P. H. Mathieu (29) Beats F. Serra: 6-0, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6)

All right!!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

At first i thought that mathieu was winning so easily because he wanted to choke later on from a winning position (as always), but i'm happy that despite a shaky start of the second set he could make up his mind and fight the win.

Serra played very badly in the first set and Mathieu was really inspired.
In the second set, Serra got to a 4-0 advantage over Paulo and i was considering a bagel :scared: , but Paulo became much more agressive and fought greatly.

The third set was very much a coinflip, any other player would have gained a big momentum after an impressive comeback, but not Paulo :p . When Serra broke and went up *3-1 i was really worried this would be another 5 set match choke from Mathieu, but, Paulo inmediately broke back and i could rest a little longer :lol:
Then it was pretty much a routine set until the tiebreak. Serra had 3 sets points in that tiebreak, but he finally lost it and Paulo won the tiebreak.


Good luck in the next round :wavey:

How is it possible that someone outchoked PHM? :speakles:

Well done, Paulo, though! :yeah:

At first i thought that mathieu was winning so easily because he wanted to choke later on from a winning position (as always)

Funnily I had the exact same tought...PHM likes to lead 6/0 6/2 5/2 so that he can choke properly :rolls:

Anyway, I was impressed with his level today...Now Rafa... :unsure:

Congrats Mathieu. A good run at the moment.

Serra might play like crap,but today Paulo's brain was working well! :lol: Maybe he didn't want to choke again so he lagged the match in 2nd and 3rd sets first! :haha: Another exciting point is he beat a Frenchman! :aparty:

Congrats Mathieu. A good run at the moment.

He hasn't lost a set so far but I guess things will be different on saturday... :o

Anyway... congrats to him :worship:
Paulo showed a good mental today. Coming back from 0-4 in the second and saving SP for Serra in the 3rd.

Paulo :bounce: :bigclap: a little bit of a see-saw match :tape: plz keep it together in the next round you will need it :help:

Paulo :bounce:

Paulo :D I was impressed that he won the 3rd set tiebreak coming from behind, i expected a 5-set loss at that point. :lol:

Paulo :D I was impressed that he won the 3rd set tiebreak coming from behind, i expected a 5-set loss at that point. :lol:

You weren't the only one. :tape:

You weren't the only one. :tape:

When you deal with Paulo, the unexpected becomes normal :shrug:

Paulo :worship: :inlove:

Good luck against Kevin Kim :p