Janko Tipsarevic gave up the fight after he failed to convert the three match points in the fourth set against Fernando Verdasco. There was no urge in him to play the deciding set. He had already lost, only there was no way for him to tell the umpire. The show went on the cruel way and 6-0 was the result in the deciding fifth set. The overall result 2-6 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-0) 6-0. would show that he gained nothing from the experience. But it is not the first time this has happened. He has joined a number of hopefuls who embrace defeat when they can as well fight for victory. The mind stops and the shadow of the player goes through the motions. The audience can feel that then on, it is a fight between the living and the dead.
Venus Williams lived to see another round. When she gave a cry of pain and went out for about ten minutes, all waited with gasp of breath whether it is the end of her campaign. She had lost the first set and had to play another two to win. She came back and her opponent Sandra Zahlavova double faulted. She was so much distracted that she did not know when the set was over 0-6 for her. Williams’ 6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 6-4 victory raised a question for Zahlavova whether she was better off playing a fit Williams.
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