Alex Bogdanovic flogs
Alexander Domijan in 2nd qualifying – Charlottesville Challenger 2011
Third seeded Briton Alex Bogdanovic flogged unseeded American Alexander Domijan in the second qualifying round of Charlottesville Challenger 2011.
The players duelled for one hour and twenty nine minutes on indoor hard courts of the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Virginia and emerging victorious was the third seeded Briton in straight sets of 7-6(3), 6-2 on Sunday
the 30th of October 2011.
Although it took Alex a minute effort to clog the opening set, he eventually managed to do so by clinching the tiebreaker. Even though he had only targeted 54 percent of his first serves, he managed to achieve a walloping 89 percent
of his first serve points won.
Moreover, he had a strong defence which assisted him in attaining a 64 percent of his second return points won. Alex had a laser precision and had committed zero double faults. In addition, he managed to save two out of the three
breakpoints on his serve and had benefitted from a breakpoint.
The primary round of the match was opened by Alex and he reeled off two successive games against his opponent to place himself on the scoreboard with a mini lead of 2-0. However, in the next two games Domijan made a comeback by
breaking Alex in the third game and then held his serve in the fourth to completely finish the deficit and tie the score at 2-2.
In the fifth and the sixth game the players broke each other back-to-back and once more tied the score at 3-3 by the end of the sixth game. This time it was Domijan, who took the lead by squandering off two consecutive games against
his adversary by benefitting from a breakpoint and with a hold of serve. However, Alex was not going to let his adversary capitalize on the lead and quickly broke back immediately in the next game and with a hold of serve finished the deficit at 4-4 by the
end of the eighth game.
By the end of the tenth game, the players won on their respective scores and gain levelled the score at 5-5. During the last two games, the players broke each other one after the other and pushed the set into a tiebreaker at the
end of the twelfth game.
The toe-to-toe run between the two challengers lost the zeal amidst the tiebreaker and although Alex took the lead, Domijan managed to tie the score at two points each. However, from there onwards Alex breezed past his adversary
and clinched the tiebreaker at 7-3 and was now one up in the match.
Amidst the second set, Alex reeled off three continuous games to take a lead of 3-0 on the scoreboard. In subsequent four games, the players then held their respective serves but Alex was still leading the score board at 4-2. In
the last two games, the Briton held his serve and then benefitted from a break to seal his victory of the set and the match.
Next up for Alex in the final qualifying round of the event is wildcard entrant Jamere Jenkins, who is also his countryman.
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