I was seeded Nr 3 in D singles, and I played in D-doubles with my German friend Christian as doubles partner.
First round Singles was against Stephan from Germany, who beat me in Dusseldorf last year in the doubles, with Giraldo.
Here a great, almost imposible point by Stephan: I promised him to upload this for him.
I won 6-4, 6-2.
Second round, quarter final, was against my doubles partner Christian:
I won 6-4, 6-2.
Unfortunately there was nobody available at 8AM to take photos or videos of the match...
Semi Final against my nemesis Giraldo:
Here is the final matchpoint:
In more than 2 hours I kept my cool, and my tactics worked:
I won 7-6 (7-1 in the tie-break), 5-7, 6-2. I won it on Giraldo's service at the 7th matchpoint!
In the Doubles, our first round match was against Giraldo (!) and Rafael, who plays in C now:
Christian and I played very well, especially in the 2nd set, but it was not enough: 3-6, 4-6.
So I reached the D-Singles Final! I played against Zaenudin, another nemesis.
He proved again he that belongs in C, as I lost 4-6, 4-6. But I fought really hard and played really well.
In the second set I was 0-4 down and I fought all the way back, by changing my tactics into attacking play.
A proud moment, the trophy ceremoney:
He proved again he that belongs in C, as I lost 4-6, 4-6. But I fought really hard and played really well.
In the second set I was 0-4 down and I fought all the way back, by changing my tactics into attacking play.
A proud moment, the trophy ceremoney:
Here are the results for D-singles and D-doubles:
Thanks so much Christian for being such a great friend, camera handler and doubles partner!
Also lots of thanks to Gilles, Tony and Declan for your support.
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