And then Kutrovsky holds to take the 1st set 7-5

Not to be.

(7) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) WR 451 (CH 312 in 2012) d. (5) Ed Corrie WR 329 7-5, 6-3

I hadn't realised that Mr Kutrovsky had played for the University of Texas with Mr Corrie. Went to look up the rankings for their final year, which are interesting. Shows how many players from the university teams are on tour - and how many of the top 25 are at the very least quite competent Challengers players. Or, in the case of Mr Farah in particular, quite a bit more.

1. Robert Farah University of Southern California
2 55.34 John-Patrick Smith University of Tennessee
3 54.44 Henrique Cunha Duke University
4 49.12 Bradley Klahn Stanford University
5 48.62 Guillermo Gomez Georgia Tech
6 47.79 Chase Buchanan Ohio State University
7 43.44 Michael Shabaz University of Virginia
8 43.07 Dimitar Kutrovsky University of Texas
9 42.66 Steve Johnson University of Southern California
10 42.46 Eric Quigley University of Kentucky
11 41.81 Oleksandr Nedovyesov Oklahoma State University
12 41.62 Alexandre Lacroix University of Florida
13 39.25 Austen Childs University of Louisville
14 38.23 Tim Puetz Auburn University
15 36.45 Denes Lukacs Baylor University
16 36.03 Austin Krajicek Texas A&M University
17 35.11 Sanam Singh University of Virginia
18 32.18 Javier Garrapiz University of Georgia
19 26.36 Marcel Thiemann University of Mississippi
20 26.13 Raony Carvalho Texas Tech University
21 25.71 Pedro Zerbini California
22 24.93 Saketh Myneni University of Alabama
23 24.59 Ed Corrie University of Texas
24 23.59 Justin Kronauge Ohio State University
25 20.39 Marek Michalicka University of Wisconsin

Three games, three breaks.

Dan leads *2-1

Dan is 6-2 4-2 up

Glad to hear that. I was worried that something had gone wrong and one of them might be injured. Thank you, Paulisi.

Good luck Dan!!