Just to explain, at the end of game 12 Nieminen challenged a line call after he hit the next shot in the rally. He shouldn't be allowed to do that but he was and the ball was just out.
I fear for Andy on this form, it seems that the closer he gets to the winning line the more timid his play is. Right now he has to dig deep and play the aggresive tennis that almost got him a strait sets victory.
Hurray the old Andy is back. Good aggresive tennis attacking the net, Andy got passed once but his net win % must be very high. Nieminen looks very tired again, if Andy can keep the pressure on he will be ok.
15-0...1st serve fault..(startin to tire now...)...Double fault...15-15...First serve foot fault (makin him even more tired!)....30-15...40-15...1st serve fault...SB made a mistake...meant to be 2-1 JN!!
Edit: my mistake! the ball keeps going up and down on the SB!
The pace of the match has dropped considerably from the first set. Some of the points were at a brisk walking pace. I think that suits Andy as he is fairly tired but at times Nieminen looks like he is running on empty. This could turn into a war of attrition.
Sadly Andy is hitting more and more drop shots, a sure sign that he is tired and that he is about to lose the point,