2010 Open Sud de France and Bank Austria Tennis Trophy; Highlights from Wednesday
The Russian tennis ace, Nikolay Davydenko breezed into the quarter final round of the 2010 Open Sud de France Men’s Singles Competition on Wednesday with a straight set victory over Mische Zverev, a qualifier from Germany at the
ATP World Tour 250 indoor hard court tennis competition in Montpellier.
The top seed player from Russia capitalized on two of the five break point chances he created to seal a win in one hour and thirty five minutes on Wednesday. Nikolay, as a result of this victory has made his way into this seventh
tour-level final eight in 2010.
He was joined in the quarter run by the second seed Jo Wilfried Tsonga, a second seed player from France who brushed aside Frederico Gil in two sets. The final score line was 6-3, 6-4. The Frenchman closed out the match in seventy
six minutes on Wednesday. He prevented all five break point opportunities he faced and blasted a total of eleven aces to improve his lifetime mark against Gil to 2-0.
The 29 year old Tsonga who still has slight chances of qualifying for the season ending Finale in London improved to a win loss record of 30-15 as a result of this victory on the season. He is looking for his third ATP World Tour
crown in his home tournament.
Meanwhile, the fifth seed player from the United States of America, John Isner improved his ace tally for the year to 999 after blasting 27 aces to get past Adrian Mannarino, a qualifier from France in three sets. The final match
score was 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-3.
Isner prevented a total of six break point chances and secured the only service break of the clash during the eighth game of the decisive set to seal a win in the end. The match was stretched to a time period of two hours and eleven
minutes on Wednesday.
The 25 year old American as a result of this victory has reached his sixth final eight of the year. He captured his first ATP World Tour crown earlier this season in Auckland after getting the better of Clement in the title battle
during the month of January.
The in-form Jarkko Nieminen from Finland bounced back from a set down to overpower Florent Serra in a three setter clash on Wednesday. The final match score was 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1. The battle concluded in a time period of one and
a half hour. Jarkko has triumphed in twelve of his last fifteen clashes on the tour.
In the doubles matches in Montpellier, the fourth seed duo of Eduardo Schwank and Marc Lopez started off their tournament campaigns with a hard battled three setter win over Jordan Kerr and Jonathan Erlich. The final score line
was 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-6.
In other action at the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna, the number one Austrian Jurgen Melzer who won the title last year beat Lukasz Kubot of Poland to make his way into the second round on Wednesday. The final match score
was 7-6(3), 7-6(2).
In a battle featuring six breaks of serve, Jurgen withstood a total of thirteen aces and took the clutch points in the two tie-breaks to close out the match in two hours and twelve minutes in Vienna. He captured the crown back
in 2009 after dispatching off Marin Cilic in the final.
“It is always nice coming back to my home town as it is something you do not have every week of the year and it is a nice feeling,” reflected Melzer after the match on Wednesday.
He further added, “I think I played a good match today. It is always tough to play Lukasz as he is a very talented guy with big shots so you need to be focused, particularly on the big moments. I did that today and I played two
great tie-breaks so I think I deserved to win in two sets.”
Elsewhere, Bjorn Phau of Germany dismissed Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-4 to set up a clash with the fourth seed Marcos Baghdatis at the 2010 Bank Austria Tennis Trophy.
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