[misty1]

Wow no action in kohli's thread for a while now

anyway here's the thread for his hardcourt season and her'es hoping he finds some kind of form during this part of the season so he can hopefully end the year on a good note.

He first plays the Rogers cup and he needs to play good, he's in a position right now to be unseeded at the Us open he also does have 2nd round points to defend there.

The draw will be made later so ill post it when it is

[Ad Wim]

He plays Tipsarevic, tough draw.

Been a while since he played on HC, hopefully this breaks his slump...

[_Chaz]

Tipsarevic hat to retire at 2-2 in the 1st set.
With Roddick´s withdrawal he has a good shot at the QFs now.
I´m afraid he didn´t get more match practice und hardcourts so it will be difficult to beat Troicki anyway.

[misty1]

well good news and bad news

..luckily more news then good

1. philipp won

2. he appeared to be playing very well

3. he won because tipsarevic had to retire and thats never a good way to win

But now looking at his draw:

r2 - troicki

r3 - lu/mathieu

he has a very good shot at making the quarters where he will most likely play nadal

[misty1]

Originally Posted by _Chaz

Tipsarevic hat to retire at 2-2 in the 1st set.
With Roddick´s withdrawal he has a good shot at the QFs now.
I´m afraid he didn´t get more match practice und hardcourts so it will be difficult to beat Troicki anyway.

troicki is so up and down though he plays like fire in one match and then he can come out the next one and be mediocre

[_Chaz]

Originally Posted by misty1

troicki is so up and down though he plays like fire in one match and then he can come out the next one and be mediocre

Yeah like Kohli sometimes (remember FO 2009). But I think Kohli should beat him and I also consider him as the fav to win the match.

[misty1]

i dont suppose anyone here was able to see what little of the match there was

[misty1]

philipp up 5-4 over troicki right now in the first set

serving for it now...

15-0

30-0

40-0

set kohli

6-4

[misty1]

down 1-2 in the 2nd and facing what would be a terrible break from being 30-0 up

after staving off 2 break points and wasting 3 game points himself kohli finally holds

2-2

[misty1]

kohli broken

troicki will serve for the 2nd set

[misty1]

now with 2 break points himself

15-40

30-40

deuce

adv. troicki

set troicki

6-4, 3-6

[misty1]

kohli from 30-0

now 30-40

deuce

adv. troicki

deuce

adv. kohli

holds

that would have been embarassing

[misty1]

on troicki's serve now

0-15

0-30

0-40

15-40

gets the break

2-0

now hold it kohli

[misty1]

kohli in complete control of this set now

5-0

[_Chaz]

Glad he won that match. Now hoping for a QF, probably against Nadal.