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eliars 02-24-2013 06:40 AM
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins Marseille...
 
... and saves match points in 2 matches along his way to the title. When was the last time a player managed to do that?

underground 02-24-2013 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by eliars (Post 7233353)
... and saves match points in 2 matches along his way to the title. When was the last time a player managed to do that?
I think he only saved 1 MP in this match in the tiebreak when 5-6 down. In the match against Tomic he saved another 5 so it makes it 6 MPs saved for the title.

Djokovic saved 5 for Shanghai 2012, 2 for USO 2011.

eliars 02-24-2013 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by underground (Post 7233356)
I think he only saved 1 MP in this match in the tiebreak when 5-6 down. In the match against Tomic he saved another 5 so it makes it 6 MPs saved for the title.

Djokovic saved 5 for Shanghai 2012, 2 for USO 2011.
I meant that Tsonga saved match points, not only in this match, but against Tomic 2 rounds earlier, where he saved 5. Thus saving MPs in 2 matches before going on to win the title.

vive le beau jeu ! 02-24-2013 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by eliars (Post 7233353)
... and saves match points in 2 matches along his way to the title. When was the last time a player managed to do that?
i have the following ones:
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Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu ! (Post 7233388)
great win for tsonga... saving MP vs tomic (QF) and vs berdych (F) ! :)

who was the last player to win a tournament after saving MP in multiple matches ?

i have the following ones since 2002:
  • 2005: Moodie saved 4 MP's in SF (against Nieminen) & 2 MP's in F (against Ancic) in Tokyo
  • 2004: Davydenko saved 1 MP in SF (against Youzhny) & 3 MP's in F (against Rusedski) in Moscow
  • 2002: Hewitt saved 4 MP's in 2R (against Srichaphan) & 2 MP's in F (against Agassi) in San Jose

anything more recent ?

eliars 02-24-2013 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu ! (Post 7233407)
i have the following ones:
Wow, that is some feat from Jo then. I wonder if anyone has ever saved MPs in more than 2 matches on their way to a title. I also wonder what the most number of MPs saved in a tourney is. Jo saved 6 here in Marseille.

vive le beau jeu ! 02-24-2013 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by eliars (Post 7233441)
Wow, that is some feat from Jo then. I wonder if anyone has ever saved MPs in more than 2 matches on their way to a title. I also wonder what the most number of MPs saved in a tourney is. Jo saved 6 here in Marseille.
excellent question, i was wondering about that too... that would be something ! :)

you might like this thread, by the way:
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showt...87#post1838587

(as you can see, if it ever happened... it's probably before 1993)

vive le beau jeu ! 02-24-2013 09:01 AM
the last one was querrey at LA 2010...
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With the win, Tsonga reversed a 1-4 FedEx ATP Head2Head record and three-match losing streak against Berdych. He became the first player to win an ATP World Tour title saving match point(s) in two different matches during the same tournament since Sam Querrey in Los Angeles in 2010. In the quarter-finals, the Frenchman also erased five match points to edge Bernard Tomic. World No. 8 Tsonga is the eighth different Top 10 player to lift a trophy in 2013.
from: http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...For-Title.aspx

Netspirit 02-24-2013 11:08 AM
Players seem to do it more often in their home countries (Davydenko in Moscow, Querrey in the USA, now Tsonga in France).

jaggy 02-24-2013 11:26 AM
I unusually predicted it in the poll which has happened like never before. And a Scotsman wins the dubs, result.


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