Surviving match-point down - KN earns the crown!
Harmon Park, by Steve England - ESVN (Fair and Balanced): A powerful forehand propels KN to a 5-0 lead in the first, before RB even gets on the board! RB plays catch-up early in the second, but takes the match to three, by hitting a winning streak of four in a row!
The final-set was any ones to take! KN finds himself perilously close to defeat, but fights off a match-point down! Then, after surviving a multi-deuce battle to tie 5-5, KN inches ahead to hold his own match-point against RB! Now RB is forced to step-up to fight off sudden death! RB wins the game for a 6-6 tie in the third, and now we're going to a third-set tie-breaker!
Again, it was any one's match to win! Tied one-set all, 6-all, and now (5-5) in the breaker - KN gets the edge when RB hits long, and now leads (6-5)! On match-point, each player battles for what seems like an eternity, when KN gets position at the net! KN rips a forehand crosscourt, but he hits the rim of his racket! Although a miss-hit, the shot falls in - just beyond RB's range! KN inches by RB 6-1,3-6,7-6(7-5).
