Tuesday, February 9, 2016

De Bakker fed up with missed opportunities at acid defeat against Coric – NU.nl

The 27-year-old Westlander left ten unused set points in the first set and eventually went on three long sets (7-6 (9), 4-6 and 6-3) defeat against the 19-year-old Croat. “Domestically miss so many chances, does it hurt.”

“On the important moments I played too cautious or too many risks and there are guys like Coric just too good for that. Those penalties that off. “

the Baker wants to work on his level in the decisive moments in a game. “I need to set points in the first set as offensive play as I did in the second set. To that I must play more of this kind of party. This I make rather not have it again. Throughout the first set I played too defensively. “

Lichtpuntjes

The global number ninety saw despite his defeat bright spots. “Especially about my level in the second and third set I am satisfied, when I started attacking play.”

“It is unfortunate that I am on a break point in the third set the ball against netband hit and he just falls on the wrong side If I had a break place, it is over, but in my favor now I miss three games later an easy volley and he picks up the win “

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Bakker, who late last year to win his comeback made in the top hundred of the world by two challenger tournaments in a row, hoping in 2016 the first time in five years again be in the global top sixty.

“to get there I have to go win this kind of pots. I have a long time not exceed stood 85th place, but I just the level to win a lot of guys that do belong, as Coric. “

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the Westlander, accompanied by coaches Remko de Rijke and Huib Troost finds that he is sometimes too busy with his ranking.

“That’s a problem for me. I think the job is now much more after than when I was twenty and am much more aware of everything. I just need to play tennis and less on my place in the world. “

Bakker, once the world number forty, thinks that his best years are still ahead of him.” I’ll go on from . Otherwise I would not have been here “

By:. NU.nl / Martijn Kleiweg

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