In Daegu, a rather stunning win to check in and see, this morning. Dahnon Ward was playing top seed, Stephane Houdet and won 2-6 7-5 6-4 .

Now Houdet is world ranked 6, whereas Dahnon is ranked 48, and that type of ranking gap is almost unheard of to overcome in wheelchair top level tennis. Houdet had won their two previous matches, both in France, for the lost of just 3 games over 4 sets, including at the Paralympics last year.

Houdet is 56 years old however, and rather remarkably playing top level tennis still. He won the recent Bolton ITF 2 level event I covered up this thread and also the prior ABN Amro event in Rotterdam, one of the big money events on the tour. Alfie beat Houdet in the Cajun Classic the other week, but no evidence or sign that Houdet has an injury or illness at all and he is still in the doubles field.

19 year old Dahnon goes onto play Sergei Lysov in the last 8 - Lysov, is 20, an Israeli and ranked 15 (seeded 5 here) but Dahnon beat him in their only previous match in the final of the SION Open in 2023 (where Dahnon stunned the field to take the title unseeded).

Dahnon hasn't really done much all season and lost early in the ITF Series 2 event in Busan (also Korea) last week, so no expectations of this result at all. Although he did win his opener here in Daegu by two bagels.

Will await the next round result with interest to see whether it was a one off fluke or some amazing turn around in form!