Erlich crashes out of doubles tournament
Israel’s last player at Wimbledon Jonathan Erlich was beaten in a five-set thriller in the men’s doubles on Thursday afternoon.
Pairing up with Italian Daniele Bracciali, the pair took on the fourth seeds, Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin and started slowly, finding themselves 3-0 down in the first set. It was therefore no surprise when the French duo went on to wrap up the first set 6-3.
The second set was though a much closer affair, and going all the way to a tiebreak, Erlich and Bracciali levelled the match up, winning it 7-1.
The Israeli-Italian duo then broke the French pair in the first game of the third set, before holding their serve to go 2-0 up. They broke serve again to go 3-0 up, and while both teams then exchanged service matches, Erlich & Bracciali served out to take the third set 6-2.
The fourth set saw the Frenchmen take an early advantage, as they found themselves 3-1 up, and duly ran out 6-3 winners to set up a final and deciding set.
Going to serve early on, The French then broke serve to give them the advantage, and held on to run out 6-4 winners.
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