(photo by Tamar)
Update
David has defeated Marat Safin 6-4, 7-5 to reach the final of the Copa Argentina.
There, he will meet Juan "Pico" Monaco (just like in the final of the Copa Almirante Brown last week), who beat James Blake 6-2, 6-4 in the second match of the night.
The final will take place at 8.30pm (11.30pm GMT/ 6.30 EST) on Sunday, after Carlos Moya's farewell match against Gaston Gaudio.
The match is now available via David on Screen (thanks, Krystle).
More tomorrow.
Around two months ago, David appeared on the TV show "Pura Quimica" and one of the questions he was asked was which player he found it difficult to play against, whose game could cause him trouble. David's reply: "Safin..."
- Of course he was referring to the battles the two of them used to have when Safin was still playing on the Tour (with the Russian winning six out of their nine encounters).
By now, the situation is a different one, with Safin having retired from professional tennis a year ago. And last night, he was only able to keep up with Chela for one set (Chela won 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-1). Safin is playing this event without any real preparation and basically just to have some fun. While for David, it's a chance to test his game and the progress he's making with his preparations for the next season. Apart from that, making another Copa Argentina final would certainly be very nice...
The match David vs Marat Safin is scheduled for 8.30pm tonight (11.30pm GMT/6.30pm EST).
Streams for it are announced on LiveScoreHunter and Atdhe.fm.
But it looks like there could be more rain in Buenos Aires today (which already delayed and eventually cut short last night's play). We'll have to wait and see if the match can take place as planned. I'll try my best to keep you posted.
Thanks Julia. God! if I stay till 3:30 am my time to find out the match was delayed due to rain I might end up stroking :p
ReplyDeletePico has defeated Fish 6-4, 6-4. Looks like so far, the weather holds.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, camilia - fingers crossed that it's going to stay that way...
Pico's result means that if David makes the final, he'll face either Pico or Blake.
ReplyDeleteHow do they decide the finalists if it comes down to two players in a group having one win each?
ReplyDeleteSets won/lost and then games won/lost ratio. Happened with David, last year. He made the final because of his better ratio in terms of sets won.
ReplyDeleteHmm... if Chela's won two sets and lost three, doesn't that mean David can't lose his place to him?
ReplyDeleteI think he would have to lose in straight sets tonight for it to go down to games, between him and Marat. One set should clinch it.
I think. ;0
That's what happened, last year. David won his first match against Moya in straights, then lost his second match against Gaudio but advanced to the final because he took a set off Gaudio and ended up with the best set ratio in his group.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm quite optimistic about tonight's match. :)
raining?
ReplyDeleteNo, just fashionably late...
ReplyDeleteDavid hasn't finished his steak yet. be patient.
ReplyDeleteWell, they've managed to get him away from it now. :)
ReplyDeleteSafin is taller than I thought, lol
ReplyDeleteHe was enjoying these days very much with people in the conference, during the matches.
Nice to see David and Safin so entertaining together.
It was good to see that Safin missed tennis.
Maybe he makes a big surprise soon?lol
Thank you so much Krystle. I totally fell asleep while waiting for the match!
ReplyDeleteDid anybody download the match? I did but it only played till 16:37 and froze. I wanna check if that's only me
ReplyDeletesame here
ReplyDeleteI had a look at it and yes I had the same, but if you put it 2 minutes later at 18:00 for example then it works normally again
ReplyDeleteEven at 17:07 I just saw
ReplyDeleteYeah, there was a problem with the recorded stream at some point. I guess that's what is causing those difficulties.
ReplyDeleteBut if the file can still be played after skipping that bit, then I hope that's okay.
I tried different times but it won't for me, guess I'm not that lucky :(
ReplyDeleteI'll upload my recording of it. It's a different stream and should work.
ReplyDeleteDamn, I've checked my stream and I can't skip through it either. Hopefully this won't be a regular occurrence, because I think the last time I tried to record something for myself, it did the same thing. :( (as in tricked me into thinking it recorded the whole thing, then got corrupted somewhere in the middle)
ReplyDeleteWhat program did you use Andvari to play it?
ReplyDeleteFor those who have had problems with the recording: I've now uploaded my recording of the match and linked it on the David on Screen page.
ReplyDelete@Krystle I use BSPlayer, thats the only player for me where I can go to any different point in a vid instead of vlc which in some cases like this one doesnt have that option.
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