After his first Vendée Globe which he completed in a good 11th place after which had always imagined returning to his life as a journalist within the editorial staff of Le Figaro, Fabrice Amedeo ...
Lorenzo Sonego, Italy, def. Gregoire Barrere, France, 6-4, 7-5. Gregoire Jacq and Manuel Guinard, France, def. Andreas Mies, Germany, and Alexander Erler (4), Austria, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Ned Boulting is standing in the rain at Stockport train station when I call, having just missed his connection. He jokes that it feels rather apt given the gloomy news which broke in cycling last week ...