L128:  Qualifier vs Kyle Edmund WR 45 (CH = 40 last October)

L128:  Qualifier vs Dan Evans WR 43 (CH = 41 at the start of this month)

Lucky boys!   Unfortunately, Mischa Zverev (28) lies in wait in the next round for Kyle, if he wins, & Verdasco (25) for Dan if he wins his first-round match.  The top seed is Stan the Man, while Nishikori is second, Roger the Lodger is seeded fourth & Rafa fifth.

I agree with Jester. Surely anyone lower than the 16th seed ( = Alex Zerev Wr 20) is a good draw for R2! unless you have someone on a hot run of form. So both Brits appear to have a pretty good draw.

First set to Aljaz 6-4

Aljaz wins 6-4 6-3

QR2: (q14) Aljaz Bedene WR 94 vs. Tobias Kamke GER WR 155 (CH 64 in 2011)

Not before 3pm local time, 7pm GMT, Court 8.

For Evans and Edmund, this is not so much about the points as both are top 50 now, but more the money, so they can sustain themselves

For reaching round 2 of a masters, it is 25 points and $22k

If you won 3 lowest level challengers in 3 weeks, you would get 240 points and $21k (at 7k for winning 1).

What a ludicrous system.