There are two sides to this one:
A.) This match won't go down, because of the blow to Mika's ego if he loses, *especially* before the U.S. Open, when everyone's eyes will be on Mika to see if he can do the impossible -- three-peat.
B.) If the match does go down, and Mika manages to keep his chin up win or lose, he will earn big-time points in everyone's eyes precisely because: 1. "hey, Mika actually matched up!" (when's the last time we saw Mika match up?), and 2. he kept his chin up -- especially if he loses. Mika would earn beaucoup points in a lot of people's eyes if he's able to shrug-off a loss with nary the Mika-trademarked mumble or whine. It would behoove Mika to do this, to surprise a lot of people.
I'd LOVE to see the match go down for reason letter B, but I'm in the reason letter A camp, unfortunately.
-Sean