Impressive Gilmour into last eight
The match was delayed for over an hour, but Gilmour helped to speed up the schedule with a 26-minute victory over the far taller French player.
“I’ve been in the quarter-finals of the doubles before but it’s great to make it in the singes,” said the Bothwell 19-year-old.
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Hide AdIn the last 16 of the men’s singles, Scottish champion Kieran Merrilees followed up his first-round win over a seed with another good performance against a highly-regarded Dane, Rasmus Flandberg. But his run ended in the afternoon when he lost to Germany’s No 9 seed, Lukas Schmidt.