London Olympics

[Hancock]

I dug deep on your break points, I saved 8 so I'm feeling good about that

[polca456321]

Sorry for being late, I had to go after playing and I wasn't available today.

Polca456321 (Soderling) vs inseeious (Soderling) : 5/7 6/4 6/3

Well it was a good match, I could have won in two sets, indeed in the first I led 4-1, then 5-2, but I thought I had won the set and I decided to take less risks. My opponent did the opposite, played on lines and found them, he broke me 3 times and I lost the set.

Then I stayed concentrated all the time and broke him once in the 2nd and once in the 3rd. He played very well but he still has to improve at serve, with a better serve he would probably have won the match, and it was a good lesson for me : not to relax when I'm leading.

Looking forward for the second round against C4iLL !

Another thing, I don't understand why I have not a replay. And moreover, why is my "ITST.ini" autorecord set on 0 and my "Tennis.ini" autorecord set on 1, while I set both of them in the same time. Sorry for that

[Elias]

Another thing, I don't understand why I have not a replay. And moreover, why is my "ITST.ini" autorecord set on 0 and my "Tennis.ini" autorecord set on 1, while I set both of them in the same time. Sorry for that

That may be because you edited your ITST.ini file when your Tennis Elbow was running, because then, even when you save the text file, when closing the game, TE closing will restore the value to the one it was running.

Always, close TE, edit/save/close the .ini file, and then run TE. I can't see any other reason.

[polca456321]

Ok, thanks for that

[C4iLL]

@Polca : 5 games lost in a row at 5-2, to loose 7-5, wow.. You must have been angry afterwards ^^

About our match, it's gonna be fun ! Fortunately for me, it's on grass

[VMoe86]

A bit late to comment on my match against PerfectAce yesterday: VMoe86 (Djokovic) defeats PerfectAce (Federer) 6-2, 6-1.

PerfectAce started really well and drove me nuts with his consistency and defence in the first few games. He was putting up quite a fight, also had the first break point at 2-2 on my serve. I was able to step it up, though, found my range and his level on serve dropped a bit, which got me nine games in a row.

Compared to our last match he did a few things better: He moved better, defended better, was more aggressive and could keep up longer rallies. Also on return he improved. All steps going in the right direction and I'm sure more improvements are to come!

[VMoe86]

This time I won't be late to comment on my QF match: TWM-Fox (Federer) defeats VMoe86 (Djokovic) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

That was the best ITST Tour match I've ever played. It took one hour and one minute, with two quite long and interesting sets in the beginning. I started really well and my level of play surprised him, so that I had some little advantage here. However, he fought back and when I was serving for the set at 5-3 he had two break points, but I prevailed.

Second set I immediately broke and got to a 2-0 lead, I also had break points for 3-0. As it is in tennis, if you don't take your chances, it will haunt you. It did so in the next game. We then had tough battles up to the end of the set, tight games with 0-30, some with break points. In the end he was a bit better here and won the second set with 43 to 40 points.

He took the momentum to the third set and was very aggressive, hitting the forehand very well, but also hitting very well down the line. He broke early, but I fought and got two more break points to get the break back, but it wasn't meant to be. My level here in the third set was still good, I made 17 winners to 8 errors in this set, he was just playing better than me and deserved to win.

Great match Fox, one more win at the Olympics and you have a medal!

Here are the stats:

[C4iLL]

Impressive tournament, we followed the match on the chat Vmoe, we commented a lot, we really thought you gonna do it !

Personally i've just lost against Polca 7-6 7-6.

First set was pretty classic : I struggle a lot on my services, especially at the beginning whereas he often won his services 40 0.
I succeed in going to tie-break, I made a mini break, but he came back, and at 6-5 I think, I lost my service and the set.

Second set : I raised a bit my level in returns, he struggled more on his services, and I finally break him. Afterwards I just insure my services, until I served for the set 5-4.
At that moment, I don't know why, but I lost my service... 5-5. Afterwards, we go to tie-break, the most epic tie-break I ever played on Tennis Elbow.

He broke me, served for the match, but after a long and tigh exchange in the baseline (with Llodra !) where I gave everything, I came back ! And i Broke him just afterwards !

I then served for the set, but... Despite the court completely opened, I put the ball too much at right :'(

We exchange some aces after, both got match points / set points, until 12-10 or 14-12 where I once again missed my service.

Too bad we haven't the replay because the tie-break was excellent !

[polca456321]

Yeah, it was a great match C4iLL and I played, it was really hard for me to win and if he scored something like 3 points instead of I, he could have won on the same score...

