The plot stinkens in the third round of Paris. Rhodes upset Nicolas Perez, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, while Balzer defeated Hakanson in straight sets. Both are still highly unlikely to prevail, but this book is far from closed. Esp. with the upsets elsewhere. Rhodes will face (13) de Jong and Balzer goes up against (15) Samuel Aas, who beat Meikeljohn and is trying to go for a repeat of his Rome shocker. It would get tougher after that if either of them keep going, but while four of the top six seeds made the QFs the rest is a hodgepodge and another round would start to be too close for comfort.
Last edited by Brian Swartz : 04-13-2019 at 12:51 AM.
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