Sydney
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TET250
Round 1
Mario Diming (USA) defeats Marat Safin (RUS) 6-4 6-4
Round 2
(2) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) defeats Mario Diming (USA) 6-1 6-0
Doubles
Round 1
Jeff Coetzee/ Mario Diming defeats Leos Friedl/ David Shoch 6-3 6-2
Quarter-finals
Jeff Coetzee/ Mario Diming defeats (3) Paul Hanley/ Martin Damm 6-3 1-6 10-6
Semifinals
Jeff Coetzee/ Mario Diming dedeats (2) Marcos Baghdatis/ Nikolay Davydenko 2-6 7-6(4) 10-8
Finals
Jeff Coetzee/ Mario Diming defeats (1) Bob Bryan/ Mike Bryan 7-6(4) 3-6 10-4
In the Doubles Finals we never trailed in the match. We lead 3-0 in the first set and got broken at 5-4 and stayed on serve to get to the tiebreak. In the Tiebreak we jumped out to a 4-0 lead and then a 6-1 lead and they came back to the 6-4 and we served it out. In the Master Tiebreak we jumped out to a 5-0 lead and also a 9-2 lead and finally closed it out. We beat the top three seeds to win the tournament.
Starting Ranking- 29
New Ranking- 30
Starting Doubles Ranking- 20
New Doubles Ranking- 19
Next Tournament will be the Australian Open. Took a brief look at the Australian Open and I’m the 29th Seed in singles with a tough section of the draw. My second round match can be against Florian Mayer who I lost to once. Third Round could be against (5) James Blake who I’m 0-2 against and only won 9 games in the 2 meetings. Round of 16 could be against (10) Ivan Ljubicic. Quarterfinals could meet (4) Tommy Robredo or (19) Lleyton Hewitt. Don’t want to even look at the rest of the draw because it could get super depressing see how my road would get. Good thing my goal for now is to only get to the second week. In doubles Jeff and I are the 7th Seed. In the same Quarter as Paes/ Knowles and same half as the Bryan Brothers.