Gilles Simon d. James Ward 6-4 6-4 6-1

It wasn’t to be for James Ward today. He is capable of causing big upsets as we have seen in the past but the Frenchman was just too good for the Brit today. I saw the first set and a half of them match and after the first few games of the set I didn’t feel it was a close match. James stood a good few metres behind the baseline and tried to defend and stick in rallies against one of the best on the tour in dictating the rhythm of the play. James tried to defend and isn’t the best defender and Simon managed to attack the forehand side quite easily. I would have liked to have seen James play a game a bit further up the baseline with a bit more depth and power to shots as at times it…