18
Sep
2009
494 points. 342 winners. 96 aces, 78 of them being Ivo’s. 5 break points, 3 breaks of service. 120 unforced errors. A minute shy of 6 hours. 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 16-14 for Steps. Its about 8:20pm and there’s still another match to play. Something tells me we might have a whole lot more tennis to play.
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