Mana Games

[Maria Sharapova]

RR#1: Maria Sharapova def. Igor Josifoski 63 57 62.
He played well and deserved all the games he won, despite the crappy ending..
I rarely play TE now, so my form is a little crappy.

GG and GL.

Moha, I'm guessing we'll be playing tomorrow?

[Igor Josifoski]

I was doing errors so much and it was the difference... especially the third set, I have done more than 20 errors and not more than 2 or 3 winners.

[Stajus]

Good effort to win a set at least, Josi GL next year if you play

[Igor Josifoski]

LOL, effort? xD

I must say that I hate the connection we had, especially at the end. First set he broke me and I rebroke... after that I've lost my concentration for a while that costed me for the 1st set. Second, I played quite well at the end and deserved to win it. The third set, no need to comment, maybe the worst doubles set in my life...

[Mohamed]

Moha, I'm guessing we'll be playing tomorrow?

Yep tomorrow at 11 am my time , 9 pm yours... Or a bit later...

[Nadi madi]

Nader def. Kiril 4-6 6-1 6-3

Nice match, we couldn't host so we used hamachi and the ping was jumping but we decided to continue.

anyways, GG and GL in TC if u will play it.

P.S: Stan plz give me some games in the SF .

[Dr.Ivo]

Dr.Ivo def. Stefan Pavlovic 6-4,4-6,6-3!


Very nice match, could have gone his way, but i was a bit luckier i would say He played great considering he didnt play doubles often in last few months...a lot of nice rallies, entertaining and tense match...i had a big chance to win it in 2, but when he won it, i was in danger of losing with him leading 3-2 in the third I had a lot of net cord luck, im really sorry for that...he had it to, but i admit i had it more

1.set...a set with no big turnarounds, contrast in comparison to 2nd and 3rd set I broke him in the first game, he wasnt concentrated enough at the beginning...then we managed to hold our service games till the end of the set without facing any break points, easy holds

2.set...he started playing much better, but i was lucky to break him to go up 2-1...he played great to break me for the first time and level the set to 2-2...i broke him again with some nice shots and i held for a 4-2 lead...then it seemed i'll win it in 2, but from then on he started a great resistance, he really deserved to get back in the match...at 4-3 he broke me, he was a better player in that period which he proved with a nice hold for 5-4...when i served to stay in the set he was a bit lucky with his partner hitting 2 net cords from the baseline and he broke me once again to win a set...he deserved it cause he was a way better player from 4-2 down

3.set...i started very strong, we played on a high level in the beginning of the set...i broke him in the very tense first game and held for 2-0 which gave me a relief for the rest...but again he played the best when he was losing and broke me back at 2-1, great shot making He held for 3-2 and it seemed that the match will go his way but 2 crucial games followed, i held strong for 3-3, very important game, if he broke me there i think he would win the match...then the drama game followed, really tense one at 3-3 where i pulled out a break of serve after some deuces and stuff, i was lucky to win it and his concentration level dropped in my next service game at 4-3 where he made some costly errors to hand me a 5-3 lead...then we played another tense game on his serve, he had some game points but i managed to break him once more to win the match!

Great match, we both could win it, the key was luck and a bit of concentration in the 3rd set, you played very nice, sorry for all...GG and GL!

[Stefan Pavlovic]

Dr.Ivo def. Stefan Pavlovic 6-4,4-6,6-3!


Very nice match, could have gone his way, but i was a bit luckier i would say He played great considering he didnt play doubles often in last few months...a lot of nice rallies, entertaining and tense match...i had a big chance to win it in 2, but when he won it, i was in danger of losing with him leading 3-2 in the third I had a lot of net cord luck, im really sorry for that...he had it to, but i admit i had it more

1.set...a set with no big turnarounds, contrast in comparison to 2nd and 3rd set I broke him in the first game, he wasnt concentrated enough at the beginning...then we managed to hold our service games till the end of the set without facing any break points, easy holds

2.set...he started playing much better, but i was lucky to break him to go up 2-1...he played great to break me for the first time and level the set to 2-2...i broke him again with some nice shots and i held for a 4-2 lead...then it seemed i'll win it in 2, but from then on he started a great resistance, he really deserved to get back in the match...at 4-3 he broke me, he was a better player in that period which he proved with a nice hold for 5-4...when i served to stay in the set he was a bit lucky with his partner hitting 2 net cords from the baseline and he broke me once again to win a set...he deserved it cause he was a way better player from 4-2 down

3.set...i started very strong, we played on a high level in the beginning of the set...i broke him in the very tense first game and held for 2-0 which gave me a relief for the rest...but again he played the best when he was losing and broke me back at 2-1, great shot making He held for 3-2 and it seemed that the match will go his way but 2 crucial games followed, i held strong for 3-3, very important game, if he broke me there i think he would win the match...then the drama game followed, really tense one at 3-3 where i pulled out a break of serve after some deuces and stuff, i was lucky to win it and his concentration level dropped in my next service game at 4-3 where he made some costly errors to hand me a 5-3 lead...then we played another tense game on his serve, he had some game points but i managed to break him once more to win the match!

