Alex Bogomolov Jr. wins over Flavio Cipolla in final qualifier – Western & Southern Open 2011
Winning his way through the final qualifier round on Sunday, 14th August, Alex Bogomolov Jr. made it to the main draws of the Cincinnati Open 2011 ousting Flavio Cipolla, Italy, in straight sets. The ATP Masters 1000 event qualifier was played at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre, Ohio hard-court circuit. Bogomolov ended the match effortlessly in less than 64 minutes winning 6-3 and a bagel.
Born in Russian, Bogomolov has been up and inform playing on hard courts. His previous 10 matches have been on hard court giving him a better view of the Cincinnati circuit. Ranked at world No.50, the American, though has been in exceptional form, still had to clear the qualifier round to make it to the main draws.
On the other hand, the Italian stallion, Cipolla took another defeat home losing his chance into the Cincinnati Open 2011. The 27-year-old is currently ranked as world No.107. Cipolla has not been much of an impresser. His ranking has been static; however, if the Italian goes on playing the clay court tournaments, he might pull up in the rankings.
Kicking off with the match, Bogomolov served to open the first set. As the American rolled the score card in game 1, Cipolla levelled the scores saving a breakpoint and was on level terms for the first time, 1-1. The two served and won respectively levelling the scores at 2-2, 3-3 and then on 4-4.
Cipolla slipped a breakpoint sending the American in lead winning game 8. The 28-year-old Russian took the advantage and no time in finishing off the first set with a 6-4 win to lead the match 1-0. Bogomolov nicked away 20 service points and 11 returners totalling 31 points to his first set win.
Although Bogomolov had an easy win in the first set, he was yet not happy with the score. Cipolla started off set 2 serving first and was immediately put into misery. Winning a breakpoint of the opening serve, the American world No.50 took away back-to back games, winning breakpoints in game 3 and 5 and finally taking away the set and the match with a mesmerizing score, 6-3, 6-0.
The Italian hardly won any points in the second set. Bogomolov dissipated the 27-year-old winning 6 straight games, 12 service points and 12 returners totalling 24 to his set win. The second set points added to the 31 in the first totalling 55 overall in the match.
The 28-year-old now sits in the main draw of the Cincinnati Open 2011. Bogomolov has been successful in most of his past 10 matches played on hard court. This will surely give a competitive advantage to the American’s run in the Masters 1000 event starting on Monday, 15th August.
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