by Blacky » 26 Jun 2009, 22:46
BlackyM - Roy Patrick 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
tough match, kind a laggy...but playable...it was tough to catch serves, and because of that drop shots had main roll in it...Roy is great player, but he needs to work on mixing a game little bit more and catch serves better. I'm sure that soon he will be even tougher to beat.
First set
I broke him on his opening serve, then at 4-1 I had chance to break him again, but he saved BP, next game after my first DF at 15-15, and 2 errors, ha had one and only BP in match, I saved it, and won the set few mins later
Second set
He played good, i couldn't get BP, but my errors had role in it too, but I didn't had much problems on my serve...then at 3-3, I got 0-40...and broke him for 4-3, then kept my serve till the end
Third set
In first game of the set, I had 4 BPs...but he saved it, mostly with aces, also frekaing RL match Cilic - Hass was in background (TV behind me), and I was kind a distracted by listening it. So at one point in that game I received 3 aces in a row (he had 21 in whole match, me 23). After that game, i had chances for BPs, but I couldn't get one, but then at 4-4, ha started doing same things over and over, so I predicted his move two times, and won two very important point, and broke him, for 5-4, and confirmed victory with serve
Rank: 2008 (5), 2009 (16), 2010 (6)
Results 2010: Singles (70-27), Doubles (56-19)
Titles 2010: Davis Cup, Valencia (s), Eastbourne (d), Zagreb (d), Paris (d)
Final 2010: 10 (US Open (s), Wimbledon (d), Madrid (d), WTF London (d)...)