Ivanovic’s “Really, Really Close” Encounter
World number one Ana Ivanovic had a thriller of a Wimbledon 2008 match on Tuesday against Nathalie Dechy but survived to claim a 6-7 7-6 10-8 win.
Ivanovic, who won the 2008 French Open, survived two match points in this Wimbledon 2008 second round battle- how close is that! One of those points was an extremely close net cord. This Wimbledon 2008 match between the Serb and the French lady was by no means a pretty one, but it definatley kept the crowd on the edge of their seats.
Ivanovic gave it her all and did a wonderful come-back job to beat Dechy. With sheer persistance and extreme concentration, the top-seed pulled off an extremely narrow victory.
“It was really, really close and only a few balls decided it,” she told BBC television.
Ivanovic, some how, survived 2 match pionts and said she was extremely lucky and that she could actually not believe it herself. After the close encounter, Dechy and Ivanovic were given a standing ovation by the exhausted Wimbledon 2008 crowd.
“I was really happy I managed to stay calm…It was an amazing match.” Ivanovic did an amazing job to start the first set with a 3-0 lead, but when she lost her serve twice, Dechy faught back and won the tiebreak 7-2.
Dechy gave an awesome display of action packed tennis, which no one thought was possible from a 97th ranked tennis player.
In the second set, Dechy displayed another come back performance, when she levelled the match after Ivanovic started a lead of 4-1. Dech even had 2 match points at 5-4 but the World Number one held her nerve to land the tiebreak 7-3.
If the previous two sets were ‘nail-biters’, then the third set was ‘arm-biters’. Ivanovic started with a 4-2 lead but Dechy crawled back to make it 5-5. Dachy managed to overcome 2 match points at 6-5 before finally falling at 10-8. What a Wimbledon 2008 match…
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