Mackin holds: 1-0 Verdasco broken on the 2nd bp: 2-0 Mackin holds after 4deuces: 3-0
Verdasco serving: holds to 30: 3-1
Some stats so far: V- 73%1st serve, M-71%. M 1 ace, 2 double faults. V none of either. The telling ones: Macking 87% points won on 1st serve, V 29%! M, 0%points on 2nd serve V 60%.
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Mackin holds: 1-0 Verdasco broken on the 2nd bp: 2-0 Mackin holds after 4deuces: 3-0 Verdasco holds easily: 3-1 Mackin broken to 15: 3-2 on serve Verdasco has a simple hold: 3-3
Mackin serving: 30-0...30-15(2nd serve)
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Mackin holds: 1-0 Verdasco broken on the 2nd bp: 2-0 Mackin holds after 4deuces: 3-0 Verdasco holds easily: 3-1 Mackin broken to 15: 3-2 on serve Verdasco has a simple hold: 3-3 Mackin holds to 15: 4-3
Verdasco serves his first ace (on a 2nd serve) to go 15-0...15-15...15-30 a sniff of a chance...30-30...30-40 BP!...deuce...4-4
mackin's 1st serve % has dropped to 61% after the game he was broken in.
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Mackin holds: 1-0 Verdasco broken on the 2nd bp: 2-0 Mackin holds after 4deuces: 3-0 Verdasco holds easily: 3-1 Mackin broken to 15: 3-2 on serve Verdasco has a simple hold: 3-3 Mackin holds to 15: 4-3 Mackin misses a BP and Verdascos holds: 4-4
Mackin: Verdasco races to 0-30. The bad news is they were both 1st serves so Verdasco may have begun to read Mackin's serve. 15-30...15-40 2Bps...game Verdasco
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Mackin holds: 1-0 Verdasco broken on the 2nd bp: 2-0 Mackin holds after 4deuces: 3-0 Verdasco holds easily: 3-1 Mackin broken to 15: 3-2 on serve Verdasco has a simple hold: 3-3 Mackin holds to 15: 4-3 Mackin misses a BP and Verdascos holds: 4-4 Mackin broken to 15: 4-5
Verdasco serving for the 1st set. 15-40 can Mackin get the break back? 30-40... 5-5
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Mackin holds: 1-0 Verdasco broken on the 2nd bp: 2-0 Mackin holds after 4deuces: 3-0 Verdasco holds easily: 3-1 Mackin broken to 15: 3-2 on serve Verdasco has a simple hold: 3-3 Mackin holds to 15: 4-3 Mackin misses a BP and Verdascos holds: 4-4 Mackin broken to 15: 4-5 Mackin breaks to 30: 5-5
Mackin serving: 0-15 (another 2nd serve, Mackin's serve % is now only 57%)...0-30...15-30...15-40...30-40...5-6 grr.
At the moment Mackin's serve isn't working at its best which is why he's struggling (I think!).
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Mackin holds: 1-0 Verdasco broken on the 2nd bp: 2-0 Mackin holds after 4deuces: 3-0 Verdasco holds easily: 3-1 Mackin broken to 15: 3-2 on serve Verdasco has a simple hold: 3-3 Mackin holds to 15: 4-3 Mackin misses a BP and Verdascos holds: 4-4 Mackin broken to 15: 4-5 Mackin breaks to 30: 5-5 Mackin broken to 30: 5-6
Verdasco serves for the set for a second time: 0-15 can Mackin repeat what happened last time?...0-30...15-40...30-40 (Verdasco has a 1st serve % in the 70s but is only winning 57% of the points on it)...6-6 TB.
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Mackin holds: 1-0 Verdasco broken on the 2nd bp: 2-0 Mackin holds after 4deuces: 3-0 Verdasco holds easily: 3-1 Mackin broken to 15: 3-2 on serve Verdasco has a simple hold: 3-3 Mackin holds to 15: 4-3 Mackin misses a BP and Verdascos holds: 4-4 Mackin broken to 15: 4-5 Mackin breaks to 30: 5-5 Mackin broken to 30: 5-6 Mackin breaks yet again to force a tiebreak: 6-6
Mackin to serve first: 0-1 not the start we wanted...1-1 much better...1-2 on serve...2-2...2-3 grr...3-3 back on serve...3-4...4-4...5-4 Mackin ahead for the first time in the breaker...5-5...5-6 sp Verdasco on Mackin's serve...set Verdasco 7-5 in the TB.
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