Naim Lalji(GBR) - Neil Bamford(GBR) 3:6 3:6

I was very interested in watching this first match of the day. One of the players was Indian-origin Naim Lalji, which of course always arouses my interest. Naim started badly by loosing his first service game. He could not come back from this though he steadily improved his game. The game was very balanced and even seemed to be able to give Naim a chance. But at the end of second set, he acted too unconcentrated and committed too many unforced errors to earn - and deserve - a third set.