L16:  (2) Luke Bambridge & David O'Hare (IRL) CR 276 (140+136) defeated Tennys Sandgren & Tim Smyczek (USA/USA) UNR (247+0) by 6-3 3-6 [10-5]

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QF:  (Q) Tom Fawcett & Edan Leshem (USA/ISR) vs (2) Luke Bambridge & David O'Hare (IRL) CR 276 (140+136)

Overall it was a good performance from Cam in the singles last night.  The only slight concern is how he lost the first set. Serving at 4-5, he hit 3 consecutive doubles to give away the set. In his next service game, he served another double so 4 DFs out of 5 attempts!

After that, he took control and had too much steady power for MK.

I think controlling/managing his emotions at critical points will improve with experience, relatively speaking he hasn't had that much experience of really tight matches, in college particularly as a sophomore and junior there were probably 3-4 players nationally that would provide that level of competition consistently, obviously occasionally a lesser player would play a blinder but he would usually win by a margin in two sets. Having such a cushion in terms of relative ability level means the odd mistake or lapse in concentration is easily compensated for.

Consistency is what really defines the top players. Increasingly as he players higher ranked players the door will be firmly shut, so it's a question of experienceing these situations week in week out and learning to manage them will be part of his progression. Cam I think still has a bit more ranking progression in his game as it is but I think he can make that next big step and beat guys ranked 30-75 consistently when he gets used to moments where it's easy to get tight.

SF:  (WC) André Göransson & Florian Lakat (SWE/FRA) CR 2001 (1074+927) vs (2) Luke Bambridge & David O'Hare (IRL) CR 276 (140+136)

Despite their lowly ranking, the wild cards, aged 23 & 22 respectively, did for Sekou Bangoura & Evan King in three in the first round (14-12 in the MTB) & the fourth seeds, Libietis & Siljström, by 4 & 3 in the quarter-final...