Your biggest comeback/choke - Page 2

g4driver · 10-24-2011, 06:39 AM

Up 5-1 against a friend in a USTA singles match, he rolls off 6 straight games to win 7-5, I win the next set 6-4, then loss in the 10 pt TB. Choked.
Also in a USTA singles match, won the first set 6-4, serving for the match at 5-4 in the 2nd. Choked on match point, lost that game and the next six, to lose 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Complete choke!

Best doubles comeback. Down 2-4, and a double break (5-40) in a 7.5 Combo match about to be down 2-5. Won that game and the next 10 games to win 6-4, 6-0.

Best singles comeback. Lost the first set USTA single's match 6-7 that went 90 mins. Then won the next set 6-0, and TB 10-5 for the match. Match time 3 hours. Hot and humid.

ian2 · 10-24-2011, 08:20 AM

Choke: had plenty of those but the one that still rankles was in a doubles tournament this year. We were up 7-2 in the 10pts match tiebreaker... ended up losing 10-8.

Comeback: a doubles tourney last year. Lost first set 6-1. Came back from 2-5 down in the second to force a tie-breaker, and won it 8-6. Won 10pts match tiebreaker 11-9.

Somehow I never have these wild rides in singles... it's always more orderly, one way or the other

813wilson · 10-25-2011, 11:36 AM

Choke and comeback in the same match...

I was playing my 1st round of a local league playoff. Went way up in the 1st set, 5-1. I was winning so easily I lost my focus, started wondering what was on tv, thinking about everything except finishing the match. Well, I lose the set 7-5 and "woke up" down 5-2, double match point on my opponent's serve. All he has to do is win one of the next two points. He doubles to make it 40-30, babied a serve in to my forehand that I crushed for a return winner. I rolled of the next 5 games and won the 3rd set 6-1.

I never should have let myself get into that spot.

Two funny things about: my opponent threw two of his racquets into a retention pond. I ended winning the whole league playoff/tournament.

athiker · 10-25-2011, 07:02 PM

Down 2-5 in 3rd set (I had won the 1st and lost the 2nd) and came back to win 7-5. I thought my opponent was going to tear his car door off when he left.

Lost 1st set 0-6 and won 2nd set 6-0 and the 3rd set tiebreaker vs a younger guy that was in shape...not a conditioning issue. He just couldn't win a game after the first set. Not really a blow-out...just every deciding point went my way.

Won first two sets fairly easily and then got down 0-5 in 3rd before losing it 4-6. The 3rd set was for fun but it wasn't like I was not trying....he just got hot.

Won first set fairly easily and up 5-2 in the 2nd. Lost the set and lost the 3rd set tiebreaker. That one hurt.

Cruzer · 10-26-2011, 03:48 PM

Playing in a USTA tournament a few years ago. Lost the first set 3-6 and was down 2-5 in the second set and my opponent is serving for the match. He had two match points on his serve and since I was expecting I was going to eventually lose I became more relaxed. I ended up winning the second set 7-5 and then the third set 6-2.

We were one of the last matches of the day and when my opponent was serving for the match I could see the umpire that had been watching our match was expecting his day to be just about over. When we went to a third set I got the sense he wasn't very happy with my opponent for not closing out the match in two sets. Instead of the match being over in about 90 minutes it went on for almost three hours.

athiker · 10-27-2011, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Cruzer

Playing in a USTA tournament a few years ago. Lost the first set 3-6 and was down 2-5 in the second set and my opponent is serving for the match. He had two match points on his serve and since I was expecting I was going to eventually lose I became more relaxed. I ended up winning the second set 7-5 and then the third set 6-2.

We were one of the last matches of the day and when my opponent was serving for the match I could see the umpire that had been watching our match was expecting his day to be just about over. When we went to a third set I got the sense he wasn't very happy with my opponent for not closing out the match in two sets. Instead of the match being over in about 90 minutes it went on for almost three hours.

