Dan got off to a great start and managed to get an early break :) Rochus started off badly and it looked like he was going to turn into a more miserable player than Darcis!
A little shot of the am.com bunch:
Dan continued the good work and took the set 6-3. Not entirely sure when this photo was taken but look at the poses that the Belgian bench were making!
Jennifer and I sent Rob out to get food - ended up almost poisoning her with a chilli but all was fine in the end!
The second set did not start well - Dan was broken twice I think before getting one break back. He was by now peppering the arena with chants of Allez! at strategic moments....the Belgians were not impressed!
Unfortunately, Rochus held on to take the set 6-4.
The third set was tight - Dan faced several break points but managed to save most of them. Rochus managed to breakthrough to go 6-5 ahead, but SuperDan got the break back and we were headed for a tie-break!
This was unbearable....Dan had a couple of set points but couldn't take them. There was an extremely close call which either lead to Dan missing a set point or gave Rochus his set point....I can't even remember anymore!
Rochus did not miss his chance and took the set 7-6 :(
A difficult proposition now becomes even more difficult but SuperDan does not give up!
He grabbed an early break in the fourth set but it was hard work staying ahead. Dan was eventually broken back to go 4-4 which was such a shame but there was still hope.
Dan tried so hard to get the break back but to no avail - and here's where Rochus showed his experience...he managed to break Dan again and take the match in four.
So we ended the day 2-0 down which was not unexpected but it would have been great if we could have won one of the matches :(
For dinner we headed to Bella Italia...we were going to eat with the gang but we were too hungry and couldn't wait!
Colin and Ross up tomorrow :)
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