250 and 500 Tournament Match Reports

[coke4]

coke4 defeats DRII 7-6(9) 3-6 7-6(3)

1st set- He starts off dominating and breaks to 30 at 2-2, at 4-3 i get either 15-40 or 30-40, he saves them but after a long game i break back. I have a few b.p at 5-6 but he saves them. He gets a mini break in breaker and holds it till 6-3 or 6-4 when i claw it back, it goes on till 9-9 when i get one and serve it out for 11-9.
2nd Set- We hold till 4-3 when he gets 0-40 on my serve, i claw it back to 30-40 and we ave a long rally which sees us both run all over the court and end up at net, he takes it with a short slice and serves it out with ease.
3rd Set- Went on serve until 3-4 when i got 15-40, he saves them both then holds. We go to breaker, i go up a mini break and hold serve, at 3-6 on his serve i win the match when he hits a slice into the net,

[nitoflament]

nitoflament defeats DRII 7-6, 7-6 in the final of Region Morgans Keegan Mens'single Championship

It was a tight match where neither of us could break the service. In both tiebriek i was lucky and managed to win with authority, was an intense game for the aggressive play of DRII, he is a very powerful player, which costs me to keep up. Finally, I think we both enjoy every time we play, Repet i was lucky to win. I hope to see soon in another tournament.

[nitoflament]

nitoflament beat maximo 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 in the final of Mexican Open Telcel

We all know what maximum improved over recent months, is no longer strange to see him reach the finals of tournaments. Both play a game, i would say, strategic, although we both rely on our service to manage the game, each one was waiting for the opportunity of a briek point. Without any chance for both to break the service, the three long sets finished in the lottery of penalties. In the first, early minibreak obtained maximo which i could recover, if my memory was able to drive he won 12-10. The second tiebrek, also maximo achieved a minibreak but luckily i managed to reverse the situation and take that much needed set. In the third and last, I did anticipate more his service, not realizing i ran into a 6-1 lead, i served for the match and won. Since the game started I knew that my chances of winning were reduced since the last time we face, without a doubt maximo is a top ten guy and his ranking does not say what he actually plays. I think we enjoy it. Maximo was a worthy opponent

[maximo]

nitoflament beat maximo 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 in the final of Mexican Open Telcel

We all know what maximum improved over recent months, is no longer strange to see him reach the finals of tournaments. Both play a game, i would say, strategic, although we both rely on our service to manage the game, each one was waiting for the opportunity of a briek point. Without any chance for both to break the service, the three long sets finished in the lottery of penalties. In the first, early minibreak obtained maximo which i could recover, if my memory was able to drive he won 12-10. The second tiebrek, also maximo achieved a minibreak but luckily i managed to reverse the situation and take that much needed set. In the third and last, I did anticipate more his service, not realizing i ran into a 6-1 lead, i served for the match and won. Since the game started I knew that my chances of winning were reduced since the last time we face, without a doubt maximo is a top ten guy and his ranking does not say what he actually plays. I think we enjoy it. Maximo was a worthy opponent

Congratulations nito, was a hard match, and u deseved win , i have to say that in the last tie break i felt my player frozen, this made me lost the tie break too easy, but it's the game, anyway you are one of the best , no doubt about this, btw, an argentinian and a spanish in a final on clay, very strange

[andman666]

I had a terrible loss to JfcBpp in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open! 7-6 7-6! I was Bashmakov (NEVER AGAIN ) he was Gray. The first we both held serve very comfortably and in the tiebreak he got some good returns in. Second set was more or less the same until the tiebreak where I had a minibreak went up to the net hit a volley to the open court but it got into the net!!! We held serve until at 11-11 at a very crucial stage..I hit a double fault . He played very well but I had so many set points in the second, I even had 2 break points to serve for the second set. I'm beginning to have a horrible losing streak and I need to get my form back.