Interesting, kind of like Djoker vs Fed in U.S. Open. He seemed to go wth and just ripped that forehand return of serve winner...then rolled from there.

Which btw I don't consider that shot a "lucky shot" like Fed implied...and I'm generally a Fed fan. Djoker had a phenomenal year going, was at the top of his game and all the work he had put in since a kid to get to that point makes it hard to call ANY shot he makes "luck"! For others maybe luck...not him in that season, in that particular moment. Anyway it was amazing. Sorry to side track....your comment just reminded me of it.

Totai · 10-28-2011, 06:50 AM

I was up 6-0 5-0 (40 - 0) serving for the match. I double faulted, (40-15), double faulted again (40-30), then double faulted a 3rd time (deuce), then guess what? another double fault (ad out), then, you guessed it, 5 double faults in 1 game, in a row. I ended up losing the match 6-0,6-7,1-6

SuperLotto · 10-28-2011, 03:03 PM

I hate being up 5-2....I have been up 5-2 and then won in a tiebreaker. Now whenever I get to 5-2 I panic. I have won first set 6-0 and lost the match. That sux big time.

Topaz · 10-28-2011, 03:41 PM

Came back in a mixed match from being down 1-6, 2-4 to win it 1-6, 7-5, 10-8! Just last night!

InspectorRacquet · 10-28-2011, 03:47 PM

The biggest comeback I've ever had was only in a single set. After being down 0-5 and 15-30 (in a singles match), I rallied off seven straight games to win the set 7-5.

Sadly, my biggest choke came right after the second set, losing in a tiebreaker in lieu of the third set. I claim it as a choke because I had won 7 straight games but lost nearly 6 straight points in the tiebreaker immediately following my comeback. What a day.

Caesar · 10-28-2011, 03:54 PM

I've won a few matches in 3 where I've been drubbed in the first set... I often take a while to warm up. Best comeback though was probably a match where I was down 1-5 in both sets but won the match 7-5 7-5. My opponent just about cried.

Twice I've lost a match when I've been up a set and a double break. You just have to shrug at that stuff.

TenS_Ace · 11-05-2011, 06:59 PM

Grab a wine and spark up a cigar...2005 World Master Games, men's doubles over +45 age, my partner and I are in the third set of the bronze medal game. We are up 5-3. He's serving, no problem..I'm at the net wondering how do "keep care of a bronze medal"? What kind of polish do you use? etc etc etc...Uh-OH...he loses his serve..5-4...No big deal..At the baseline returning serves, I have a party in my head!! UH OH...5-5..we go on to lose 7-5! That was "THE" biggest choke of my tennis life. I'm still in therapy

But hoping to get to Torino Italy 2013 for the next World Master Games! Get some revenge!

OrangePower · 11-05-2011, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Totai

I was up 6-0 5-0 (40 - 0) serving for the match. I double faulted, (40-15), double faulted again (40-30), then double faulted a 3rd time (deuce), then guess what? another double fault (ad out), then, you guessed it, 5 double faults in 1 game, in a row. I ended up losing the match 6-0,6-7,1-6

You sir, are the winner!

Just goes to show, in tennis you're never out of it until you lose the last point.

I had a league match where I was up 6-0, 5-0, with me serving for the match. I decided this was a good time to practice my serve-and-volley, which is not my usual style. Needless to say, I lost that game, and the following three. That left us back on serve with my opponent serving at 4-5 to even up the second set. Luckily I was able to break him to win the match, otherwise who knows what would have happened - by then I had lost confidence in my ability to hold serve.

jdawg02 · 11-05-2011, 07:47 PM

In 2009, I came back from 0-6, 0-5 40 love in a Men's Open tournament in a round of 16 match. My opponent had an easy overhead on match point and hit the overhead in but his whole body fell over the net and we both agreed that it was my point. It went all down hill from there lol. I started to slowly creep back and he seriously had a nervous breakdown. This year I also had a nice comeback being down 1-5 in the 3rd set with no match points against me in a 5.0 singles final against a familiar opponent. I ended up coming back to win 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(3).

