Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Gilles Simon winning Thailand PTT Open

The open was in Asia and i had promised myself that if Simon reached the semis, i would fly to Thailand to hopefully watch his last 2 matches. The inaugural Malaysian Open clashed with the Thailand Open, therefore i was glad that the Thailand Open was still broadcasted on starsports. Didn't know why, but i will become very nervous whenever i watch Simon playing. Simon breezed thru the 2nd round match but was caught down on the quarterfinals as signs of is tendonities was beginning to appear. However, through determination, he still managed to emerge as the victor. He was then thru to the semis. Dad was @ home when i was watching Simon's 'live' quarterfinal round. I then begged him to let me fly to Thailand the next day, with my big brother tagging along. However, no matter how hard i tried to persuade, i was still disabled the chance to watch Simon lift the cup. It was too last min but dad agreed that he will consider the next year. Simon's semis opponent was Jurgen Melzer, the one who has the upper hand of a 3-2 record against Simon. Worst still, Simon was still suffering from tendonities. The match caused the nerve of me. I was anticipating for the match throughout the whole afternoon and the odds(online) of Simon winning was slimmer than Melzer's( w.t.h!!!). Surprisingly, during his semis, Simon didn't face much difficulty against Melzer and showed no signs of the injury from tendonities. Best of all, he showed good sportsmanship even he lose a point or even faced bad judgements of line calls. That was it, it breezed thru to hisfinals with a score of 6-3 7-6. His final round opponent would then be Viktor Troicki, the 4th seed who caused a major upset by defeating the no.1 seed , Jo-Wilfred Tsonga a.k.a JWT. Thank god Simon has a 1-0 record match against Troicki. So the finals was on a sunday aftnn with Simon playing against the in-form Troicki. Simon played very well in the finals as he took the 1st set 7-5. Early in the 2nd set, Simon was down 2-0. However, thru his determination to run every ball down, Simon broke back as he took the next 4 games. Simon put loads of pressure on Troicki, causing Troicki with loads of unforced errors, leaving Simon with 3 championship points. Simon would win the next point and claimed the title! Well done Simon! Celine was shouting and screaming in front of the tv like a mad woman. But, Celine had 2 now treat her 2 bros aston as promised. However, the main issue was Simon claiming his 1st title of the year! Like what Simon said, though it came in the end, but it's never too late and better than none. Bravo!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!! Cveline's love for Simo has only increased.(puke! but it's true. hahaha)

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