Atlanta Tennis championship: Robby Ginepri cruises into the fourth round
Robby Ginepri had a striking run at the Grand Slam French Open championship when he knocked down Juan Carlos Ferrero as well as Sam Querrey in order to make his way into the round number four of the competition. Ginepri has been progressing continuously and has shocked the entire tennis world with his destructive style of the game.
Ginepri registered a win at the Atlanta Tennis tournament after knocking down the Australian contender Nick Lindhal 7-6(4), 6-2 last Tuesday. Ginepri triumphed in the first championship of the North American Summer previous season at Indianapolis, however then concluded with a 1-5 year record towards the conclusion of the championship.
Ginepri had a different view while contesting on the home surface.
“It was a bit stressful at first,” commented Ginepri. “I had almost all of my buddies along with my entire family here that never actually got an opportunity of watching me live however I was pretty relaxed when I came back with three all. It’s hard out there, the atmosphere is certainly quite hot and I feel that I was lucky enough that I managed the straight sets”.
Ginepri will now meet his compatriot fellow Mardy Fish in his next clash. In an interview, Ginepri commented that he will be looking ahead to face old buddy Fish as both of the players are completely aware with clear information about each others' style of play.
“It’s definitely going to be hard. Both of us are fully aware of each other’s style inside and out. He has been performing quite good, reaching to the finals at Queen’s as well as triumphing in the Newport. In spite of the fact that both of the players are on grass, he has showed a lot of courage and performed pretty well during the round number one here. So, it is undoubtedly going to be a hard call. He has got a huge serve moreover the man is playing better than ever before.”
In another exciting contest, two of the most exciting American players James Blake as well as Taylor Dent battled against each other in a nail biting match of three hard sets.
Taylor Dent then broke down Blake with a match score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in a time period of one hundred and eleven minutes. Dent experienced a lot of difficulties in concluding the match in the set number three as he missed his serve and had to smash back Blake's serve in order to grab the lead and triumph in the clash.
Taylor served a total of fourteen double faults however managed heavy serves at significant points to win his serve. “The pace is never a problem,” Dent commented.
“I can go with exactly the same speed in seventy percent of my consecutive matches with the same perfection. Andy Roddick’s serve is also superb just because he believes in himself. He smashes them very high; however the man hits the target on majority of the occasions. This is the area where I have worked extremely hard over the past. I am not sure whether ill be successful in my struggle or not however I will keep on trying”.
Taylor Dent is also looking to work on the accuracy as well as consistency issues in order to register an outstanding performance at this season’s Atlanta tournament.
As far as some other matches are concerned, Kevin Anderson, a South African tennis player knocked down Janko Tipsarevic6-3, 7-5 in their encounter at the Atlanta championship. Belgian Xavier Malise on the other hand, returned from an injury break to register a victory over American tennis ace Ryan Sweeting with a final match score as 7-6(1), 6-3. “I have sweet recollections here with the championship,” said Malisse. “It feels good to return to a spot where you contested in finals and it has always been a superb championship so I am happy that it is once again back”.
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