Good day to everybody.
Let's say we describe a tennis match that happened a couple of weeks ago.
Despite a bad start for Federer in the fifth set, in terms of being one break down, he won the set and the match.
Despite a bad start for Federer in the fifth set, in terms of having been one break down, he won the set and the match.
Although it seems to me that the second statement is correct, the first one sound more natural, but I do not know if it is correct.
Are both ok to use?
Not a native speaker.