Kono wrote:I signed up for NINGBOO and I chose GULBIS. Watch out guys!
Spencercarlos d Kono 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(2)
My third match on tour so far the toughest.
First set no breaks until 2-2 Kono serving, i was able to get his serve back, and some nice rallies going my way to break for the first time and held up for the rest of the set, sandwiched with another break at 2-4 Kono.
The second set started with a break point to take an early lead and could not convert, and from then on it was a huge struggle. He started to rally better from the baseline and it became more and more difficult to string points on his serve.. He had a couple break points in the second set which i saved and the set eventually ended with a minibreak fest tiebreak (6 minibreaks in all 4 to him).
In the third set i started serving which gave me some confidence to estabish an early lead, i had a couple of break points again, could not convert and 2 15-30 games but it was not to be. Another tiebreak was going to decide.
Luckily i got a nice deep return at 1-1 that enabled a rally going, then to 4-1 after that and another minibreak at 2-4 Kono serving. The match finished with a forehand winner. A great match against a great sportsman like Kono..
Both had 32 unforced errors in this match but i managed more winners, he had more aces, in all very even, probably the slim difference were the return points won.
