Just inside the top 32 can be a tough spot. A lot competitions need you to break seeding to get a decent chunk of points (slams excepted) and you can't fill out with some nice CH+s.
Perez has now gone a year where his only hard court losses have been to Hart and Meiklejohn. Chiba was the last one outside of those two to manage it (IW a year ago they met in the 4th round just like last year).
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