simply unbelievable match! to summarize : i was losing 6-1 3-0 and felipe was serving. after that... the score was 6-1 4-6 6-6 and i was leading 4-0 in tie break. in the end... i lost the match
1st set:
i did put pressure on his first two service games. had 0-30 and 15-30 but he made it without any break point and was leading 2-1. at the time i thought : "this is good. i have chances". he proved i'm wrong. he destroyed me 6-1. i had no break points. i was playing bad, but not so bad. felipe was really good.
2nd set:
felipe broke me two times and lead 3-0 and was serving. i knew i needed to change something and i knew i was not aggressive as i can be. i almost fell apart and was thinking to give up but decided to try to break him. if i didn't i would have probably just let it go. and i made it. barely. he had AD-40. kept my serve and immediately broke him once more. was playing very aggressive and gained confidence. he had break point on 3-3 but i made it. was leading 5-4 and felipe was serving. it was 40-40. i was lucky and won the point with the net's help. winner for the 6-4.
3rd set:
he broke me in the beginning. i broke back, kept my serve and broke him once again
1-3. didn't mean a thing cause he rebroke immediately. we kept our serves until the tie break, no one had any break point. i had problems with stamina because of the very aggressive play in 2nd set so i was playing S&V after 3-3. it turned out that i should have done that on 1-3 cause it was very effective.Tie break:
S&V winner, felipe's UE, volley winner and FH winner resulted in my 4-0 lead.
three FH winners by felipe for 3-4.
felipe got to 6-5 and had match point. my turn to serve. felipe did the lob and i lost point, tie break, set and match
simply fantastic match with fantastic player. he deserved the win, he is better player than me and i wish him all the luck in the next rounds
