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Very, very disappointing. Hard to call that anything other a horrible, horrible choke.

High praise indeed! One of the most positive things you've said all year.

Okay, I will bite.

What else do you call it when someone is the better player for most of the match but fails to serve out all 3 sets and plays poorly in the second and third set tie breaks?

Oh and for the record I have a high opinion of James as a tennis player. I do find his playing style a little one dimensional but I think as a minimum he should be pushing close to the top 100 as he can clearly compete at this level. If I am disappointed it is because I thought he had a good shout of winning this match and the way it developed he certainly should have.



-- Edited by RJA on Monday 10th of June 2013 03:52:39 PM

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Phew that fall from Evo looked nasty. Playing great so far. Leads 2-1*

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L56: (Q) Jamie Baker WR 295 lost to (9) Benoit Paire (FRA) WR 25 (= CH) by 5 & 2
L56: (WC) Dan Evans WR 277 beat Guido Pella (ARG) WR 75 (= CH) by 3 & 1 biggrin
L56: (WC) James Ward WR 215 lost to Ivan Dodig WR 54 (CH 32 in 2011) by 6-7(8) 7-6(2) 7-6(2)
L56: (WC) Ed Corrie WR 330 lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) WR 116 (CH 31 in 2010) by 6-4 7-6(1)

L56: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 444 v (16) Grega Zemlja (SLO) WR 51 (CH 49 last month) - 2nd on Court 2 after 12.30 BST

A bit less pressure for Kyle, not being on Centre, but we don't get to see him play



-- Edited by steven on Monday 10th of June 2013 07:00:46 PM

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I am pretty disappointed to only see one British win today. Jamie obviously had a very tough match but I thought James had a decent chance and that Ed, while obviously being under dog, would be able to push Stakhovsky, which in fairness he did do.



-- Edited by RJA on Monday 10th of June 2013 07:02:34 PM

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Solid first set from Dan. Takes it 6-3

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Evo saves 2 break points to serve out first set 6-3 Come on!!

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And breaks to love in opening game of 2nd set!

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Pella struggling to keep his feet now. Another break *3-0 Evo

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Safe to say Pella is a walking bye at Wimbledon. Evo making him look like a total amateur.

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Great performance. Could be Harrison again in R2!

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I don't believe my eyes! EVO 6-3, 6-1. Well done lad.

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Nice easy 3 and 1 win.

Played well but we shouldn't read much into this result. In my view he was red hot favourite for this match.

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Nice easy 3 and 1 win.

Played well but we shouldn't read much into this result. In my view he was red hot favourite for this match.

 agree- very happy that he won but after i read his opponent had never played a match on grass i went straight onto bet365... however, no matter how poor pella may have been, maybe it will give him a bit of a boost in confidence + can't see him not getting a wimbe wc after this



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Just got back from a really tough "training" session (4 mile gentle stroll along the beach) to find this excellent news about Evo.

Fabulous win. Well played. And Harrison again in R2 would be a great opportunity to progress further although he has the small matter of getting passed Nieminen first.

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Just realised Baker's match is at the tail end of the 1st set. 5 all, glad to see Jamie holding his own! Would love to see him pull off an upset here... although I can't see that happening!

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