Chennai, Jan 11: Serve by Serve account of the Chennai Open Final:
Games going with serve
In 5th game Somdev was leading 40 - 0 on Celic serve before Cilic recovered
Game 6
40 0 luv game
Score 3 games all
Game 7 Cilic serve
0-15; 15-15; 15-30; 15-40; 2 break points 30-40; Duece; Adv Celic; Pt. replay game Cilic 4-3
Game 8 Somdev
0-15 Dbl; 15-15; 15-30; 30-30; 40-30;
Game Somdev
4-4
Game 9 Cilic
15-0; 15-15; 30-15; 30-30; 40-30;
Game Cilic 5-4
Game 10 som
15-0; 15-15; 30-15; 30-30; 30-40;
Set point 4 Cilic 1st set Cilic 6-4
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Celic Game 1
0-15; 0-30; 15-30; 30-30; 40-30; Deuce; Adv Cilic;Game Cilic
1-0 Cilic
Somdev Game 2
0-15; 0-30; 0-40;
Game Cilic 2-0
Game 3 Cilic
15-0; 30-0; 40-0; 40-15; 40-30; Game Cilic
3-0 Cilic
Game 4 Somdev
15-0; 30-0; 40-0; 40-15 Dbl; 40-30; Game Somdev
3-1
Game 5 Cilic
15-0; 30-0; 30-15; 30-30; 30-40 brk pt
Deuce; Adv Cel; Deuce; a great rally what a point; Adv Cilic Ace; Ace game Cilic
4-1
Game 6 Cilic
0-15; 15-15; 30-15; 30-30; 2nd serve punished; 40-30; Game Som
4-2 Cilic
Game 7
15-0; 30-0; 40-0; Game Cilic
5-2 Cilic
Game 8
15-0 ace; 30-0 back hand down the line
30-15; 30-30; great volley; 40-30; variation pace; Game Somdev
5-3 Cilic
Game 9 Cilic
0-15; 0-30; 15-30; 30-30; 30-40; break point - Game Somdev finally breaks Cilic
5-4 Cilic
Game 10 Somdev
15-0; 30-0 super back hand down the line; 40-0; game Somdev
5-5
Game 11 Cilic
0-15; 15-15; 15-30 Cilic hits out long rally; double 15-40; 30-40; Deuce; Adv cilic ace;
Game Cilic 6-5
Game 12 Somdev
15-0; 30-0; 30-15; 40-15 long rally;
Game Somdev 6-6
Tie breaker Cilic
1-0; 1-1; 2-1; 3-1; 4-1; 4-2;
Change over sides; 4-3; 5-3; 6-3; 7-3
Celic wins 7-6
Jan 11, 2009