Iopzzza is back ! It will be a long post
. As i said , i've started again in chennai , this time with tougher draw , than last year. My stats were dropping , because i didnt play much from finals to the start of the season. Played in first round vs Przysiezny won 6/2 6/1 , nothing special , only my serve was struggling because of the low stat. 2nd round against Sekiguchi , 6/2 6/1 again , but the game was tougher than the scoreline shows
. In the third round i've had one the worst opponents when you are not in form
, Nieminen. Started slowly the first set , but yeah as i've said my service was really poor , my bh also wasnt there , only i've some good forehands and lobs , but that wasnt enough , lost the first set 6/7 , after we broke our serves 1 time each. Started better the second set , and made 4 aces
to get the match into a second tiebreak , where Nieminen had the lead 5/3 and then he had one match point in 6/5, but i've somehow managed to turn things arround and win 7/6
. I've served first in the third set and managed to broke him in the second game of the set aand that was all , i've just kept concentration and won 6-3 , but again REALLY TOUGH MATCH. After Nieminen i had to face Dolgopolov , again hard match , not as tough as last one , but it was hard also. First set , nothing special , one break of serve and i've won 6/4. Some great rally's and that was all. Second set he turned on the style and almost baggeled me
, he was serving for 5-0 lead , but i managed to break him. Set finished 6-2 for him and i was hummiliated
. The third set started even when till the 5th game wheníve break his serve and finished after that the match in fashion 6-2 (i broke him once more.). In the final i've played John Isner , but this time i was calm , because i dont struggle against him never , i just wait for him to make a bad serve game and thats all
. Fortunately for me he made one in the first set and i've broke and won 6-3. In the second i had to wait till taibreak but won 7-6 (3). AAnd that was my 4-th title overall and second Chennai tittle (just for e.x IN BRISBANE first seed was MAHUT
i thought it would be easyer to play chennai but... you never know). I was thiknig to play Sydney , because of my stats , but i've finally decided NOT to play and that was may be a mistake as we would find out latter. In Australian Open i was 7th seed playing against Tcherveniachki in 1st round , beat him easily 6/2 6/1 6/2. The faced A.Montanes (a decent clay courter i' would say) won 6-2 6-1 6-3. Then a tough match again janowicz , his serve is really difficult to return. It wasnt the best of matches in terms of quality . No more than 5 or 6 rally's in the first set. I've won 7-6(3). Second set started the same as first ,but he broke for 6-4 when i was serving , i dont know what happened. I've won the Third set 7-5 after same boring serve and foreheading games
. In 4th set i tought he will turn on the style , but it was the same... we went to a tiebreaker where i've won 7-6 again. So 7-6 4-6 7-5 7-6 and i'm in the 4th round against NISHIKORI. Just a reminder i defend semifinal from last year... insane. Good news , Robredo beat murray and he is waiting me in 1/4 finals , should i beat Nishikori. He started very well , he is just amazing in the game , justl ike the real Nishikori. He has all the skills. Broke me for 2-0 , but i instantly rebroke for 2-2. Then we've served good (although my stat wasnt good) and i thought for a moment we will go on to a tiebreaker. It wasnt to be , he collapsed in last game of serve and gave me the first set 7-5. The second started even , with a lot good rally's long, no breaks of serves , some BP altough. We both saved BP's , there was a game where i managed to turn things arround from 0-40 and win
. We went on to tiebreaker where i usually try to keep my concentration at the highest level, but this time he played amazing and won 7-6 (2). Again i must say , the match like a real tennis match , so balanced it was pleasure. However , my low stats began to show up in the third set where he broke me again for 2-0 , i've managed to turn things arround just like in the first set 2-2 , but serving for 5-5 i've made 2 DF and lost 4-6 the third set. I didnt gave up of course, but in the 4th set there was only 1 player on the Court
. I've lost 2-6 in the 4-th and didnt deffend my points from last year. Anyway i think to play now more atp 250 than last year , just to get some good stats , and try to do something in the clay season. Sorry for the long post