Andre Begemann vs Tobias Kamke – Quarterfinal Preview: Loughborough Challenger 2011
The quarterfinal of the men’s singles competition at the 2011 AEGON Loughborough Challenger will continue on November 11, 2011. Andre Begemann (Germany) will play against compatriot Tobias Kamke.
Keeping in mind the two competitors for the quarterfinals, it would be the 25-year old Kamke having an upper hand in the match. Kamke has won 100 matches in the ATP circuit and lost 84. On the other hand, Begemann has won 39 matches
and lost 43.
While playing on hard courts, it is Kamke who has a win/loss ratio of 50/38 on hard courts while Begemann has a win/loss ratio of 18/16.
Kamke, ranked at number 108th in the world, won the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby and the 2010 Royal Bank of Scotland Challenger.
His opponent, Begemann, ranked at 230th place in the world, has not won any Challenger title in his career. Kamke can use his past Challenger final experience to gain an edge over Begemann in this tournament.
In the first round of the 2011 AEGON Loughborough Challenger, Begemann defeated Timo Nieminen (Finland) 6-3, 7-5, 6-2. In the second round, he defeated Grega Zemlja (Slovenia) 7-6 (6), 6-4. He proved he can win matches with dominance
and that is what he would be proving against Kamke at the quarterfinals.
On the other hand, Kamke is also having a good tournament as far as his performance is concerned. In the first round of the tournament, he defeated Fabrice Martin (France) in straight sets, 6-0. 6-2. In the second round matches,
he beat Conor Niland (Ireland) 3-6, 6-0, 6-0.
Where Begemann has clinched victories when sets went into tiebreakers, on the other hand, Kamke has won matches with huge margins. Kamke can very much do the same when he would play against Begemann. He would try to create a lead
in the first set, which would put Begemann under pressure.
Begemann, on the other hand, would want to do the same but he would be sort of an underdog in this match, because Kamke is more experienced than Begemann.
It is observed that Begemann has won matches in this tournament which were tiebreakers or when his opponents were closing in on him by winning games. If Kamke does not break his serves, then Begemann can take the set into a tiebreaker
or can impose his lead over Kamke. However, Kamke should be looking to restrict Begemann to a few games in each set in order to create a decisive lead for himself.
Both players will give their best shot to enter the semi finals of the tournament and neither of them can be ruled out as a weaker player. If Kamke has played more ATP matches than Begemann can also create hurdles for his opponent
for he has played a decent game in the ongoing tournament.
Tags: