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Humbert has been injured, 4-3 up in the 2nd set, by the looks of it maybe over-stretching ankle and twisting calf ..

Thanks BOOthy it seemed the match was continuing after a long medical time out but I'd switched over to Jack V Gael Monfils anyway.

Stircrazy wrote:

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L64:  Cameron Norrie WR 81 defeated (LL) Federico Agustín Gómez (ARG) WR 144 by 7-6(7) 6-2 6-1 

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L64:  Jacob Fearnley WR 55 defeated (22) Ugo Humbert (FRA) WR 21 by 6-3 4-4 retired

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L32:  Cameron Norrie WR 81 vs Jacob Fearnley WR 55

I"m not objecting to Jake getting the win (and a British man for sure in the 4th round) but it was a real shame that Humbert got injured, as that was shaping up to be a fun match to watch, with a lot of lovely shotmaking and chasing balls down in the last few games.

Humbert seemed to catch his foot, getting it stuck when he started going one way and then tried to go another, but was clutching his hamstring while he was on the floor (and grimacing a lot). He limped off court for physio and was walking reasonably naturally when he came back on, but clearly not fixed enough to be running around or pushing off for serves.

9vicman wrote:

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But Jake was playing well enough for that lead. This was an injury done during the match. Quite an unexpected third round clash!

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 Oh, yes, Humbert was fit until the first deuce in his last service game and the injury happened in part because Jake had been moving him around the court and forcing a lot of changes of direction and reaching for shots. Like I said, it was a real shame it ended that way because it was turning into a very entertaining and close fight just before the injury.

Humbert was up a break when it happened and apparently was really playing well.

I think I want Cam to win the next round, purely for prediction league purposes as I am expecting a late charge from my players...

It never ceases to amaze me how tennis can flip around so completely from one set to another. Jack looked imperious in set one and now he's being battered. Let's hope it's Jack's turn again in set 3.