Andman666 defeats JFCBPP 6-4 7-5
I was glad that this guy defeated ochtino even know i had won a set i dident want to play against him
But this JFCBPP was all LOW RISK SLICE and it was pretty irritating so i started returning with Slice risk and it worked
Ofcourse my serve was dominate he had nothing to say on my serve only mayby wen i served for the match yea but wen I did a Apthaliticy (1 hand running risk shot cross) i was so releived i finally gotten some luck with my risk.
And i closed it out

Next up probably Burgerking (Brgrflipr) and that will be tough but I know i can win atleast a set from everybody I just need to win the whole thing

[brgerflipr]

Next up probably Burgerking (Brgrflipr) and that will be tough but I know i can win atleast a set from everybody I just need to win the whole thing

I wouldn't count on that yet, I have to beat either Parsons or DRII. Great players who I have losing records against. Hopefully your prediction will work out.

[AUSSIE_FABS]

I lost AGAIN.

1st set let an early break in by some silly errors. 1 which I don't know how happened because it wasn't risk and timed it pretty much right anyway. He was holding serve a lot more convincingly point wise. He was just hitting ball hard and harder, I think I only got one break point chance in 1st set. Anyway we stayed on serve for rest of set with me having to save another 2 break points in order to hide shame. So lost that 6-3

In 2nd set got broken again, sightly unlucky again. However as the matched progressed I began getting more and more into his games and winning mine fairly easy. He was missing quite a few shots and held back a lot more. We remained on serve with him saving 2 break points to get to 5-3. I managed to win my service game, just with my serve essentially (would've been nicer if I could serve like I did early on).

Now this in when the match finally got interesting. He appeared pretty tense to serve it out. I was reading serve better and getting it in harder and we were both exchangin points. When he had a match point he missed his first serve. So I thought, "hey this guy fading I might have him". He hit the softest non sliced serve of the match I hit it hard down line and he was just hustlin for rest of point until inevitably i won it. Once in deuce he didn't get another match point and managed to break him.
I held my serve easy, well got to 40-0 and screwed up 2 points then won game lol. He then managed to hold onto his serve aswell and we had ourselves a tiebreak.

It was a tight afair with me managing to get first mini break. However he soon hit back (or I screwed up again) and we were on level terms. But at 4-4 he managed to get a point don't know how I was pissed tho.Then he just served it out. With the last point very tense with me hustin and him approaching net. I let off my last chance with a hard backhand topspin shot but he mmanaged to steer it in short with a volley. Making me depressed.

WOW quite a bit of writing for not much info.

SCORE 3-6 6-7

[VillaJ100]

Next up probably Burgerking (Brgrflipr) and that will be tough but I know i can win atleast a set from everybody I just need to win the whole thing

I wouldn't count on that yet, I have to beat either Parsons or DRII. Great players who I have losing records against. Hopefully your prediction will work out.

Dont let parsons get to the net, hes almost unpassable. I'd go as far to say he's on the same level as darkpaladin at the net.

[tonedawg1]

Tonedawg1(gray) def coke4 (tompson) 7-6 6-7 6-1
1 set: i played a steady game with my l2 and was hitting pin point accuracy on shots during the rally, but cokes speed made me have to play the point much longer and he would do his untouchable drop shot . he hit all l2 returns but his l2 kept floating so i hammered the shot or wrong footed him.
2 nd set: i lost rhythm in my serve and i found it difficult to hold but i had my chances to break but his player kept getting to the ball that was on the other side of the court . he stole the tie break 6-4 seeing how my serve was so fragile.
3rd set :i start going for more and i held my services very easily and broke him with a few lucky l2 returns and alott of rallying. i break again and hold but he holds his last service game then i serve it out. it was a great game his speed made me a bit worried after a while. GOOd game coke4

[TomBs]

Marrakech Challenger:
LERC-11 (Lopez) def. TomBs (Striker) 6-4 6-4

Was a close match. Unfortunately I lost service straightaway, despite a 40-15 lead. Somehow in the first stages of the match my Striker wouldn't respond at the net to his powerful groundstrokes. Was never able to get close to breaking him in 1st set. Did hold service though.

