coke4 wrote:Alex overcomes coke4 5-7 6-3 7-5 in epic final
Wow, absolutely epic match. I went out and played my heart out, played some of my best tennis but came up short against a TS3 god, congrats man
1st Set: I come out firing and power my way to a 0-40 lead which i take to break for 1-0, i then hold for 2-0. However he then manages to hold then break back for 2-2, at 3-3 I manage to gain another break but he quickly breaks straight back. At 5-5 i manage to break again with the help of a double fault, at 6-5 i manage to get 40-15 but he plays some inspired tennis to level it at duece and get some b/p, however i hold strong and manage to hold to take the set 7-5.
2nd Set: Im tired after the 1st set and know I have to break early, however i fail to gain an opportunity as he holds, he then goes on to break pretty easily and hold again. He gets a few more break points at 2-4 which i save and he manages to hold serve for the entire set without facing a b/p,
3rd Set: We both start of with love service games, however i start to gain more break points while he only wins 1 point on my serve. At 3-4 on his serve I manage to get a love-40 lead, he saves the 1st two with agressive play but I get the upper hand in the rally and have a chance to win the point, i hit a well timed crosscourt fh that only just misses the line, he holds and starts putting pressure on my serve. At 5-5 i succomb to his baseline skills and he manages to grab a fairly easy break. At 6-5 i manage to get 30-40 and get ahead in the rally but put a bh down the line into the net. I get another b/p but he saves it and forces an error on his first m/p to take a great final.
Stats
coke | alex
66% 1st Serve % 78%
63% Win on 1st serve 62%
62% Win on 2nd serve 69%
3 Aces 0
0 Double Faults 4
50 Winners 37
44 Unforced Errors 35
3/12 Break Points 4/10
107 Total points won 108
Goddamn why do you pull of these performances only against me.
I was reaaally lucky here, in the third set seeing that ball go slightly wide at 30-40 when you had the point basically won.
Coke played really well and I don't know how I won this match, I cant even say I played the big points right as I double faulted on break points...twice(I think).
One damn long, fun, nervy match
