Now he finds himself fighting to avoid a whitewash in the two remaining games, on Sunday and Tuesday.
Already it is time to look to the future, and not just to Melbourne, Sydney and the need to avoid a whitewash.
A year on from that glorious first Six Nations win over France, Italy are also looking to avoid a whitewash under their new coach, Jacques Brunel, who has had a difficult winter since taking over from Nick Mallett after the World Cup.
Watson, determined to avoid a whitewash, upped her game in the fourth game of the second set, sending her opponent to all four corners of the court before powering down a 107mph ace to hold.
Then Scotland will obviously want to avoid a whitewash and the wooden spoon, and I can't see Ireland's trip to Murrayfield being a massively high-scoring game either.
Fish, a 29-year-old debutant at the World Tour Finals and flying the American flag alone in Greenwich, cut a sad figure in defeat, his second of the week, and has to find motivation from somewhere to avoid a whitewash in his final match, against the defending champion, Roger Federer.
Britain face Iceland on Monday as they attempt to avoid a whitewash.
Will be delighted to avoid a whitewash in a pool containing three quarter-finalists from 2007, with victory over Georgia their only hope.
The Le Mans-born 25-year-old also looked to be struggling physically after a testing passage through the first four rounds and, although he avoided a whitewash, the end was swift in coming.
If Adelstein and company avoid a similar whitewashing controversy, there's still a minefield of technical challenges that come from adapting anime to live action, and a series into a single film.
