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Grigor Dimitrov had had a very late semifinal the night before (all matches at this event take place late; you'd think it was a cartel hiding from public scrutiny). He admitted he didn't feel too good after that, and when asked how he managed to come back from a break down in the third set of this three hour match, he declared, "Belief is the only thing that kept me going today...
In the first set of this, Roger Federer kept threatening Novak Djokovic and not quite getting the break. Things didn't look good. But he really does seem to be rediscovering his confidence. Or something...
This time, Tomas Berdych had his first serve working; he put sixty-odd percent of his first deliveries in the court. As a result, he was never broken. He's still only #7 in safe points, but he's in the soft half of the draw.
Former grand slam finalist Marcos Baghdatis beat Miguel Angel Reyes of 6-2 6-4, American Donald Young put out Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-3 and Rio finalist Alexandr Dolgopolov started with a defeat of eighth seed Vasek Pospisil 6-2, 6-2.
Rafael Nadal had not looked very good the night before; his explanation seemed to boil down to the fact that he was struggling with the uncomfortable conditions. But it was thoroughly uncomfortable on Sunday as well -- high heat and very high humidity.
If you look only at the match stats, the wonder is that this was so close. Pablo Andujar should have won this walking away. How often do you get fourteen break point chances against Rafael Nadal on clay?
Kevin Anderson lives one and a half miles from the site of the Delray Beach Open and the 6 ft 8” South African could not have looked more at home as he swept into the final with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Steve Johnson.
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It looks as if Edouard Roger-Vasselin will gain a ranking spot or two, but he remains in the #35 vicinity. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will stay at #10 -- after all, he has champion's points to defend.
ASICS is well represented at the Delray Beach Open as two seeds were ousted tonight by ASICS players!
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One day John Isner will win a match in straight sets but, in the meantime, the giant American is just happy to progress and he did just that against Rhyne Williams here under the light, reaching the semi-final of the Delray Beach Open by 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
A depressing result so soon after Karlovic made the Memphis final. Any additional points will count for Kevin Anderson.
Top seed Tommy Haas continued to break barriers at age 35, advancing in his opening match over Wayne Odesnik in well under an hour. "With injuries, I lost probably three or four years of my career," said the 12th-ranked Haas.
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