Lleyton Hewitt Crumbles
Late in the Final
FINAL SCORE: Mahut def. [4] Hewitt: 5-7 7-5 6-3
Source: www.sportinglife.com
Hewitt was up 7-5, 5-4 and serving for the match, however he
could not do it. He served a couple double faults to toss away his service game
and then totally crumbled on his next service game. He went on to lose the 2nd
set 5-7. Lleyton got up a break early on in the final set, but then carelessly
gave it away in the 6th game as Mahut slipped down and Hewitt drilled the ball
into the net when he had a wide open court to work with.
I have to give congratulations to Nicolas Mahut for winning
his 2nd title this year. He weathered the storm and held in there to defeat the
former top player. He had 3 aces in the final service game to take the final
set 6-3 and kept his cool late in the match.
The match had many
ups and downs for both players and was, overall, an odd match. Between the two
there were 21 double faults, 22 break points with 9 of those converted. Neither
men served above 60% for first serves. Sometimes that how it goes in tennis; it
is not about how good you were on a particular day, rather how not terrible you
were!
Hewitt has yet to win a title since Halle in 2010 and his
chances of winning his 29th title are dwindling each and every day.
Mahut has grabbed his 2nd title of the year and will not be comfortable ranked in the top 80 of the world.
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