Victory! Fernando wins Pilot Pen in straight sets!
- August 29th, 2009
- By Lynsey
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Vamos! Fernando took down sixth-seeded Sam Querrey to win the 2009 Pilot Pen singles tournament. It took just over an hour and a half for Fernando to pull out a 6-4, 7-6 (6) victory over Querrey to claim his first title of the year and third career title.
He saved five set points from Querrey in the second set, including three in the tiebreak. He got a lucky break from Querrey, who, with set point at 6-5, decided to attempt a return that would have gone wide. The ball hit the net, bring it to an even 6-6, and the Querrey double faulted, to give Fernando match point. It was a beautiful backhand winner from Nando that clinched the match and the title.
Fernando had a stellar 72% first serve percentage and won 73% of his first serve points. Unlike his two previous matches where he double faulted into the double digits, he double faulted only four times in this championship match (this is good for him!) and got in four aces. He did not drop a single set on his way to his title.
Probably the cutest thing ever was when he was interviewed on-court about his large family in attendance (12 in all!) and he said it was his youngest sister’s birthday (“She made 11 years old,” according to Fernando) as well as his cousin’s, so he was very happy to be able to get to the final and win, as a kind of present for them.
So proud of him, congrats Fer! And sorry to all those following me on twitter for updates. Twitter decided I had reached my tweet limit for the hour just before the tiebreak.
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