During the week end the Davis Cup 2010 Final was played in Belgrade. The hosting team was favorite also because of the injuries issue that forced French captain Guy Forget to take difficult decisions about the players that would play.
Janko Tipsarevic vs. Gael Monfils
Tipsarevic really plays bad. The first set is easily won by Monfils 6-1. The second set is close and reaches a tie-break that could change the match but the Serbian plays the crucial points bad again and loses it 7-4. The third set is a monologue by Monfils, who wins it with a 6-0 that says it all about Tipsarevic state of mind giving France the advantage in the Final.
Novak Djokovic vs. Gilles Simon
The first set has a close start but on 3-3 Djokovic breaks Simon’s serve at the end of a struggled game and does it again after two games to win the set 6-3. In the second set Djokovic breaks Simon’s two straight serves again then he wins the set in next game 6-1. In the third set Djokovic breaks Simon’s serve in the third game. The French tries to react and when the match seems over he breaks Djokovic’s serve but the Serbian breaks him back in the next game. This time the Serbian pays attention and closes the set 7-5 conquering the match that brings the score in the Final on a tie.
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Troicki/Zimonjic vs. Clement/Llodra
The French players don’t seem to play together particularly well and the Serbians take advantage of their opponents’ slow start breaking their serve in the fourth set to win the first set 6-3. The second set is close but on 5-5 the Serbians break the French’s serve. The set seems over but the Serbians get broken back in the next game so the set is decided by the tie-break, won by the Serbians 7-3. The French seem to play better over the match and in the sixth game of the third set they break the Serbians’ serve to win the set 6-4. The fourth set is close as well but the French step up to the task and on 5-5 they break the Serbians’ serve and win the set in the next game 7-5. The match is already very long and nervous resistance has become the most important resource: the French seem the ones in the best conditions, in fact they break the Serbians’ serve at the start of the fifth set. The Serbians try to react but the French succed in keeping their advantage until the end winning the set 6-4 to achieve the victory in a four and a half hours long match. Now France has again the advantage in the Final.
Novak Djokovic vs. Gael Monfils
Djokovic is determined to win the rubber, in the fourth game he breaks Monfils’ serve doing it again in the eighth game to win the first set 6-2. In the second set Djokovic breaks Monfils’ two straight serves in the sixth and eighth game to win the set 6-2 again. In the third set the French tries to react and in the seventh game he breaks Djokovic’s serve but at that point the Serbian once again breaks his opponent’s two straight serves to win the set 6-4 and bring the score in the Final to another tie.
Viktor Troicki vs. Michael Llodra
Troicki starts well and breaks Llodra’s two straight serves in the third and fifth game to win the first set 6-2. In the second set Llodra reacts and breaks Troicki’s serve in the second game but at that point the Serbian breaks his opponent’s three straight serves then wins the set on his serve 6-2 again. In the third set Troicki starts well breaking Llodra’s serve in the first game and again in the fifth game. Llodra isn’t ready for surrender and in the next game he breaks Troicki’s serve but it’s a flash in the pan because the Serbian breaks the French’s serve again in the ninth game to win the set 6-3 conquering the final rubber to deliver Serbia its first Davis Cup.
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Serbia has a strong team: when Djokovic is in shape there are just a few players who can defeat him on any surface, if Tipsarevic and Troicki support him well with Zimonjic to give a hand in double they can do very well the next year too. Of course it won’t be easy, also because Davis Cup is a competition on its own, meanwhile in Serbia they’re having a party.
