Bernard Tomic rises to victory; defeats Stanislas Wawrinka in 1st rubber - Davis Cup 2011
With an electrifying start, team Australian went on head banging against team Switzerland at the World Group Play-Offs of the Davis Cup 2011. Playing the first rubber, Bernard Tomic went on thrashing Stanislas Wawrinka with a comeback
in the second set. It took the young Aussie 2 hours and 32 minutes to grab a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win over the Swiss.
With a startling Wimbledon run, the 18-year-old Australian is considered as the best emerging player; rather he is starting to disturb the top 10 rankings. Tomic rose to fame after defeating Robin Soderling in the fourth round
of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.
The rubber started off with the 18-year-old serving first and taking away the first game. Wawrinka, aged 26, followed the young Aussie and levelled up the scores. The match went on slow before Wawrinka lightened up the fire. Breaking
Tomic in game 7, the Swiss took the lead maintain it till the end of the set to win 6-4. With a one set lead Wawrinka stood to return the Aussie in the 2nd set opener.
Though it was looking that the Swiss world No.19 would take away the rubber and add a number to the Swiss winnings, Tomic had a different plan. With the set continuing as both players won on their respective serve until game 10
of the set. The Aussie mustered a breakpoint with a forehand winner and won the set, 6-4, levelling the match scores to 1-1.
Moving on with the third set, Wawrinka broke the young 18-year-old early, however, the Aussie broke back to level the opening score to 1-1. Winning the following game, Tomic broke again in game 4 to lead 3-1 before the Swiss rushed
back a breakpoint and levelled up again winning game 6, 3-3.
With three straight games win after including a breakpoint win in game 8, Tomic blistered a winning backhand, taking away the 3rd set 6-3 and led the match 2-1.
The stumbling Swiss opened up the decider set and took the advantage lead. However, the young Aussie was neck-to-neck with the Swiss, levelling at every point until the world No.59 won a sudden breakpoint and led 3-2. Extending
his lead further on, Tomic cleared another game on his serve, 4-2.
Wawrinka did cut the lead to 3-4 after game 7, yet could not regain the lead or even level up the scores. Serving out game 8 and with a marvellous breakpoint win in the final, 9th, game of the decider, Tomic took away
the set 6-3, and the rubber and give his country a 1 rubber lead.
However, with Lleyton Hewitt featuring Federer in the next the 2nd rubber, the Swiss might level the team scores as Federer holds a 17-8 head-to-head lead against the former world No.1, Hewitt.
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