He finally got on court at about 00.40 and won 3 games in a row from a break down (3-4) to take the 1st set , only for Durasovic to win 6 out of 7 games from a break down (*1-4) to nab the 2nd, including a 5-5 game where Jay got to 40-0 on serve but still got broken - 6-4 5-7, I probably won't stay awake through the decider!
Edit: Jay holds to love to start the 3rd set then had 2 break points in the following game but Durasovic got back to deuce then won 9 points in a row to break to love then go 40-0 up - Jay could only get one point back so it's now 6-4 5-7 *1-3
Edit: Jay breaks back for *3-3
Edit: Holds for 4-3* - I was about to write 'typical clay court match' after the earlier twists and turns, then realised I'd been watching them play on a court that's very obviously hard!
Edit: Playing more aggressively now, Jay breaks and will serve for the match *5-3
-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 27th of April 2022 01:50:07 AM
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Jay went down 2-5 in the final set but came back to win 6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(4) more than six and a half hours (including at least two rain delays) after the match started. Good crowd at the end too, and Jay looked very happy to come through it!
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Thats a good fighting win- he plays unseeded Quiroz from Ecuador in the qf. There are only 2 seeds left in the 9 players still in and one of those, Hijikata , is a round behind still. The other is top seeded Escobedo.