I woke up to find out Andy was serving for the match at 40-15. How cool is that? Though I was surprised that the match was still going on (or was I?) but it was a pleasant surprise since I got to see the final point won by Andy with an ace.
Was more happy to avoid the roller-coaster in the final set. As I understand, Andy broke Ferrer early in the 3rd set only to get broken back immediately and from that point on, it was pretty much WTA tennis. But perhaps it wasn't as bad as the Miami final. Ferrer did miss his chance to close out the match at 5-3 but that's probably because Andy's ongoing persistent and Ferrer's own lack of confidence against a great returner like Andy.
These two just bring out the worst in each, unfortunately. It just somehow becomes who can hold the nerves the most in the deciding set, especially lately.
Andy's serves weren't a complete disaster as he had 9 aces and 2 DFs; however, he had about 18 breakpoints against him but was able to save most of those. Despite serving 3 aces with no DFs and 1st serve at 69%, he still got broken 3 times - had 7 breakpoints against him - saved 4.
So anyway, though it was a massive choke-fest by both especially in the final set, a win is a win. Very happy for Andy that he was able to fight off 3-5 down and was able to finally hold his serve in the final game quite comfortably. He's now 8th on the WTF race and 10th overall ranking.
