LEE OUT AFTER TAKING FIRST SET
Instead of which, he can console himself with the fact that he lasted longer into the tournament than the holder, Lleyton Hewitt, and took a set from his opponent, which is as much as Hewitt had managed on Monday.
Lee '” just back after a groin injury and knee surgery '” got off to a whirlwind start. He served with venom, returned with pace and precision and made the World No 86 scramble for any sort of reward.
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Hide AdLee, World No 351 and British No 4, served and felt his way into the match, holding to love. And then he built a solid foundation for himself by immediately breaking the Spaniard to 15, Ferrer netting at the crucial stage.
More details in Littlehampton Gazette on June 26.