd set tiebreak, I'm sure he knew how good a chance this was and was determined not to let it get away!
Full R1 round-up:
L32: (1) Richard Bloomfield WR 365 lost to Alexandros Jakupovic (GRE) WR 770 (CH 464 in 2009) by by 6-3 5-7 6-4 L32: (Q) James Ireland UNR beat (Q) George Giotopoulos (GRE) UNR by 3-6 7-5 7-6(3) L32: (Q) Oliver Hudson WR 1080 beat (Q) Keelan Oakley WR 1879 by 7-6(2) 6-4 L32: (Q) Miles Bugby WR 1507 lost to (Q) George von Massow (GER) WR 1062 by 6-4 5-7 6-1
L16: (Q) James Ireland UNR v Alexandros Jakupovic (GRE) WR 770 (CH 464 in 2009) L16: (Q) Oliver Hudson WR 1080 v (5) Alessandro Bega (ITA) WR 595 (CH 586 in Feb)
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