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steven


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Someone DM'd me on Twitter a couple of days ago asking if I thought he should bet on Aljaz losing (by which he meant tanking) his QF so that he could play in Monte Carlo. I told him Aljaz didn't seem like the kind of player who would be tempted to throw a match and that he probably had more to gain (points-wise at least, not $-wise) by trying to win Barletta than by taking his chances in the Monte Carlo qualifying draw. Very happy to see Aljaz trying his best to prove me right (without knowing it!) in both of those assertions

I also told the DMer I don't give betting advice EVER! - a) I don't have a death wish and b) if I was that confident, I'd put money on myself LOL

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So very pleased for Aljaz to see him putting performances together for a few straight weeks. He's now up into the top 40 in the race and moving back up the rankings impressively. Looks like he's finally put the negativity around DC etc. behind him and I couldn't be happier for him.

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I will second that

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Aljaz and Elias are warming up, a couple of minutes away from starting:

livestream.com/ATP/events/7274518

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James wrote:

Aljaz and Elias are warming up, a couple of minutes away from starting:

livestream.com/ATP/events/7274518

Weather looks a bit grim!  cry 



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Great start:  Aljaz leads by *3-0...

The court looks in better nick than that ploughed field on which the Italians forced us to play that DC quarter-final tie in Naples three years ago!  



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Then lost the next 4 games

*3-4

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Aljax will serve for the first set at *6-5.

Given that this is a match of 7 breaks of serve so far that may be easier said than done.

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Hee hum, tiebreak.

Super point at *15-30 that Aljax should ultimately have won but contrived not to.

Anyway, get a mini hold early now ...



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Phew!  First set finally in the bag by 7-6(4).  Thought he'd blown it after he failed to convert a set point in the tenth game & was broken to 15 when he served for it again in the twelfth!  He made it hard for himself!



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Alijaz not at the same level as yesterday - far more UEs, plus Elias is a tougher opponent. Still, first set in the bag without playing his best.



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Just a bit ...

And in the TB was *4-1 then a shocking miss and a couple of further points and it was 4-4*. But he got there.

Now locating the service box with his first serve more than 40% of the time might help make things a bit easier though still could be a fair war of attrition.



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Second set seems to following pretty much the same sort of pattern as the first!  hmm  *4-2.  Now, if he could but hold his own service...



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Yes!  Aljaz takes his second title in as many weeks!    Well done, lad!  ban-woohoo.gif

Final:  (2) Aljaz Bedene WR 76 defeated (1) Gastão Elias (POR) WR 97 by 7-6(4) 6-3  biggrin

Much of the fight seemed to go out of Elias after that tie-break.  I couldn't hear what he was saying as he served to stay in the match in the eighth game, just that he was chuntering to himself in Portuguese, but he clearly wasn't a happy (Easter) bunny! 



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Yay, well done that man  biggrin

62% first serves in in the second set and the two he served in the final game brought two simple points to help ease him to the line.

As well as a 3rd challenger title in 5 weeks with 2 in successive weeks ( 10 wins in a row ) the final was his 10th win against a top 100 ranked player this year as against 5 losses. Against top 50 players he is 3-3.

Looks like he is up to WR 69 and race #31 - just easing ahead of one Daniel Evans who is #32.



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