Marat out, Jokers wild
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- August
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Novak Djokovic did manage to beat Radek Stepanek, but it took 4 hours and 44 minutes. The final score was 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (2). It was a wild match—Djokovic did a scissors kick after winning the second set, and Stepanek high stepped back to his chair after winning the third.
After that it was a free for all of fist pumps, leg cramps, net dances and waiving for the crowd to get involved. At the end, both players got a standing ovation from the Louis Armstrong crowd and Stepanek jumped the net to give Djokovic a big sweaty hug.
“I smell my shoes,” Djokovic told the crowd. “They are so stinky.”
Marat Safin should be so lucky. His feet couldn’t have been that gross after a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 loss to Stanislas Wawrinka.
Although it is late in the afternoon, there are still plenty of matches to play since the five-setters have backed up the schedule. No. 8 Tommy Robredo beat Mardy Fish 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7), 6-4 in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Fish had been up 4-1 in the fifth, but really lost it.
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on Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 4:33 pm by Jane McManus.
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