That's a shocker.
First challenger MD win by Ward's opponent.
I think James ought to have a break from the game and maybe even get some counselling- this rut of form is largely mental, I think that's James's weakness rather than ability.
After a very encouraging tight first set, the second set went away from Josh rather before a long final game in which he lost on the 5th match point. Fair to say it would by then have been extremely tough even if he had got out of that game.
R1: Josh Milton WR 328 lost to (3) Norbert Gombos (SVK) WR 125 (CH 103 in May) 7-5 6-0
R1: (4) James Ward WR 135 lost to Ilya Ivashka (BLR) WR 430 (CH 405 in July) 6-1 6-4
-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 9th of September 2015 02:36:00 PM