L16: (6) Harry Wendelken WR 237 defeated Sergey Fomin (UZB) WR 363 by 7-5 6-2
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QF: (1) Clement Chidekh (FRA) WR 179 vs (6) Harry Wendelken WR 237
Chidekh has had mixed form recently but beat Jake in Lille a couple of months back and also Henry Searle and Charlie Broom in Glasgow in January, all in straight sets.
Good test for Harry! Clem was on fire in those challengers in early Jan - beat Toby and JoMo as well. I remember at the time wondering how he was ranked outside the top 200.
Level seems to have fluctuated a bit recently - but will be a good test for Harry. Regardless of what happens in this one, Harry's had an excellent Asian swing these past 3 weeks. Now up to a new CH of 233 in the live rankings, which should hopefully get him into RG qualies. And showing that he belongs in the challengers.
Great win for Harry, well done to him and it looks like it was comfortable also. Live rankings show him at 230 now and another win would improve that towards 220.