Bowman opens campaign with solid win

David Bowman started his B3 campaign with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory over Sulphuro Burrell at Southfields. Burrell, who had lost to Bowman the last time the pair met, found his serve misfiring in the first set, allowing Bowman to stroll through 6-1, despite facing three break points in his first service game. The second set was a tighter affair, and Burrell once again cracked again at important moments, with him being 4-3 and 40-love up on serve. Bowman, typically gritty, hung in brilliantly to snatch the set 6-4. “It’s always difficult playing Sulphuro,” remarked Bowman afterwards. “I’m glad to have gotten him out of the way.”