Day 3; Bravissimo Simone ! 7-6 7-6 3-6 7-6

Mister Simone Bolelli, made my day perfect by winning his 2nd round match by defeating Fernando Gonzalez in 4 sets, 7-6 7-6 3-6 7-6. Just like I predicted in a few posts below.

With this second round win, he’s experiencing his best Wimbledon-run so far in his career.

He won the first two sets in tiebreakers, 10-8 in the 1st and 9-7 in the 2nd. He fought really hard to obtain a 2-0 lead in sets. While giving away the 3rd set, partially caused by himself and by the better form of Fernando Gonzalez. Simone Bolelli lost a bit of momentum, causing him to fall behind 1-3 in the 3rd set.

As a huge fan, I believed in turning the score around and lead again on the scoreboard… He then held serve, broke back and held again, to lead by 4-3, I guess he heard my prayers :-)

Fernando Gonzalez then held serve to level to 4-all. Luckily Simone Bolelli didn’t give into the pressure of the 14th ranked player in the world, and having never won to him. He hold his serve twice, same for Fernando Gonzalez, to get another tiebreaker. His first match point was the right one, winning the last set by 7-6 (4).

In his next match, Simone Bolelli will face Lleyton Hewitt. I’m really anxious for this match, because I do believe Simone Bolelli can beat him in 5 sets. Most people would say I am crazy, but I do believe Lleyton Hewitt is beatable by anyone, simply because he isn’t a very good player anymore, and his mental aspect of the game is extremely vulnerable, even more than before.

Forza Simone ! Credere è la chiave a successo !

Pictures of the Match (by gettyimages and afp)

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