Tennis Steve Darcis has not been able to post for the final of the ATP tournament in Indian Pune (hard/527.880 dollar). Darcis lost in the semi-finals of the Croat Ivo Karlovic (ATP 100) in three sets: 7-6 (7/3), 4-6 and 6-3. The party lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. In the final wait for the Croatian South African Kevin Anderson (ATP 6), the first seed.
“Karlovic is a superb tennis player, he is still stronger than some people think,” said Darcis. “In the second set I could him with some luck the floors, but in the third set, I went into the error. That should not happen, even though it was not easy to play against him.”
The 34-year-old Also fourth in Pune his comeback after more than a year out was due to a lingering elleboogblessure. With a place in the semi-finals can Darcis happily look back at his comeback. “Now I have something everywhere last”, knipoogde the old hand. “But I am satisfied after my matches here. When the hard went I was there, and I devoured the series of parties well. I realize I’m not my best tennis on the mat have brought, all was well in a rising line. The road is still long, but I slide on in the right direction.”
With his place in the semi-finals he was the first on the ATP Tour. Darcis was the first player in the circuit, founded in 1990, the semi-finals of a tournament reached without a ranking. Because “Shark” by his injury a year no official match played, was his name, after all, the ATP-ranking deleted.
Darcis went into a far-away past with two ATP titles to go. In 2007, he was the best in Amersfoort, the year after he won in Memphis. In 2008, he obtained in Amersfoort, his only other finalist, but when the Belgian the final battle will not win.
