marco won 3-6 6-3 6-4 but apparently took a time out before serving the match out! He had a serious problem with his leg and couldn't run any more!!! He served the match out with 4 big serves. I hope it will be fine for his next match.
I noticed during his match that he made a wrong step or so, and he had to tkae an injury time out. And then after the match I asked him what happened and he indeed said it just happened in a step, but he could still continue the match. And he still could run, tho you could see that his leg hurted, as he was stretching it all the time. But he was still smiling after the match, so I guess it wasn't that bad. I hope so at least as I want to see him for sure tomorrow
Ik stond er toch enorm dicht bij, toen ik 2 setballen had in de tie-break van de eerste set. Chiudinelli deed sinds het begin van de match alsof hij enorme last had aan de knie en elk moment kon opgeven. Om de 5 punten hield hij zijn knie vast met beide handen en trok zware grimassen alsof hij waarschijnlijk zou opgeven. Doch liep hij rapper als geen ander naar iedere bal, om na het punt opnieuw al mankend rond te lopen... Ik vond het maar triestig acteertalent. Vele collega's dachten er hetzelfde over. Of je bent echt geblesseerd en je loopt al mankend. In het andere geval hebt je wat last en je kan toch voluit spelen, en dààr hoeft geen cinema bij. Daarvoor alleen al had ik hem graag geklopt vandaag.
Tegen de tornooileiding heb ik ook laten weten dat ik verrast was dat ze me als eerste match van de dag programmeerden. Het enige atp-tornooi dat ik in België speel, en er zaten welgeteld 12 mensen in de zaal te kijken. Weinig thuisvoordeel is daaruit te halen, is het niet? Als ik om 4u30 had kunnen spelen, had er toch al iets meer embiance kunnen zijn, en wie weet had ik dan misschien wel één van die twee setballen gepakt. Ik had het ze maandag nog gevraagd dat ze me woensdag niet vroeg moesten plannen. Omdat ze woensdag avond een huldiging geprogrammeerd hadden voor de volledige Belgische Davis-Cup ploeg (ivm onze promotie naar de 'wereldgroep' van de 16 beste landen ter wereld), en waar ik dus ook op gevraagd werd, zodanig dat ik niet de ganse hele dag op de club zou moeten rondhangen... Sommige spelers vroegen me hoe het kwam dat ik als thuisspeler op het slechtste uur geprogrammeerd stond, ik had er ook geen antwoord op...
Het is wel een mooi tornooi, goed ingericht in een mooie hal in de Expo van Bergen. De meeste spelers zijn aangenaam verrast van de organisatie.
Morgen, donderdag speel ik de kwartfinale in het dubbelspel. Doei ...
Now Dick is always one to complain (read his previous diary entries if you understand Dutch; hardly anything is ever right with hotels etc and there are always excuses), but I feel he is going way too far in this entry.
He says that Marco was acting as if he could retire any moment, looked as if he was in pain, kept grabbing his knee after every point. Yet, he ran 'faster than any other'. Dick calls it poor acting skills :retard: And he says that many other players thought the same. Which is funny, as he complains later about the time of the match and how there were only twelve people watching :shrug: Were they all players, except Yvo? :retard:
Juicy detail.. They share the same coach. And obviously they don't get along.
@ Dick.
There weren't many people indeed, tho more than 12, and yes there were some other players watching as well (if I am right). But Marco definitely didn't act maybe his injury wasn't that bad, coz yes he could run, but definitely not 100%. I saw him getting injured on tuesday, and I am sure he didn't fake it. of course others can always doubt my opinion as I am a big fan of Marco and I can't see something bad of him
I would say players should accept their lose, no matter what way their opponent is acting.
@ Dick.
There weren't many people indeed, tho more than 12, and yes there were some other players watching as well (if I am right). But Marco definitely didn't act maybe his injury wasn't that bad, coz yes he could run, but definitely not 100%. I saw him getting injured on tuesday, and I am sure he didn't fake it. of course others can always doubt my opinion as I am a big fan of Marco and I can't see something bad of him
I would say players should accept their lose, no matter what way their opponent is acting.
It really was a fantastic match I was there to cheer for him and he definitely had to fight to win it. But he was really cheering for himself at the end as well, several "come on"s I could hear and at the end he cheered after the matchpoint And his face said enough when he looked at me after the match "a great match, but it made him really tired"
Marco said after the match that he didn't serve really well, that his legs weren't very good and that he was a little tired.
I expected him to be a bit tired, after Lopez' match. And he told me already before the tournament started that he was tired. Still it was a good tournament for him I would say
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