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3/21/08 3:23 PM | Cheryl Murray
The Swiss Davis Cup team might just be a force to be reckoned with in the future. Their number two man Stanislas Wawrinka, though he lost, showed some real promise in his match against Serbian powerhouse Novak Djokovic on Thursday.
Wawrinka started off the match in a big way; at 1-1 on Djokovic's serve he was down 40-15, but clawed his way to deuce. Djokovic missed an overhead to set up break point; Wawrinka only needed the one opportunity - he pasted the line with a forehand out wide. Djokovic was not to be outdone - at 2-3 on Wawrinka's serve he returned the favor, leveling the match at 3-3. Another break of the Swiss man's serve gave Djokovic the chance to serve for the set; this is where the match got interesting.
Wawrinka actually out-rallied the Serb from the baseline, clipped some lines and before Djokovic knew it, the match was back on serve. An epic battle ensued at 5-5, once again on Djokovic's serve. On his fourth break point chance, Wawrinka finally converted - he would get his own chance to serve out the set. Great defense from the racket of Djokovic gave him yet another break to force the strange set to a tie break.
Fittingly, the tie break was equally as wacky as the set had been. Djokovic won both points on Wawrinka's serves and then promptly lost both of his own. He won another point on the Wawrinka serve - and gave the mini-break back yet again. Finally, a shanked forehand from the Swiss man gave Djokovic set point. The rally of the match from both players gave Djokovic the set.
The first game of the second set was nearly twenty minutes long. It saw seven deuces and four break point chances, the last of which was finally converted by Djokovic. When the game was over, Wawrinka briefly saw a trainer for an abdominal strain that has been plaguing him since the beginning of the year. From that point, the match was all Djokovic. He got an insurance break, eventually winning the match with 6-2 in the second set
The first set, though strange, was highly entertaining.
The tennis was decidedly not of the highest quality from either man.
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