And Llodra finally takes it 7-6 6-2

Here endeth my monologue. . .

Thanks for the updates you three, they are very much appreciated, even if they didn't say quite what I'd hoped for. Oh well, at least we still have British representation in Jonny. And Mackin did great to get to the quarters after qualifying.

Shame that Mackin was unable to stay with Llodra in the 2nd set. Llodra was making life so difficult for Alan on his serve in the first set that a tiebreak was always going to heavily favour the Frenchman. Still, he's got to be happy with a 40 place ranking rise to 328, hopefully it won't be long before he's into the top 300.

Marray v Rochus is at 1pm our time. Here are some facts just to highlight the sheer scale of the task Marray is facing: Rochus has reached rd3 of Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open, he won ATP Munich, has made quarters of Rotterdam, Dubai, Halle and New Haven. In Indian Wells he took a set off Federer before losing 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 and in Halle he came even closer holding match points in the 3rd set breaker before losing 6-7[2], 7-6[9], 7-6[5]. However, Rochus has shown signs of vulnerability this week, losing sets to Gulbis and El Aynaoui and the courts don't really suit his game. He'll have to play some of his best tennis against Marray who will look to get to the net at every opportunity and force Rochus to thread the needle time and time again.

Fantastic start for Jonny !!!! He's broken/held in game 2 and leads 2-0

I'm guessing Rochus is serving first and Jonny caught him off guard in the first game.

I'm guessing that Rochus is serving first but could be totally wrong ! Why can't the scoreboard have a little indicator to tell you who's serving, it would be so easy to do !

Marray serving:

15-15

15-30

30-30

Deuce

Ad Marray

Game

Marray-Rochus: 3-1*