*2-5 down now

3-6 3-6

Bob in Spain wrote:

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Not looking good now.

*2-5

I have to say though, that I think Bozoljac is playing exceptionally well. He is certainly being aggressive and appears to have done his homework by keeping the ball away from Kyle's forehand wherever possible.

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I agree.

I saw all the second set and thought that Kyle played well and looked like he belonged.

But Bozoljac played some excellent smart tennis, serving well onto Kyle's backhand and, in particular, using his own really heavy weighty backhand, crosscourt, to expose kyle's rather lightweight backhand and setting himself up with an easy ball or forcing the error as kyle had to go for more than he was comfortable doing.

But kyle now looks far more like 'a man' than he did 6 months ago. It all bodes very well.

I agree he continues to progress rapidly it's interesting the way tournaments work out in series where you play the same group for a couple of months and then move on, with everything streamed you can really go away and do homework on the opposition and have a plan. At futures level there were a few other teenagers around not so in the challenger main draws and the 28 yr olds are probably at their peak ie strong fit and experienced the first set was probably there for the taking still had chances but a long way back pyscho logically when he gave up the break in the second. More experience in the bank where to next?