Zagreb SF: Ancic def. Hernych 6-7 6-3 7-6(11-9) - 3MPs saved

what a fighter :eek: definately not his best, but hernych played well and mario fought through for the win and you can see how much it meant to him...
terrible call at 4-5 in the tb btw...
ALL CROATIAN FINAL!!

finally.

We dont call him Super Mario for nothing :D

Bravo Mario!
Great fight! :D :bounce:

Ancic was so lost without his 1st serve today :help:, very slim chances for him to take the title tomorrow.

Crazy match.

Voo we need you :p

:bigclap:

Ancic is 4-0 in tight matches this season :yeah: Finally all-Croatian final :)

Voo we need you :p

Ancic improves his poor MP-saved record to 5-10 :yeah:

Auuuu those two really made quite a drama out of the match. Mario was up a break in all sets and ended up down a break 3-5 with Jan serving for the win. Pre-mono Mario would had clinch this something like 6-1 6-2. He was a top 5 material before that.
Kudos to Hernych, at first glance he doesn't posses any huge weapons and he might seems like a guy who has nothing to hurt his opponents with, but he is like a pest, never let go, very persistent and very consistent at every point.

P.S And once again: RuKort with no hawk eye - bad bad bad decision.

Mario came back from ahead in this match. :lol:
He's going to have to play 200% better to have a chance against Cilic, but good for him for gutting this one out anyway.

what a fighter :eek: definately not his best, but hernych played well and mario fought through for the win and you can see how much it meant to him...
terrible call at 4-5 in the tb btw...
ALL CROATIAN FINAL!!

Good thing Ancic won. Otherwise it would have been awful to lose a point out of a bad call, at such a critical moment!

SMH @ Hernych, he just can't win tight matches when he should

Mario played poorly

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Kudos to Hernych, at first glance he doesn't posses any huge weapons and he might seems like a guy who has nothing to hurt his opponents with, but he is like a pest, never let go, very persistent and very consistent at every point.


Except when is really close to winning...gets a wobbly arm like no-one else. He was serving at *6-5, had 30-30, in the TB he missed an easy shot for 5-1 and of course he also had mps (one on serve).

Very interesting but not a quality match, congrats Mario for winning it in the end :yeah:
Finally after 18 years an all Croatian final :D
It would be a real shame if Mario lost this match, and he was close to it, especially after that bad call at 4-5 in the deciding TB.
And once again I'll repeat what I said in the beginning, Čilić will win the tournament, wonder if Bilbo still thinks different

Mario! :yippee:

I was following the score - what a see-saw match. :lol:

Ancic improves his poor MP-saved record to 5-10 :yeah:

that was fast, thanks :)

do you have his 3rd set tiebreak record by anychance?

And once again I'll repeat what I said in the beginning, Čilić will win the tournament, wonder if Bilbo still thinks different

Even Bilbo is 'all-in' on Cilic tomorrow, he said so...

Except when is really close to winning...gets a wobbly arm like no-one else. He was serving at *6-5, had 30-30, in the TB he missed an easy shot for 5-1 and of course he also had mps (one on serve).

Maybe that is why this was only his second ATP semifinal if I am right.:shrug:

P.S Wrong, he was a finalist in 's-Hertogenbosch in 2006. Note to myself: never ever believe what commentators are saying. :mad:

Even Bilbo is 'all-in' on Cilic tomorrow, he said so...

Haha and he was laughing at us who said at the beginning that Cilic will take it

Ančić is closer to winning it tomorrow imo, this wasn't a poor match, just the opposite. And I don't like what I'm seeing from Marin right now, making too many errors and Ancic does have some variety to get him out of his comfort zone...

bravo mario,what a come back.
we have all croatian final(again).great.
cilic is favourite tommorow,and i think he will win.
ancic has 9-3,cilic 12-1 in season.together that is 21-4!!!!

Mario's been tasked to create drama on the tournament. What a fighter :worship: :worship: :bowdown: :bowdown: Hard but sweet victory
Tomorrow is his day to play good again and Marin already has a title this year, so for once I'll choose between my two favorite guys :p

mario can be very happy for making the final here, the way he's played this week.

Ančić is closer to winning it tomorrow imo, this wasn't a poor match, just the opposite. And I don't like what I'm seeing from Marin right now, making too many errors and Ancic does have some variety to get him out of his comfort zone...

This wasn't a quality match either. Marin is making many mistakes but he often has a lot of UEs but still plays good enough to comfortably win his matches, and btw Mario had 50 UEs today so it's not like he's much better. I think Marin will win in 2 sets something like 6-4 7-6 maybe Mario takes a set but I'd really be surprised if he wins.

Very close Jan. :awww: Well played. :)

Kudos to Mario. Give Cilic a scare.

This wasn't a quality match either.

I disagree, think this had plenty of quality, both played very well imo. We'll see how it turns out tomorrow.

that was fast, thanks :)

do you have his 3rd set tiebreak record by anychance?

11-15 (all levels) :wavey:

Ancic:woohoo:

such a legend.