World No. 58 Michael Llodra won his second title of the year, defeating Robin Soderling from a set down 6-7 6-3 7-6. His previous title was captured in Adelaide, as he defeated Jarko Nieminen. It was a very close match, decided by the few key-points, as there were no breaks in the first and third set. Soderling hit a double at 3-4 in the decisive tie-break and could not come back. This was the first meeting between these two players.
As it appears on the ATP official website, Soderling declared "In a match like this a few points decide everything. Michael played really well on the important points and he deserved to win. I made a few bad mistakes in the two games he broke me and maybe I didn't play my best tennis during those games.".
It was still a great week for Soderling as he returned from his 6 months of injury. He is now 6-2 for the season, winning some very important matches against good players.
On the other side, Llodra, already topped his previous season record (13-18) as he reached 14 wins and only 3 losses. This is the most important title for the Frenchman, as he managed to get past a tough crowd : Sluiter, Davydenko, Haase, Karlovic and now Soderling. I must confess i was not impressed by his level of play, but it seems he is able to win the key points, thus winning matches.
Llodra will now meet Serbian Victor Troicki on carpet in Zagreb.
I will cover this weeks tournaments as soon as i will analyze the draws.
As it appears on the ATP official website, Soderling declared "In a match like this a few points decide everything. Michael played really well on the important points and he deserved to win. I made a few bad mistakes in the two games he broke me and maybe I didn't play my best tennis during those games.".
It was still a great week for Soderling as he returned from his 6 months of injury. He is now 6-2 for the season, winning some very important matches against good players.
On the other side, Llodra, already topped his previous season record (13-18) as he reached 14 wins and only 3 losses. This is the most important title for the Frenchman, as he managed to get past a tough crowd : Sluiter, Davydenko, Haase, Karlovic and now Soderling. I must confess i was not impressed by his level of play, but it seems he is able to win the key points, thus winning matches.
Llodra will now meet Serbian Victor Troicki on carpet in Zagreb.
I will cover this weeks tournaments as soon as i will analyze the draws.
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