Week 7 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Bergamo, Italy (Hard)

TMH · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 7 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Bergamo, Italy (Hard)

Reeltime · Satellite level

bartman2099 wrote:
When's Ed's match?

Should be at 1330 GMT

bartman2099 · Lower Club Player

Cheers guys!

Drew · Feb 13, 2014

Come on Ed you can do it!!

steven · Tennis legend

Ed is knocking up now. Stream at http://bit.ly/1ogqdqf - probably the match I'd most like to see a GB win in this week!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

break to ED 3*-1

TMH · Futures qualifying

Broken back serving for the set, argh. 5-4*.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Very tight but a 'risky' serve and volley at 30-30 gave Grig the break back point.

Now, 5-4* - time to break again ?

TMH · Futures qualifying

Fallen apart. Grigelis breaks again and will serve for the set.

steven · Tennis legend

5 games in a row for Grigelis to take the 1st set Ed was taken to deuce in the first game of the 2nd set too but has won his last 2 service games for the loss of just 2 points. Grigelis was holding relatively easily too until he faced a break point in the last game. He holds on though - 5-7 *3-3

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 13th of February 2014 02:44:32 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Grigelis breaks.

Ed breaks back.

4-4

steven · Tennis legend

Challenger10s adds a bit of detail on Twitter:

"Corrie FHs long, BHs short, FHs wide to give Grigelis 3 BPs, and the big Liff cashes in on the 3rd. Up a #setnabreak now."

"And now Grigelis goes temporarily awry, forehanding it long to set up a Corrie BP then DFing. 4-all in the 2nd now. #BergamocH"

steven · Tennis legend

Ed holds for 5-7 6-5* ... one last chance to break Laurynas before a tiebreak.

steven · Tennis legend

No chance of a break - Grigelis holds to love.

Tiebreak time ...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Grigelis had a real purple patch - played some excellent tennis and got Ed a bit rattled. He's hung in really well though and put the pressure back on LG.

A TB is fair (would have been fair in the first set too).