Gutted for Ed. When he steps up to this level he so often seems to get so close but fails to get over the line.

L32: Illya Marchenko (UKR) d. Ed Corrie 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5

I only followed this via livescores but the final set was really tight, went with serve to 5-6 without a break point either way. Then at 30-30 Ed conceded one, Illya took it and match over.

Ed will be top 200.

3 points off in May. No points coming off in June. 4 for most of July.

he could have done it now by going for another futures.

But tried to roll the dice which is a good plan.

He's got a couple of months where that top 200 place is his . . .

(After that, it'll be tricky on points, although his level may well be the same and just as good . . )