Tuesday: Rafa vs. Fish (Set 2)
Game 1: Rafa to serve. Vamos! New balls. Fault. Amazing FH draws error. 15-0. Fault. DF. 15-15. Come on, Rafa. Keep up the momentum. Return long. 30-15. BH into net. 40-15. Fish seems a bit deflated. Lob long. Game Rafa. 1-0, RN.
Game 2: Fish to serve. Fault. Mardy's first serve percentage has to be awful. 15-0. Fault. The FH is getting to Mardy. 15-15. Serve & Volley worked this time. 30-15. OH by Fish. 40-14. Crowd getting excited fish. Someone just yelled Vamos, Rafael! Rafa misses lob. Mardy holds. 1-1.
Game 3: Rafa to serve. Winner return by Fish. 0-15. Fish is getting fired up and so are the fans. Come on, Rafa! Winner by Rafa. Fist pump. 15-15. Fault. Return into net. 30-15. Let. Fault. Rafa his Bh long. 30-30. Mardy yells "come on." I sense a change here. Vamos, Rafa! Adjuts pants. Great serve. 40-30. Return long. Game Rafa. 2-1, RN.
Game 4: Mardy to serve. He tried to get more aggressive in the last game. Rafa runs to the baseline. He's pumped. UE by Mardy. 0-15. Ace. 15-15. Fault. 15-30, as Mardy sails ball. Fault. Rafa dove for that one. Mardy hits volley winner. 30-30. Fault. 40-30, as Rafa just misses pass. Game Fish.
Game 5: Rafa to serve at 2-2. Mardy has picked up his game a bit. Fault. Keep fighting, Rafa! Another pass. 15-0. Mardy is trying to get to the net more, and be more aggressive. Rafa hits BH long after great return. 15-15. Come on, Rafa! Return long. 30-15. Great serve. 40-15. Fault. Return wide. Game Rafa. 3-2, RN.
Game 6: I got too excited and lost my text again. Rafa had two BP's at 15-40. Lost one. Fault. Deuce. Mardy is getting more aggressive. Fault. Return long. Ad Fish. Rafa is pressing a bit, too. Fault. Rafa hits wide. Mardy yells "Come on." Game Fish. 3-3.
Game 7: Rafa to serve. Mardy going to Rafa's BH more and more. Hits long. 15-0. FH into net. 30-0. Fault, Rafa thought it was an ace. Great FH by Rafa, Mardy hits BH into net. 40-0. Fault. BH down the line goes long. 40-15. Come on, Rafa!!! Fault. FH winner. Game Rafa. 4-3, RN.
Game 8: Mardy to serve. OH winner. 15-0. He has more confidence in his service games now. Fault. Volley miss. 15-15. Screaming BH winner by Rafa. Mardy falls down, and Rafa checks to make sure he's okay. 15-30. Unreturnable serve. 30-30. Vamos, Rafa! Fault. Volley put away. 40-30. Crowd is really rallying for Mardy. Fault. UE by Mardy. Deuce. Rafa wants this break. Fault. DF. AD Nadal. Mardy not happy with call. BP. Volley winner by Mardy. Deuce. Rafa did his best, but couldn't get there in time. Fault. Let. Mardy hits long. AD Nadal. Fault. Mardy hits OH winner. Rafa screams. Deuce. S&V, AD Fish. Ace. Game Fish. Now the crowd is really happy. 4-4.
Game 9: Rafa to serve. Let. Fault. Fish hits long after long rally. 15-0. Rafa hits BH wide. 15-15. Keep fighting. Return wide. 30-15. Fault. Rafa hits FH long. 30-30. Mardy misses volley. 40-30. Deuce. As Mardy hits great job. Come on, Rafa. I'm a little worried here. Crowd is going wild. UE by Fish. Thank goodness. AD Nadal. Game Nadal, as Mardy overhits. 5-4.
