Amy, although he ran hard and reached the ball, failed to play it.

Another serve was returned low and hard to the left of the court, came back in a high lob almost to the back line, sailed again across the canvas with barely an inch to spare and finally landed in the net.

Holt looked worried then.

If he lost the next ace he would have lost the set.

So he tried to serve one that would settle the matter, but only banged it into the net.