Dave beats today's win the 1st set, lose the 2nd, go down in 3 'curse'

L32: Dave Rice WR 314 beat (SE) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) WR 322 (CH 312 in 2012) by 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5

L16: Dave Rice WR 314 v (2) Gilles Müller (LUX) WR 108 (CH 42 in 2011)

Dave v Müller H2H: 0-1, 6 & 4, St Rémy Challenger 2012

Hopefully Muller is a tired after all the tennis he has played recently. It would be great to see Dave have a run here.

Kyle is about to serve for the match 6-2 *5-2

Great win for Kyle. Tough match next, that's for sure

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Go goes out - Kyle marches on with a very impressive scoreline against the top seed

L32: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 297 beat (1) Go Soeda (JPN) WR 103 (CH 47 in 2012) by 2 &
L32: Dan Smethurst WR 243 lost to Ante Pavic (CRO) WR 162 (= CH) by 3-6 7-6(7) 6-3
L32: (WC) Marcus Willis WR 332 beat (WC) Ed Corrie WR 358 by 6-1 3-6 6-4
L32: (WC) Oli Golding WR 352 lost to Rhyne Williams (USA) WR 201 (CH 114 last Aug) by 3 & 4
L32: Dave Rice WR 314 beat (SE) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) WR 322 (CH 312 in 2012) by 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5

L16: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 297 v (Q) Nick Kyrgios (AUS) WR 173 (CH 152 in Apr)
L16: (WC) Marcus Willis WR 332 v Marius Copil ROU WR 160 (CH 124 last Aug)
L16: Dave Rice WR 314 v (2) Gilles Müller (LUX) WR 108 (CH 42 in 2011)

Kyle v Kyrgios H2H: 0-1. 5 & 0, Canadian Open juniors SF 2012

Dave v Müller H2H: 0-1, 6 & 4, St Rémy Challenger 2012

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Tough match next for Kyle, A lot of pressure on him as he is a good prospect. Maybe he read the negative comments about his WC and went out to prove people wrong Now he only has to beat Nadal to get a Wimbledon WC!  lol

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L32: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 297 beat (1) Go Soeda (JPN) WR 103 (CH 47 in 2012) by 2 &

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 So that was a win by a smile then?

Seriously well done Kyle, I think that will seal the Wimbledon MDWC....

-- Edited by Sim on Tuesday 10th of June 2014 07:08:30 PM

Great result for Kyle, I don't really understand all the bickering about his schedule this year. By definition development is just that, he will not be judged as a tennis player by his ranking at 19. The fantastic early US results confirmed that futures had limitations in terms of development and it was time to see better players in competition. The ATP wild cards have shown that in the 1st set he is very competitive against players 30-70, second set 50-150 and the third a struggle against experienced players with a decent CH. Admittedly a crude assessment by me based on watching results as opposed to tennis. Armed with this information a new focus can be placed on specific areas of practice to optimise development. With the vagaries of the Challenger points system he will only get to see improvement with further wild cards, a string of challenger/futures events can surely wait until after the grass court season over which the LTA have some influence and can secure a high level of competition to test him at the highest level. We are very lucky to have an elite teenager who despite a complete absence of focus on ATP points scoring is still likely to sit in the worlds top 200 before his 20th birthday. Here's hoping for a good summer and more wild cards to aid ongoing development over the next 3 years should be fun.