Progress Chela Ferrer - Australian Open 2012

Australian Open 2012 - 3rd round

Finished - 02:07

Chela, Juan Ignacio [27]

Ferrer, David [5]

1573 Arena

Ferrer

Score

2h07

Set 3

2h07

5-7 2-6 1-6

2h02

5-7 2-6 1-5

1h57

5-7 2-6 1-4

1h54

5-7 2-6 1-3

1h50

5-7 2-6 1-2

1h47

5-7 2-6 0-2

1h44

5-7 2-6 0-1

1h40

Set 2

1h40

5-7 2-6

1h35

5-7 2-5

1h28

5-7 2-4

1h17

5-7 1-4

1h14

5-7 1-3

1h10

5-7 1-2

1h06

5-7 1-1

1h03

5-7 0-1

0h56

Set 1

0h56

5-7

0h51

5-6

0h50

5-5

0h43

4-5

0h39

4-4

0h33

4-3

0h25

4-2

0h19

4-1

0h15

4-0

0h11

3-0

0h07

2-0

0h00

1-0

Jeu de service

Break

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