Second set went on serve until 3-3, when I double-faulted on deuce I did manage to get rid of the 1st breakpoint, but with another double fault I handed him the next opportunity, which he converted. He held serve to take a 5-3 lead. Despite running out of stamina and 0-30 I clawed back to 4-5. With him serving for the match I went for the break, but despite getting to deuce I couldn't get a breakpoint.

He played decent, just too bad he used the wide serve from the deuce court 100% of the times. But at least I finally had a close ITST-match.

[coke4]

US Clay Court Championship Sim
Coke4 defeats SoundfSilence 6-4 6-0 to advance to QF

1st set was really close, came down to a few points. I ran away with second after Sound started to fall apart.

1st Set I start off wonderfully getting 0-40 in the the first game, he saves the first but i take the second to break 1-0. However he remains calm and carves a 15-40 lead on my serve, however i save them both when he puts the returns into the net. I kept getting advantage but he kept bringing it back to duece, i finally managed to hold after like 5 dueces. He opens up a 40-1 lead next game but i bring it back to duece and get 1 or 2 break points, which he saves. The rest of the set is real tight, almost all games going to duece, i think i had break points at 4-2 and 5-3, i served it out to 15 at 5-4.

2nd Set- I open up a 15-40 lead on his first game but i hit a BH wide for the first and he forced an error on the second. However i managed to get another and take it, i think off a BH down the line. I held broke again in the next game and held. The next game was long, with him fighting to avoid the bagle, but he was weaker this set and i broke and served it out to take it 6-4 6-0.

Stats
Sound | coke
85% 1st Serve % 86%
46% Win on 1st Serve 78%
78% Win on 2nd Serve 43%
1 Aces 1
0 Double Faults 0
20 Winners 21
25 Unforced Errors 9
0/2 Break Points 4/13
43 Total Points 63

[Otlichno]

Lost to Fedfan 3-6 7-6 6-4. I forgot to take down the stats all I know is I had 100 points won and he had 97. I had 1/5 break points won he had 1/1. I had break point to serve for the match in the second and couldn't convert. Overall I feel pretty crappy at the moment about this match I feel I should have won it easily but nonetheless he played really well and seems to have come out of his slump.... I haven't.

[fedfan]

Lost to Fedfan 3-6 7-6 6-4. I forgot to take down the stats all I know is I had 100 points won and he had 97. I had 1/5 break points won he had 1/1. I had break point to serve for the match in the second and couldn't convert. Overall I feel pretty crappy at the moment about this match I feel I should have won it easily but nonetheless he played really well and seems to have come out of his slump.... I haven't.

I have to say I don't think I played very well, and I was very lucky to win this match. Playing XBox has made it really hard to not get frustrated at how clumsy PS3 feels.

First set he won easy, and similar to my match with Coke last week in the second I was just trying to keep holding serve and not really getting to wound up. I got a minbreak in the tiebreak and held the advantage.

In the third I broke at 4-4 but was 15-40 down when serving out. Funnily enough after bouncing my joypad at deuce the power went and because I couldn't connect it quick enough I hit an auto-serve which he returned long, was back on for the next point though and sneaked a not so well deserved win.

[SoundfSilence]

Well played coke, I must admit, that was the most clinical I've seen you with your Tompson. You have found your sweet spot!

The mental game plays a big part to me, once I couldn't break you back in the 1st set, I was crumbling... Then you broke straight away in the 2nd set (which I was leading 40-15 I think), that really got to me

Shame it was too easy for you, but I'll try again next time

[coke4]

Well played coke, I must admit, that was the most clinical I've seen you with your Tompson. You have found your sweet spot!

The mental game plays a big part to me, once I couldn't break you back in the 1st set, I was crumbling... Then you broke straight away in the 2nd set (which I was leading 40-15 I think), that really got to me

Shame it was too easy for you, but I'll try again next time

Nope you werent up 40-15

Yea i decided not to use L2, that might have helped.....