This was Delpo time! Juan Martin decided to take the controversial decision to play even if he was suffering from a wrist injury.
Del Potro – Stepanek 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
The result was comfortable, the pain wasn’t. Juan Martin managed to wrap up the match in 2 hours and 41 minutes to bring the 1st point to his team. The Tower of Tamil then broke down in tears while giving his speech after the victory.
“To play here in my country with this fantastic crowd is amazing for me. I really enjoyed it,” said del Potro. “I played really well. I took all my opportunities to break his serve.”
Berdych – Monaco 6-1, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Great stuff from Tomas that recovered from a 1-2 set down deficit to then rally from 1-4 games down in the fifth. This feat has been achieved “against a hostile crowd” with the presence of super VIPs such as Diego Maradona and Gabriela Sabatini. Finally Tomas won this battle in just over 4 hours.
“I had pretty much nothing to do but to believe in myself and that I’m a player in the certain level, and I’m able to turn the matches like this even with a crowd like that,” Berdych said. “Everything that was going for him, I was able to get energy from that and that was the result.”
“Tomorrow is a new day,” said Monaco. “I’m going to recover a little bit, practice, try to get some feeling on court again, then I think I have to eat well, recover and just be ready to play and have new revenge I guess on Sunday. That’s the good part of Davis Cup.”
Next Match
Berloq and Shwank will take on Minar and Rosol in doubles.
Given the fact that Argentina is playing at home and that Berloq and Shwank should win, the home team has an edge. In fact, Delpo may not be the favourite with Berdych because of his injury, but Monaco is definately expected to defeat Stepanek.
