Two days ago, the world second tennis racquet Rafael Nadal had a little accident on his press conference, and it was all over the Internet. It was not a big deal, just a leg cramps, and the Danish player decided to do a little joke with that, so check out the video. It was funny indeed, thank God Nadal is good now, but his face was really funny. I said his face was funny, not his pain:)

Both players love to keep the ball in play as long as they can until their opponent is exhausted. Juan Carlos Ferrero is more of a clay guy, but he has great results on hard courst with his aggressive forehand. Monfils on the other hand is a bit younger, always up for some exibition move just for the fun of it, and again good hard court player with aggressive forehand. The match progressed very well early on, both players had good points hold their serves. What an amazing shot by Monfils at 5:4, too bad he didn’t et the point. Have to see: http://t.co/eSVcuHK . Ferrero took the last chance for a first break in the match at 6:5. While serving for the first set, Monfils had some great defensive backhands and aggressive forehands to get a tiebreak. Well he did a lot of unforced errors there, Monfils being the leader only to lose the tier with a double fault. Second set was even more unexpected. They both did a lot of breaks, with great points and longiest rallies of the match. Ferrero had his chances to take the lead and secure his place in the third round, but he did a lot of unexpected unforced errors while Monfils started playing riskier game which in turn did pay off by taking the second set with 7:5. By the tempo of this match one would expect that both would be exhausted by now playing for more than two hours already, but they even shown better physical form by playing some diverse points, mostly because of the drop-shots by Monfils and Ferrero being the one who catched them and occasionally making great attractive points in his favor. Well it seemed like he is going to take the lead again this time, but Juan did more unforced errors during the second tie break in the match, and he was punished for that. Well here we are in the fourth set at 3:3 Ferrero with a break point. Again very tied match, and points are getting more attractive with Monfils playing a clown tennis 🙂 . This match started attracting more and more audience so the grand stand got all crowded by the end of the second set. The rallies are getting longer and the points are getting even harder to win and funnier to watch. Ferrero did a break for 4:3, but it took some precise and hard shots to take it at 5:3 on his own serve. Now Monfils is trying hard to stay in this set while Ferrero is serving for a 2:2 tie in sets. Monfils had some runners from side to side while Ferrero stayed assured and aggressive while defending a breakpoint. It’s amazing what Monfils can catch. Four hours and the fourth set is ended with a great point representing this whole match. I think Monfils finally realized that he was very passive during this set, but it was very late to become aggressive again and stop giving points as presents to his opponent. Ferrero celebrates it’s 7:5 victory in this fourth set. Fifth set in fifth hour will be decided by the one who stays more hardcore with greater endurance. And again we begin with some great points and Ferrero has a great start with a breakpoint. He stayed true to his whole image of this match. Early break is what he deserved. He struggled through his own serve, but he clenched teeth and took a lead of 2:0. Monfils looks tired and tired, he let Ferrero have two breakpoints, but it seems like he plays better since he his body relaxed and took his first game on the score in the fifth set. Just take a look at this amazing statistic until now. The average shots per point is 5.4 and there are 167 points with 4 or more shots while those under 3 are 162, how cool is that? Ferrero looking steady and stable taking the lead at 3:1 on the expense of the tired and exhausted Monfils. He barely defended his serve saving 2 break points. Ferrero did a third medical timeout, now a blister on his middle finger on his left hand. He looked like he had troubles with that backhand. The lead of 4:2 was already sealed with a great backhand winner at 30:0. Great forehand return by Ferrero started the game. Monfils took his serve with a very realxed forehand winner on a short ball by Ferrero. Monfils takes off with a great projectile winner at Ferrero’s serve. Again they continue with the same pace, it remains a great match to watch keeping it’s uncertainty despite Ferrero’s lead with a break. Ferrero managed to keep mixing his serves very cleverly and his winners keep increasing and he is only a game away for ending this entertaining and exhausting match. Monfils serves for staying in this match he didn’t start good, but he managed to keep his coolness and get closer to Ferrero at 5:4. Monfils had his chances to break back while Fererro is serving for match, but it’s obvious that he doesn’t have the energy. After 4 hours and 48 minutes Fererro got three match points and he took the first one. Monfils congratulated him with an applause for he is a true hero. Maybe Monfils was a bit excited and wanted to celebrate his birthday with this match, but Ferrero was very hard on him and won by 6:4 in the fifth set. Great match to watch, always fun when Monfils is in it. Congratulations to both of them.