Sopcic forces tie-breaker in the 2nd, but misses chance to take a cramping SV to three!
Sopcic starts strong and is only one point from taking a 3-0 lead, but allows SV to come back from a 40-love deficit to take 5 straight games. Sopcic now finds himself down 2-5, but battles back to 4-5 before SV wins the 1st-set.
In the 2nd... Sopcic is down 2-5 and faces 4 separate match-points down, but won't go quietly into the night! In an unbelievable comeback, Sopcic ties it up at 5-all, then again at 6-all to force a tie-breaker! With SV starting to cramp up (hindering his performance), all Sopcic has to do is take SV to three! Sopcic knows his youth and fitness will out last the aging defending champ, but only if he can force a 3rd-set! Sopcic on the edge of glory... loses grasp at the moment of truth! Sopcic loses the tie-breaker, and with it an undefeated record, and a trip to the finals. SV survives the young challenger 6-4,7-6(7-1).
