Match report

Dmitry Tursunov © Tennistalk.com
Open de Moselle
Final
10/5/08 1 2 3 Tot
ru  Dmitry Tursunov 7 8 1 6 2
fr  Paul-Henri Mathieu 6 6 6 4 1
Paul-Henri Mathieu © Tennistalk.com

  • Gritty Tursunov rules in Metz

    10/6/08 2:20 AM | David Cox
    Dmitry Tursunov dug deep to seal his fifth career title in Metz last night, withstanding a strong challenge from home favorite Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6, 1-6, 6-4.

    Tursunov has been talking a lot about his new mental approach to tennis this week and he displayed a new resourcefulness today, especially in the first set, where having been broken while serving for it at 6-5 he bounced back to pull out the tiebreak 8-6.

    Spurred on by a crowd both desperate to see a French champion and a deciding third, Mathieu roared back in the second. The Tursunov serve went walkabout and Mathieu picked up three breaks. Just like that it was one set apiece.

    Tursunov felt that the second set drubbing was a result of Mathieu getting his tactics spot on. "In the second set he had a lot of chances to attack my second serve and he was successful in doing that," he said. "As I was two breaks down, Paul-Henri was playing with a lot of confidence."

    Mathieu had his chances to ram home the momentum change at the start of the third and put the match beyond doubt. Instead it was Tursunov who made the breakthrough, breaking to lead 3-2 and never looking back.

    Mathieu was at a loss to describe what he could have changed in the final set. "I couldn't do much in the final set. He broke me and I couldn't break him which cost me the match. It's tough to lose a match like that. I think that I have to improve two or three things."

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