Uh oh, Safin is going to lose the First Set. Does this mean he's going to beat himself out of the Tournament?

Question

Despite my best wishes, I somehow knew in the back of my mind that Lopez was going to take this match.

Answer 1

Lopez is a very good player who beat Baghdatis so I won't be surprised if he beats Safin!

Safin is a great player in some matches, but he can under-perform in alot of of matches which is why he is not able to win grand-slams anymore! That, and his age!

He may have lost the first set, but that doesn't mean that he has lost the match yet! Murray was losing by 2 sets, and he came back to win 3-2 so anything can happen in tennis!

Answer 2

I certainly hope not. I'm rooting for Marat all the way and think that if he can cool his jets and focus on what he's doing, he can easily win this match.