As he wrote, in the first set I wasn't worried on my serve, some love games and often 40-0, but I could have done something on his, I had only 1 break point but sometimes I was leading 0-30 on his serve. Then came the tie-break, and I just remember I mini-broke him two times to win the set with a return winner.

In the second he broke me, and i knew I had to break back, else I would lose the second and probably the third. So I tried all I could in my next return game, I was changing my return zones and kind of shots all the time and probably it disturbed him, that's how I won this game. And then in the tie-break we both had set points (each of us had 3) and it was a nerve battle, doing a counter-shot was always the key to win those points.

Finally I won, but he could have, because he really plays well with an s&v setup and it was hard to pass him (I have to point the fact I hadn't done a single lob ), and congrats to him, our match was fun I guess for both of us.

And now, looking for my QF !

Here are the stats :

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[eliomelma]

This time I won't be late to comment on my QF match: TWM-Fox (Federer) defeats VMoe86 (Djokovic) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

That was the best ITST Tour match I've ever played. It took one hour and one minute, with two quite long and interesting sets in the beginning. I started really well and my level of play surprised him, so that I had some little advantage here. However, he fought back and when I was serving for the set at 5-3 he had two break points, but I prevailed.

Second set I immediately broke and got to a 2-0 lead, I also had break points for 3-0. As it is in tennis, if you don't take your chances, it will haunt you. It did so in the next game. We then had tough battles up to the end of the set, tight games with 0-30, some with break points. In the end he was a bit better here and won the second set with 43 to 40 points.

He took the momentum to the third set and was very aggressive, hitting the forehand very well, but also hitting very well down the line. He broke early, but I fought and got two more break points to get the break back, but it wasn't meant to be. My level here in the third set was still good, I made 17 winners to 8 errors in this set, he was just playing better than me and deserved to win.

Great match Fox, one more win at the Olympics and you have a medal!

Here are the stats:

What beautiful match! Vmoe the second was in your hands!Congrats Fox

[eliomelma]

Impressive tournament, we followed the match on the chat Vmoe, we commented a lot, we really thought you gonna do it !

Personally i've just lost against Polca 7-6 7-6.

First set was pretty classic : I struggle a lot on my services, especially at the beginning whereas he often won his services 40 0.
I succeed in going to tie-break, I made a mini break, but he came back, and at 6-5 I think, I lost my service and the set.

Second set : I raised a bit my level in returns, he struggled more on his services, and I finally break him. Afterwards I just insure my services, until I served for the set 5-4.
At that moment, I don't know why, but I lost my service... 5-5. Afterwards, we go to tie-break, the most epic tie-break I ever played on Tennis Elbow.

He broke me, served for the match, but after a long and tigh exchange in the baseline (with Llodra !) where I gave everything, I came back ! And i Broke him just afterwards !

I then served for the set, but... Despite the court completely opened, I put the ball too much at right :'(

We exchange some aces after, both got match points / set points, until 12-10 or 14-12 where I once again missed my service.

Too bad we haven't the replay because the tie-break was excellent !

C4ill, i will come to your house if you don't put the damned autorecord on 1!!!

[polca456321]

Personnally, I got an excuse, if I set autorecord on 1 the game lags

[eliomelma]

One thing is sure.... Us Open will be the hardest tournament of the Tennis Elbow Tour! I think that we will have a 32 draw tournament

[Ugadalou]

Ugadalou (Fish) vs aearsley (Roddick) 6-4/6-4.

We played a very serve-oriented match, aearsley served good and executed 1-2 punches very well.
I just had the edge on returning applying more pressure on his serve and managed to break once on every set.
With more experience on the tour he'll improve his return and will be a very nice opponent to play against.
Looking forward for our next matches,great to have you on the tour!

Playing against Roddick and not Federer once again was a very nice change by the way!

I really want to thank aearsley and djarvik for their patience and understanding, giving me a chance to participate in the Olympics,a tournament I really wanted to play,as I've had unbearable connection issues on my country house and didn't manage to play my matches from there.

Sorry for any inconvinience caused to you and everyone else on the draw.

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[Ugadalou]

Ugadalou (Fish) vs polca456321 (Soderling) 6-4/7-6.

Very tough and competitive match both our serves were really solid.
In 1st set I managed to break on the 1st game as his serving was still a bit cold and I had luck on my side for some points.Held to it to get the set 6-4 but never really had any other looks on his serve.
In the 2nd set, polca had probably better chances to break as he got 0-30 on one occasion and 15-30 a couple of times but we ended up playing a tight tie-breaker which I won with only 1 mini-break.
I had to close the net well to win most points as polca defended well even with a heavy player like Soderling.

Olympics semi-final against Fox now,I'll give my very best for a place in the final and a medal.Really excited for it!

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