Game 10: Mardy serves to stay in set. Let's go, Rafa. Crowd trying to pump up Mardy. But lots of Rafa fans here, too. :D The lady next to me is my best friend now. Her name is Beverly, and she LOVES Rafa. Fault. Volley into net. 0-15. He's missed several of those. Volley long. 0-30. Ace. That was an angry serve. 15-30. Fault. Trademark Rafa pass and fist pump. 15-40. Two matchpoints. Fault. Mardy tried to serve and volley. Missed BH, just barely. 30-40. One more MP. Vamos, Rafa! Deuce after S&V winner. Bummer. Fault. Fish hits wide. Third MP. Vamos!!! Deuce, after another S&V winner. Fault. Mardy hits long. AD Nadal. One more MP. Fault. He won, after Fish hits long. He yells Vamos!! 6-1, 6-4. He acknowledges the crowd!!!
He signs camera, and he's signing balls to hit the crowd. What a great match that was for him. He'll be happy with his play, and Mardy won't be happy with his serving.
I'll go to both their press conferences.
Game 2: Fish to serve. Fault. Mardy's first serve percentage has to be awful. 15-0. Fault. The FH is getting to Mardy. 15-15. Serve & Volley worked this time. 30-15. OH by Fish. 40-14. Crowd getting excited fish. Someone just yelled Vamos, Rafael! Rafa misses lob. Mardy holds. 1-1.
Game 3: Rafa to serve. Winner return by Fish. 0-15. Fish is getting fired up and so are the fans. Come on, Rafa! Winner by Rafa. Fist pump. 15-15. Fault. Return into net. 30-15. Let. Fault. Rafa his Bh long. 30-30. Mardy yells "come on." I sense a change here. Vamos, Rafa! Adjuts pants. Great serve. 40-30. Return long. Game Rafa. 2-1, RN.
Game 4: Mardy to serve. He tried to get more aggressive in the last game. Rafa runs to the baseline. He's pumped. UE by Mardy. 0-15. Ace. 15-15. Fault. 15-30, as Mardy sails ball. Fault. Rafa dove for that one. Mardy hits volley winner. 30-30. Fault. 40-30, as Rafa just misses pass. Game Fish.
Game 5: Rafa to serve at 2-2. Mardy has picked up his game a bit. Fault. Keep fighting, Rafa! Another pass. 15-0. Mardy is trying to get to the net more, and be more aggressive. Rafa hits BH long after great return. 15-15. Come on, Rafa! Return long. 30-15. Great serve. 40-15. Fault. Return wide. Game Rafa. 3-2, RN.
Game 6: I got too excited and lost my text again. Rafa had two BP's at 15-40. Lost one. Fault. Deuce. Mardy is getting more aggressive. Fault. Return long. Ad Fish. Rafa is pressing a bit, too. Fault. Rafa hits wide. Mardy yells "Come on." Game Fish. 3-3.
Game 7: Rafa to serve. Mardy going to Rafa's BH more and more. Hits long. 15-0. FH into net. 30-0. Fault, Rafa thought it was an ace. Great FH by Rafa, Mardy hits BH into net. 40-0. Fault. BH down the line goes long. 40-15. Come on, Rafa!!! Fault. FH winner. Game Rafa. 4-3, RN.
Game 8: Mardy to serve. OH winner. 15-0. He has more confidence in his service games now. Fault. Volley miss. 15-15. Screaming BH winner by Rafa. Mardy falls down, and Rafa checks to make sure he's okay. 15-30. Unreturnable serve. 30-30. Vamos, Rafa! Fault. Volley put away. 40-30. Crowd is really rallying for Mardy. Fault. UE by Mardy. Deuce. Rafa wants this break. Fault. DF. AD Nadal. Mardy not happy with call. BP. Volley winner by Mardy. Deuce. Rafa did his best, but couldn't get there in time. Fault. Let. Mardy hits long. AD Nadal. Fault. Mardy hits OH winner. Rafa screams. Deuce. S&V, AD Fish. Ace. Game Fish. Now the crowd is really happy. 4-4.
