GB fans have been arriving over the last few days and the last few arrived this morning. There are apparently over 700 of us including 55 BATS!
The forecast was bad and the rain started on our bus journey to the venue. Many of us sheltered from the rain in the cafe over the road and enjoyed some Prosecco, Vino Rosso, latte or other such delights whilst waiting for the rain to stop.
Once play got underway, James Ward raced to a 3-0 lead but was pegged back by Fabio Fognini who won the first set. Ward was playing well and won the second set but could not maintain his good form and Fognini won in four sets 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-1. He seemed to be still struggling a bit with a leg injury so hopefully Andy Murray can overcome him in the reverse singles.
Murray v Seppi started with little prospect of a finish. Murray looked comfortable on serve and won the first set. It was looking a bit easy for Murray on serve and he relaxed and found himself 4-2 down. He broke straight back but it had suddenly got very dark and at 4-5 down Murray was in grave danger of losing the set. However he fought hard to save 4 set points and the day ended at 5-5.
The Italian fans were not that many and only occasionally noisy. The British fans were led by the Stirling University students with some great chants and songs!
It’s an early start tomorrow with the singles to complete and the doubles and more rain is forecast.
