... and while good to be 8th ranked and so seeded, Kyle appears to have drawn the 9th ranked player here, i.e. the highest ranked non seed. Mannarino can be variable but certainly could be problematic.

So actually potentially pretty tough from the get go. Will bother about the QF if and when he hopefully gets there though yes Raonic on form is the stand out player here.

Actually possibly not. I initially had quickly looked at rankings, but I see that the 7th seed ( also in the top half ) is Del Potro.

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 18th of February 2017 04:54:03 AM

Fantastic isn't it, the rarefied atmosphere in which Kyle now works! Not a tournament I have really paid much attention to in the past, are they slow ( as in Indian Wells) or fast courts.

To deviate from the main theme but Florida has a large number of green clay courts, lovely to play on, the best surface I think personally for avoiding wear and tear on your body but there doesn't appear to be a tournament on the main tour on this surface.

Fair point!

Oh, I had to leave the screen for a minute and came back and the match seemed to be terminated early ? There had been a dispute about a line call at 5 -0 I think.

That is about as comprehensive as it gets as Kyle wins 6-3 6-0

People tweeting about a "game penalty" in the last game, but I don't know what happened.

Link to episode prior to game penalty - but I'm none the wiser - perhaps others can make out what happened ?

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