A quite simply atrocious result for Alex. In the last 6 years Melo has played just 14 singles matches, winning only 3 of them (2 against unranked opponents) and hasn't played any singles matches for 2 years.
Indeed. Forget any sniff of a Wimbledon WC, even if that prospect was slim anyway.
Could even cost him a qwc, although in such a scenario he would probably enter the play-off.
As for Josh, Groth has a demon serve so there will be a lot of pressure for Josh himself to keep holding, couple of points could decide it, a win could mean big confidence for Josh though!
Wow, that's impressive from Josh, who had not won a set against Groth in their two previous meetings. Groth's 18 aces in the 1st set were exactly half of his service points!
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