Darkhors · 11-06-2011, 11:50 AM

Choke and win in same match:

Yesterday I'm playing a 5.0 who's won the singles league the last two years while staying undefeated. I lost to him last year 10-6 (we've since changed the scoring format). Anyway, I win the first set 6-4. Playing solid tennis, we go into the second set, trade a few breaks and I break him to go up 5-4. So serving for the match, I double fault to get broken and then lose the next two games. Lose 2nd set 7-5. In the match breaker, I'm down 6-3. I win the next 7 points to win the breaker 10-6 and the match.

This was a big win because 2 weeks ago I played a 5.0 where I won the first set 7-6, then lost 2-6, 10-5 and lost the match.

Not the worst chokes ever, but disappointing when you're playing against guys that are .5 above you.

DH

anantak2k · 11-06-2011, 05:55 PM

I was up 62 52 30-0 trying to serve the match out. I hit a 3 DFs in a row. After that my right calf starts cramping up and I can barely move. I end up losing the set 57. By the 3rd set my calf muscle cramp goes away and I run off to a 4-0 lead serving for a 5-0 lead. Up 15-0, and just like in the 2nd set I hit 3 DFs in a row. Besides these 6 DFs I have only had like 2 other DFs throughout all of my other service games all match. Now my left thigh starts cramping up... and I lose that game and the set 46. so 62 57 46. I obviously really did not want to win that match.

10-28-2011, 06:50 AM	#27
Totai Professional Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,366	I was up 6-0 5-0 (40 - 0) serving for the match. I double faulted, (40-15), double faulted again (40-30), then double faulted a 3rd time (deuce), then guess what? another double fault (ad out), then, you guessed it, 5 double faults in 1 game, in a row. I ended up losing the match 6-0,6-7,1-6 __________________ I am fat because I eat, and I eat because I am fat. Its a vicious cycle.

10-28-2011, 03:41 PM	#29
Topaz Legend Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,648	Came back in a mixed match from being down 1-6, 2-4 to win it 1-6, 7-5, 10-8! Just last night! __________________ What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

10-28-2011, 03:47 PM	#30
InspectorRacquet Rookie Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 316	The biggest comeback I've ever had was only in a single set. After being down 0-5 and 15-30 (in a singles match), I rallied off seven straight games to win the set 7-5. Sadly, my biggest choke came right after the second set, losing in a tiebreaker in lieu of the third set. I claim it as a choke because I had won 7 straight games but lost nearly 6 straight points in the tiebreaker immediately following my comeback. What a day. __________________ I am an unpredictable player. Even I surprise myself with some of the shots I make.

11-05-2011, 06:59 PM	#32
TenS_Ace Rookie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 222	Grab a wine and spark up a cigar...2005 World Master Games, men's doubles over +45 age, my partner and I are in the third set of the bronze medal game. We are up 5-3. He's serving, no problem..I'm at the net wondering how do "keep care of a bronze medal"? What kind of polish do you use? etc etc etc...Uh-OH...he loses his serve..5-4...No big deal..At the baseline returning serves, I have a party in my head!! UH OH...5-5..we go on to lose 7-5! That was "THE" biggest choke of my tennis life. I'm still in therapy But hoping to get to Torino Italy 2013 for the next World Master Games! Get some revenge! __________________ 99% out is still IN!!

11-05-2011, 07:47 PM	#34
jdawg02 New User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 91	In 2009, I came back from 0-6, 0-5 40 love in a Men's Open tournament in a round of 16 match. My opponent had an easy overhead on match point and hit the overhead in but his whole body fell over the net and we both agreed that it was my point. It went all down hill from there lol. I started to slowly creep back and he seriously had a nervous breakdown. This year I also had a nice comeback being down 1-5 in the 3rd set with no match points against me in a 5.0 singles final against a familiar opponent. I ended up coming back to win 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(3). Last edited by jdawg02 : 11-05-2011 at 07:50 PM.