It’s rare enough to win a match after saving match point, but Lucas Pouille did this in truly thrilling fashion against Jan-Lennard Struff on Wednesday at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. Pouille squandered two match points trying to serve out the contest at 6-5 in the deciding set, and another pair at 6/5 and 7/6 in the final-set tie-break. With Struff serving at 8/7, the Frenchman tracked down a brilliant drop shot and then flicked back two reflex volleys. He was so close to the net that he had to be careful not to break the plane of it, but the second volley was a clean winner that brought the crowd to their feet. Pouille used that momentum to power...
Have you ever seen a match point saved in circumstances like this? Lucas Pouille staves off match point against Jan-Lennard Struff in a dramatic third-set tie-break in Stuttgart. Video courtesy MercedesCup.
Have you ever seen a match point saved in circumstances like this? Lucas Pouille staves off match point against Jan-Lennard Struff in a dramatic third-set tie-break in Stuttgart. Video courtesy MercedesCup.
Relive the most exciting moments from Day 4 at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart, including wins from Tomas Berdych and Jerzy Janowicz. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Video courtesy MercedesCup.
Roger Federer may have suffered a shocking upset in his opening round defeat on Wednesday to Tommy Haas at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, but he isn’t ringing alarm bells just yet. Although he squandered a match point in the second-set tie-break in losing to the home favourite, the match was filled with plenty of winners and high-quality hitting. However, Federer said that simply hitting well isn’t satisfying enough without it translating into a win. “Coming here and losing in the semis last year, now the opening round this year, it’s not what I was hoping to do. Especially on grass courts, close to home, in Germany, which has been a good hunting ground for me. It’s not good enough,”...
