AN ATP MASTERS SERIES EVENT
11th - 19th OCTOBER
ATP News : 2006
Coria Completes Incredible Comeback
Guillermo Coria posted an impressive comeback from 6-1, 5-1 to defeat Paul-Henri Mathieu 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 and reach the third round of the ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo presented by Rolex
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The Argentine overcame four match points in the second set (two of them at 4-6 in the tie-break) to take the match to a third set. In the final set, Coria broke at 2-2 and quickly jumped to a 5-2 lead. Mathieu never gave breaking Coria\'s serve in the next game and coming back from 0-40 in the next to hold and put the pressure back on Coria\'s serve. With a packed stadium, Coria came back from 0-30 in the last game winning four points in a row to close the match on his seventh match point in 2 hours, 47 minutes of play. Coria will now play Nicolas Kiefer for a place in the quarterfinals and continues his quest to reach his fourth consectuive final in Monte Carlo. David Nalbandian turned around a shaky start Wednesday morning on Center Court to sink Italian up-and-comer Andreas Seppi in straight sets. Trailing by scores of 4-1 and 5-2 in the opening set, the third-seeded Argentine reeled off five consecutive games to snatch the first set from the 22-year-old. Nalbandian served for the match at 5-4 in the second set, but suffered a momentary lapse of concentration as he double-faulted to allow Seppi to level the score. He promptly broke back and converted on his third match point to seal the 7-5, 7-5 victory. |