tenisplayrla08
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I am SO sad I missed the Nishikori/Carreno Busta match live. I did want to get up and watch it. But a man's gotta sleep. Anyways. I've watched the tiebreak. Which was fantastic. A tough call for the umpire. And he probably made the wrong one. But Nishikori hit that ball either right after the out call or as it was called. It was almost simultaneous. And Carreno Busta, as the ump said, was definitely racing the other direction. STILL probably should have played it again.
I'm always glad to see Nishikori come through. Thrilled he fought back from 2 sets to love. Carreno Busta's outburst and meltdown was probably as much about being mad at himself for being in the situation in the first place. Having let Nishikori come back from two sets down. Though, he knows Nishikori is great. So maybe not. He knows he fought in sets 3 and 4 and they were close. So were the first two sets. They mirrored each other exactly. But to play that well. Serve well enough and return well enough to break as many times as you were broken. To force the fifth set tiebreak and be up 8-5. That's just crushing.
I'm always glad to see Nishikori come through. Thrilled he fought back from 2 sets to love. Carreno Busta's outburst and meltdown was probably as much about being mad at himself for being in the situation in the first place. Having let Nishikori come back from two sets down. Though, he knows Nishikori is great. So maybe not. He knows he fought in sets 3 and 4 and they were close. So were the first two sets. They mirrored each other exactly. But to play that well. Serve well enough and return well enough to break as many times as you were broken. To force the fifth set tiebreak and be up 8-5. That's just crushing.