Game 9: Rafa to serve. Let. Fault. Fish hits long after long rally. 15-0. Rafa hits BH wide. 15-15. Keep fighting. Return wide. 30-15. Fault. Rafa hits FH long. 30-30. Mardy misses volley. 40-30. Deuce. As Mardy hits great job. Come on, Rafa. I'm a little worried here. Crowd is going wild. UE by Fish. Thank goodness. AD Nadal. Game Nadal, as Mardy overhits. 5-4.
Game 10: Mardy serves to stay in set. Let's go, Rafa. Crowd trying to pump up Mardy. But lots of Rafa fans here, too. :D The lady next to me is my best friend now. Her name is Beverly, and she LOVES Rafa. Fault. Volley into net. 0-15. He's missed several of those. Volley long. 0-30. Ace. That was an angry serve. 15-30. Fault. Trademark Rafa pass and fist pump. 15-40. Two matchpoints. Fault. Mardy tried to serve and volley. Missed BH, just barely. 30-40. One more MP. Vamos, Rafa! Deuce after S&V winner. Bummer. Fault. Fish hits wide. Third MP. Vamos!!! Deuce, after another S&V winner. Fault. Mardy hits long. AD Nadal. One more MP. Fault. He won, after Fish hits long. He yells Vamos!! 6-1, 6-4. He acknowledges the crowd!!!
He signs camera, and he's signing balls to hit the crowd. What a great match that was for him. He'll be happy with his play, and Mardy won't be happy with his serving.
I'll go to both their press conferences.
posted by Susan at 10:21 PM
17 Comments:
Fish seems to be trying harder now, but he's no match for Rafa!
GO RAFA!
Vamos Susan!
What happen ? Rafa lose focus or fish is better now ?
june
nooo! Don't say that!! C'MON RAFA!! VAMOS!!
Like you said Susan, Fishy's serving percentage is really poor 50% 1st set and at the moment 47% in second set though he's putting up more of a fight. For a while in the 1st set I thought Rafa was going to "lox and bagel" him!
Vamos campeon!
Rafa rox!
I jus' hope he can keep playing this well and muchh better in the coming days too!
Vamos!!!
Awwwww I really thought and hoped Rafa would break there and close out the match on his serve..
No worries though, we get to see a couple of games more of him :-)
lol..
Rafa's match never good for heart..
Vamosssssss Rafa
june
yay!
We've got match-points!
Our baby bull won...
I am so happy.
Thanks Susan,
Hugs everybody...
june
Susan
I don't know. I can no loger access the tempt board. Not sure it's only for me.
Thanks anyway
I really enjoy reading your blog,
june
Muchas gracias, Susan!
How we envy you that courtside seat! But you do bring it all alive for us.
Thanks Susan for doing this, since we only get SF and final on tv it's great that there is more than just numbers.
Hi Susan,
Great blog as always.
I was watching on HDTV,
looking for you in the
crowd, but I didn't see
you.
Looking forward to
your impressions of
the press conferences.
Vamos Susan!!!
Ole ole ole.
xoxo
Mary Walsh
VAMOS RAFA and VAMOS SUSAN!!
Thanx for the great blog as always. I can go off to school now a happy girl!!
Thank you, Susan, it's a great story!!! I enjoyed it a lot! Good match by Rafa. VAMOS RAFA!!! VAMOS SUSAN!!!
Natalie
Thank you Susan for your report of the match ! great blog as usual ! I laughed when you said you lost comments for being too excited !!
So happy Rafa won !
Vamos boy
Lucie
Thanks for some reports in live for all people cannot watch all matches in the television.....
I'm very happy that Rafa win the match against Fish.....delicious for him lol. Next match against Grosjean....VAMOS RAFA.....
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