QR1: James Marsalek (GBR) WR 695 v (wc) Edoardo Lamberti (ITA) WR 2101 (CH 1828 in 2014)
Playing now on ATP live scoreboard.
5-3* up.
James won 1st set 6-4 and 1-0 up in second, with a break.
QR1: James Marsalek WR 695 defeated (qWC) Edoardo Lamberti (ITA) WR 2101 by 4 & 0
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QR2: (q2) Sébastien Boltz (FRA) WR 372 (CH = 348 last month) vs James Marsalek WR 695
And in the main draw:
L32: (6) Hiroki Moriya (JPN) WR 164 (CH = 143 in May) vs Josh Milton WR 315 (CH = 284 last month)
Stircrazy wrote:And in the main draw:L32: (6) Hiroki Moriya (JPN) WR 164 (CH = 143 in May) vs Josh Milton WR 315 (CH = 284 last month)
This is the guy Josh beat at the Manchester challenger
Stircrazy wrote:QR1: James Marsalek WR 695 defeated (qWC) Edoardo Lamberti (ITA) WR 2101 by 4 & 0 *****QR2: (q2) Sébastien Boltz (FRA) WR 372 (CH = 348 last month) vs James Marsalek WR 695
Seb Blotz had a brilliant June, winning two futures titles and being a runner-up in another.
Gave him a huge jump in the rankings, obviously.
He's now had four weeks off.
He's certainly not an established top 400 player though; has spent the last few years at the WR 500-600 mark.
Good luck, James.
QR2: (q2) Sébastien Boltz (FRA) WR 372 defeated James Marsalek WR 695 by 4 & 0
More turn-ups for the book in the doubles:
R1: (WC) Matteo Berrettini & Edoardo Fremin (ITA/ITA) CR 1763 (841+922) vs Josh Milton & Wu Di (CHN) CR 2008 (1531+457)
R1: Mohamed Safwat & Sam Weissborn (EGY/AUT) CR 843 (522+321) vs (2) Divij Sharan (IND) & Ken Skupski CR 249 (128+121)
so milton was a double break up at *4-1 then lost both breaks but wound up winning the first set 7-5 in the end