Bia started well, breaking Zarazua’s withdrawal in the second game, when he went to the net a couple of times. Shortly thereafter, the Brazilian opened 3/01 after saving a break point by beating a rally that ended with a Mexican failure. Bia narrowly didn’t open 4/0, and the game changed fast. Zarazua saved a break point in the fourth game and then saw Paulista make four mistakes, giving back the break back.
The game continued with ups and downs. Bia broke back Zarazua and drew up to the 5/3 set on the scoreboard, but opened the ninth game with a double foul and ended up too. Zarazua equaled the score again (5/5). The decision only came in Tie-Break, which started bad for the Brazilian. Bia made three mistakes in the first four points, but recovered by winning beautiful rally and, at the side, the score was 3/3. Then, with a Forehand Winner, Brazilian Tee a lead mini-break, but Zarazua won another rally to match the scoring again (4/4). The Mexican reached the first set point (6/5) after a mistake by the home tennis player and closed the partial with another Bia’s backhand who was on the net: 7/6 (5) after 1h16min of game.
The second set started as balanced as nervous. With every game of service that Zarazua won, the audience was more tense and tried to push the tennis player from the house, which still oscillated between good times and unprecedented errors. Bia won a break point in the seventh game, but the Mexican was saved forcing a mistake of the Brazilian. Then, with the score at 3/4, Bia was complicated. After opening 40/15, he made two mistakes and a double foul and had to face a break point. By missing another Forehand, the Paulista lost the game and let Zarazua get to close the match.
