Rubin Statham romped through the first set of his match against Gerald Melzer in Medellin, and possibly should have won the second, or maybe the third – but he lost the latter two, finishing the final set tie-break badly with a pair of double faults.
The final score was 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (0), and the match took two hours and four minutes. I’ll do a full report later.
Play in Celje was called off early, presumably because of rain, so Alex Klintcharov’s doubles match was postponed for 24 hours.