Nottingham ATP .. (HM/PA/MG in qualies)

[jayakris]

1-0 ... Love game by HM
1-1 ... Carlsen held at 40-30 ..
2-1 ... Harsh held at love again ..
2-2 ... Carlsen had a DF but held at 40-15
2-3 ... from 30-0 HM lost 4 straight points, first serve problems .. HM Broken.
2-4 ... Carlsen held at love .. he is dominating for the time being it seems.
3-4 ... HM held after a long game!

HM faced 15-40 break points with Carlsen having won 11 of 12 previous points .. saved those and then another two more ADs out .. HM held after saving 4 BPs and after 6 deuces. Looks like he has stopped the bleeeding just before that.

3-5 ... KC held after a double fault and saving one BP at a 30-40 .. about 4 deuces .. HM playing him closely, but KC staying ahead.

4-5 .. Easy game by Harsh .. held at 40-15

5-5 ... Harsh raced to a 0-40 and broke him at 15-40 !!!!! ..

Jay

[jai_in_canada]

Awesome - Harsh broke back!!! 5-5!! I'm telling y'all - it's going 2b interesting!

[jayakris]

6-5 ... Harsh held at 40-30
6-6 ... Harsh had 15-40 double set pts, but Carlsen won 4 points in a row ..

Tiebreaker starting ..

Jay

[jai_in_canada]

Darn - Harsh was up 15-40 - set points - but it is AD Carlsen

[PKBasu]

6-5, Harsh broke Carlsen when it mattered. Carlsen was then down 15-40 on his serve and saved the first two set points Harsh had.

[jayakris]

First set Tiebreaker:

Harsh starts .. 1-0
Carlsen wins two .. 1-2
Harsh wins one .. 2-2
Harsh on serve .. 3-2
Carlsen wins one .. 3-3 (there may have been a trade of minis there)
Carlsen wins two .. 3-4
Minibreak off HM serve .. 3-5
HM wins pts .. 4-5
Carlsen wins one .. 4-6 .. set pt ..
HM saves the set pt!!! .. 5-6 ..
KC wins point off Harsh .. 5-7 tiebreaker lost ..

So, carlsen saved two set pts off his serve at 5-6 in this set .. Harsh saved one off Carlsen's serve in the TB, and then carlsen won one off HM's serve

One hour and 2 minutes for that set !!

Jay

[jayakris]

Secons set ... 67(5) 00

1-0 ... HM breaks Carlsen at 15-40 !!! ..

Jay

[jai_in_canada]

Harsh just proved that he can hang with the big boys! He should have won the first set. Very, very creditable! Harsh, we r proud. You're not done yet. Just broke Carlsen in the first game of second set. Go Harsh!

[jayakris]

Second set ... 67(5) 00

1-0 ... HM breaks Carlsen at 15-40 !!! ..
1-1 ... KC breaks Harsh at 15-40 too
1-2 ... KC held at 40-15 ... The points are eeven at 51 each so far in this match!!
2-2 ... HM up 40-0, lost three points to deuce .. Won the next two for the game.
3-2 ... KC holds at love ..
3-3 ... HM started with a DF .. one deuce, no BPs .. held.
3-4 ... KC held at 40-15.
4-4 ... HM held at 40-15.
5-4 ... Helped by a 0-15 DF by KC, HM raced to 0-40 .. Broke at the first BP !!!..
6-4 .... HM served it off at 40-15 !!!!! YES!!!!!!!

67(5) 64 00

Jay

[jai_in_canada]

Man - it could have been in straight sets for Harsh! Amazing stuff from Harsh! You make us so proud! Go get him in the third!

[jayakris]

Third set .. 67(5) 64 00

0-1 ... KC holds easily at 40-0
1-1 ... HM holds at 40-15
1-2 ... KC holds at 40-15

Jay

[a15]

I was away from my desk for 10 minutes and came back to see what happened in the second set -- ! Go Harsh!!!

[jayakris]

Third set .. 67(5) 64 00

0-1 ... KC holds easily at 40-0
1-1 ... HM holds at 40-15
1-2 ... KC holds at 40-15
2-2 ... HM holds easily at 40-15
2-3 ... KC faced on 30-40 BP but won three in a row to hold.

Points in the match -- Harsh 86, Carlsen 84 .. Wow.

Jay

[Varma]

Hello Jay & Co. What is going on with the decider? I can't get to the chat room and it is nerve wrecking

[ajay]

3-3 30-40 in 3rd set Harsh receiving and on break pt.
C'mon Harsh!! Time to break the serve!