Ed lost 6-4 6-3

1-2* as Mr Smethurst gets the first break.

Dan breaks Rich to 15 in the opening game of the second set.

Very big - much bigger than his backhand. No idea why Gabb keeps playing to the forehand either.

*4-2 to Smethurst 2nd set.

Dan completes his 30th win of the year (in 34 matches in ATP-ranked events)

L32: Ed Corrie WR 337 lost to (6) Andreas Beck (GER) WR 178 (CH 33 in 2009) by 4 & 3
L32: Dan Cox WR 243 beat (PR) Izak van der Merwe (RSA) UNR (CH 113 in 2011) by 3 & 1
L32: Dan Smethurst WR 270 beat (WC) Richard Gabb WR 425 by 4 & 2

L16: Dan Cox WR 243 v (7) Vincent Millot (FRA) WR 199 (CH 147 in 2011)
L16: Dan Smethurst WR 270 v (2) Yuichi Sugita (JPN) WR 154 (CH 116 in 2012)

Sugita reached a Challenger final in Guangzhou earlier this month.

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 19th of March 2014 12:15:40 AM

I can't help but feel that that this may be a better opportunity for Kyle Edmund than Miami, here the level of competition would push him but he would have some opportunity of success. His itinerary has probably been carefully planned with specific developmental goals that are less tied to WR than as a fan with limited insight one would expect, but as a fan with limited insight it would be much more fun seeing him push himself on conventional hard courts rather than the flabby slow ones in Miami after his success in Croatia. I presume he is getting valuable hitting time with AM learning how to play the slow flabby march US atp 1000 courts.