11-12* Cilic breaks again, another MP on his own serve.

Amazingly brave effort  but Jonny goes down 13-11 in the 2nd set breaker.

Cilic deserved the win on the stats but Jonny just fought so desperately hard, it's pretty heart breaking he couldnt just take that 2nd set,

Damn scoreboard  - wonder what happened between 5-4 and 9-9 , guess there was chances for both of them, gutting that he couldnt win it!

Yes, I wonder if Jonny had many set points. As you say, gutting that he couldn't take the 2nd, but it looks like you could hardly ask for much more fight - especially with a still sore shoulder!

He must be so frustrated though - if he'd managed to win the set, it would have been a blow to the young Croat's confidence and I'd have fancied Jonny to win the 3rd.

-- Edited by steven at 05:28, 2007-01-13

Of course, Alan will now overtake Jonny in the rankings, but at least they're both moving up into the top 250!

Alan Mackin infamously has a 0-10 record in ATP level main draw matches, though he came closest to winning last time, when he took Baghdatis to 5 sets at Wimbledon last year.

(the ATP site says 1-14, which after taking out his 1-3 record in DC matches would mean 0-11 in ATP events, but I can only find 10 losses!)

The big question is, now that he's in such good form, will he get a draw that gives him a chance of breaking his duck?

WOW! What a performance from Alan Mackin(G) aka Mack the knife!

So pleased for him!

Gutted for Jonny M, gutsy performance against a future star. Is there any hope of a LL spot???

Just checked - he's 14th or 15th in line for a LL place (out of 16!), which actually goes to show how well he did to get to the final qualifying round in the first place, and how stunningly well Alan did to qualify!