Great match, we both could win it, the key was luck and a bit of concentration in the 3rd set, you played very nice, sorry for all...GG and GL!

GL in 1/2 man

[Maria Sharapova]

Mohamed vs. Maria Sharapova 76(5) tbc.
I must say, I'm pretty disappointed with sets end because of my usual choking routine. Anyway, lags been killing both of us the whole time. I lost a 4-2 lead, he lost 3 set points leading 6-5 40-0 and another 2 to 3 at 6-5 A-40. Partner lost serve twice in tb to give them the set. But anyway, good set so far.

We plan to continue tomorrow (if possible), otherwise I guess he wins.

[Maria Sharapova]

Stajus def. Maria Sharapova 61 62.
Everything on my side was rigged, just like my partner was :ret: . GL

[Stajus]

Stajus def. Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-2...Deceiving score, he played pretty well and it was relatively even, but I converted all my chances and played perfect on the big points. GL vs Moha!

[Maria Sharapova]

Mohamed def. Maria Sharapova 76(5) 30 ret.
I'm done just like that, really won't play TE anymore. GL in SF and may I see some of you in heaven.

[Mohamed]

Mohamed Def. Maria Sharapova 7-6(5) 3-0 ret.
I'm really sorry for that. It was laggy and at his 3 am First set was close and nicer than the 2nd. Anyway sry again, GL!

[Mohamed]

SF : Mohamed Def. Dr.Ivo 7-6(3) 6-2
Nice match, we started it during the afternoon but there was a big lag so we decided to continue now and it was better..
About the match , I was rly lucky in some moments, his partner played terrible start by the TB where he made too many errors and in the 2nd set too.. I'm happy with my level today...
Anyway sorry, GL in TC and DC xd.. And hopefully I'll take some games against that player

[Dr.Ivo]

Mohamed def. Dr.Ivo 7-6(3),6-2!

My first defeat before the final in 8 weeks It was a good match, but he was very lucky, like i was in our last match...and the key thing is that my partner was TERRIBLE , but he played a very good match too, so he deserved to win, no doubts about that
I had my chances, set point in the first set, 2-0 in the breaker, and i was a break up in the second, i surely didnt expect to lose it 6-2 after that
We had some really nice rallies and points, he had more net cords than me this time...connection was very bad, pretty annoying glitches at times, we even started the match in the afternoon and decided to continue later due to a horrible connection

1.set...we started of with some tense games, we both had break points in first few games, i dont remember in which games precisely, we played first 6 games in the afternoon...when we continued, he had 2 break points at 3-3, but i managed to save it...then we held easily till 6-5 where i had a set point at 30-40, but his partner hit a 2nd serve ace, my positioning wasnt very good but it was a serve around 190 km/h
We got to the breaker where i played 2 great points to lead 2-0 and then we played a 48 shot rally which, of course, finished by my partner's error...and then he actually screwed up the next 4 points if i remember well...al credit to him, he didnt miss, but my partner did shit Then another error at 5-2 gave him 4 set points...i saved the first one, but he took the 2nd one

2.set...i started very good, some nice rallies...at 1-1 i broke him, he missed 2 or 3 balls, very good game for me...and from then on, my partned started a masacr He screwed up the game at 2-1 with some nice errors ...he did aproximatelly the same in the next game although i was missing some balls at the times, but he was untouchable
Then at 3-2, he gained momentum with a good and smart game to break me again, everything headed in the wrong way for me...and then i got to 30-30 or so, i though i'll come back maybe...and then my partner played some genious shots to hand him a 5-2 lead
I couldnt come back anymore and blew up the last game myself, i was totally down It finished with a net cord unfortunately, he had some of it along the way, but not extreme amount of it...he won some weird lucky points too, but luck should be earned sometimes...when it comes to this close matches, luck is the key sometimes, so it is nothing strange

My partner really did a bunch of errors, i didnt play very good and i made some mistakes and he played pretty good match, his partner too, so nothing to say except congrats, you deserved to win I have to mention that you are one of the fairest players around here, just keep it up, i enjoy playing with u...maybe not so much today cause of the connection, but anyway GG and GL against Stan