Arantxa Rus dominates Michelle Larcher De Brito in the second round qualifiers – Brussels Open 2012
Seeded at number two in the qualifying draw, the Dutch contender, Arantxa Rus, devastated the Portuguese teenager, Michelle Larcher De Brito, in the second round clash on Sunday. The 97th ranked Dutch took barely 64 minutes to wrap up victory with double breadstick, 6-1, 6-1, marching into the qualifying competition of the Brussels Open with authority.
These two contenders had earlier faced each other on three occurrences and Rus was leading 2-1 prior to their Sunday’s encounter. The Dutch second seed literally had no real difficulties in disposing of the bleak Portuguese opponent in straight sets. She got hold of the momentum right from the game one and went on with her rampage throughout the both sets to register a thumping win on the clay courts of Brussels.
It was a completely one-sided affair, with Rus dominating every second of it. She outplayed De Brito in every segment of the game and cruised through the sets with commanding ease to come out as the deserving winner. Rus kept the games short and professional, nailing break points on regular occasions and backing up her game play with solid baseline defence. She fired six thudding aces and clinched 16 out of 25 first serve points en route to victory.
On the other hand, De Brito, could barely win two games in the entire matchup and they came from her two break points. The Portuguese utterly failed to hold her serve even in a single game in the whole contest and suffered a total of seven break points from the belligerent Dutch opponent to cash out of the tournament qualifiers in dismay. A total of 98 points were played in the matchup, with Rus winning 61 out of them and De Brito lagging far behind at merely 37 points.
Up next for Rus is the eighth seeded Argentine contender, Paula Ormaechea, in the qualifying competition of the Brussels Open. The Argentine starlet had to go through some tough channels before defeating the American opponent, Bethanie Mattek-Sands in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, in the second round qualifiers on Sunday. She will meet Rus on Monday for a spot in the main draw of the tournament.
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