THE TITLE SPECIAL PART FIVE:
Guga defeats Guillermo Coria 67(4) 75 76(2)
What a match! What a way to finish the unbelievable week these two players had. Emotionally spinning, great. Both players were serving well, but both were returning incredibly well too. They managed to hold serves easily, and to break serves easily. They had some rallies that were just perfect. I was on the edge of my seat all the time. When it was deep in the second set and Guga lost his break lead (he was leading 43 and serving and Coria broke) I couldnt watch it anymore. I kept walking around, pretending I was not giving a rats ass.

Well I was.

Lucky me that I taped it and could watch it again in full. The scoreline says it all: the match was close, as close as a match can be. There was NO moment in the match where you could say who would win. In the end, Guga won because of his bigger experience in decinding titles. But you cant help but praise Coria. The Mago is back.
I couldnt help but feel the emotion of this final, since it had LOADS of the Davis Cup atmosphere. Guga is loved by EVERYONE. He was totally touched in the end, but he could hardly breath so tired. He thanked the crowd, the sponsors "and even the linesmen, who dont screw on purpose" (laughing), but especially his family and friends, who "were always more confident than myself that I would win tournaments again". In the end, he thanked the guy who never let him give up, who made he keep it going, and who "is like a father to me", Larri Passos "This win is for you, Larri".
Passos was interviewed while Guga was sitting in his bench, head covered with a towel waiting for the winners celebrations, and he could barely talk. "In the year where I lost everything, I won my player. This win goes to my mother and my father" he said, pointing to the upper sky.