Australian Open

[C4iLL]

The public needs an explanation. Press conference please !!! We have bought tickets !!! Reimbursement !!!

[AlexJasmins]

The public needs an explanation. Press conference please !!! We have bought tickets !!! Reimbursement !!!

I don't know i think he has problems with connection according to what spencercarlos told me and him... :s

[Woowhat]

The public needs an explanation. Press conference please !!! We have bought tickets !!! Reimbursement !!!

I too am interested.
Btw whats with the final? It's already been a week over date.

[VMoe86]

The public needs an explanation. Press conference please !!! We have bought tickets !!! Reimbursement !!!

I too am interested.
Btw whats with the final? It's already been a week over date.

I see a pattern emerging: Each match including AlexJasmins has scheduling and connecting problems. Rumor has it that the final is going to take place tonight or tomorrow, but it has already been postponed from a scheduled date on Wednesday.

[C4iLL]

AlexJasmins should be suspended during 1 or 2 weeks in my opinion. Like that, I will be on my way to the title at Zagreb against the almost local Butcher and a French will win AO

[Clog]

Yeah as VMoe said, we'll probably play tonight or tomorrow. The fact is that we already have been late due to the SF problem with Felipe. Since the WO has been given to Alex, we scheduled on monday but I had a problem; then we scheduled on wednesday but HE had a problem.

So that's 1 - 1 on the "Not-showing up" scoreboard for now, but I guess we'll find a moment this weekend.

[AlexJasmins]

AlexJasmins def Clog- 7-5 7-6(4) 6-3

It was just an incrdible amazing match. i can't save .dmos for some reason after the last update and Clog forgot to save it which is a shame cause was worth it the .dmo. Congrats my friend Clog and good luck for the rest of the season.

[eliomelma]

AlexJasmins def Clog- 7-5 7-6(4) 6-3

It was just an incrdible amazing match. i can't save .dmos for some reason after the last update and Clog forgot to save it which is a shame cause was worth it the .dmo. Congrats my friend Clog and good luck for the rest of the season.

Ridicolous!!! no dmo!!!

[Clog]

Well, c'mon Alex...since there's no .dmo, you could have tried to make at least a better report

The match started with long rallies, as I expected it to. Alex and I had pretty similar gamestyles ; we tried to defend, waiting for the right moment to attack, Alex in a little more offensive way than me. And he finally broke, then led 4-1. I could come back to 4-4, we won our serve game to 5-5, and then he became way more agressive at 6-5 to win the first set 7-5. We already were tired from that first set.

Since I discovered my own mental strength against Richie in R16, I didn't give up. Alex probably relaxed too much and I had an early break, hardly won so I could lead 2-0. I think he started to be frustrated so he began to make more errors, and I had a second break opportunity, which I won and confirmed ; That was 4-0 for me. On his next serve game, I even led 0-30, two points left and it would have been 5-0 for me, but he finally came back with good S&V. 4-1. I easily won my next serve game, 5-1. And here is the tipping point. Alex thought he had nothing left to lose in this set, so he totally changed his tactic ; he reminded me of Richie, refusing to go behind his baseline and attacking even when it was really risky. Richie really put me in a tough situation, but since Alex is a little better than him, he came back 5-5, and even led 6-5. I honestly wasn't scared and won my game serve after losing the two previous. 6-6, and a death tie-break. If I remember well, he was the first to mini-break. Actually, there was a lot of mini-breaks until 4-3 for Alex, who won the two next points to lead 6-3. I saved one set point, but he made a winner and finally won the 2nd set. 7-5 7-6.

Most could think I started to think that was already lost, but I didn't even if I would have had reasons to after Alex broke at 0-0. I kept on fighting to unbreak, but he broke again and I didn't have opportunities to come back. At 5-3, I was serving, and he tried to win the match on my serve ; and he did. Game, set, match, and championship AlexJasmins.



I'm a bit disappointed since I had opportunities in the second set. Maybe the match would have been different if I had won it. But I only see what's positive ; I didn't expect to be here, playing for the title for my first participation in a Grand Slam. In fact, I know that nobody expected me to be here (only C4iLL did... ), and that's a great achievement for me. Also I've learnt a lot about me, about what I had to improve, but also about my strong points. For sure it gives me a good confidence for the season. Now I’ll rest and work to improve what’s missing in my game. I’m really happy about what I did during the past few weeks, and I hope I’ll do even better in the future.