Instead, it was Richard Gasquet, from Beziers in the Languedoc region of south-east France, who crashed and burned.
Temperatures in south west London yesterday hit a sweltering 29C and from the moment the Scot shaded the first set in a tie-break it was clear his game was too hot for the Frenchman to handle.
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