Bernard Tomic rallied past Igor Andreev; labours into the third round – Wimbledon Championships 2011
Australian qualifier, Bernard Tomic battled past Russian Igor Andreev in a five set enthusiastic match at Wimbledon Championships 2011, a major grass court tournament held in London, England. He made a surprise come back from two
sets down to win by a 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 score line to book a third round spot on Friday.
Ranked 158th in the South African Airways ATP World Tour rankings, Tomic took down Andreev, a former top twenty, in five set hard fought battle to secure a third round spot. After earning this success in the last of
the carried forward matches, the Aussie took lead in the head-to-head series by 1-0 against Andreev.
27-year-old Russian needed just one break of serve which he earned by converting one out of six breakpoint opportunities to his advantage to clinch the opener with a 6-4 win in thirty-two minutes. He faced zero breakpoint and regardless
of producing a slightly lower first serve share, Andreev earned a spectacular 80 percent win on it.
The Russian carried his winning ways into the second set and just required a single breakpoint which he duly converted to his advantage. In addition to this, he faced zero breakpoint and smoothly held entire serves to bag the second
set with a 7-5 score line in forty minutes.
18-year-old Aussie found his rhythm in the third set as he produced a much better first serve share of 73 percent as compared to Andreev’s 45 percent and hammered eight winners. He failed to save the only breakpoint faced but converted
both breakpoint chances to his advantage to win the consolation set with a 6-3 victory in twenty-seven minutes.
The teenager carried kept his spirit high in the fourth set where he kept his entire serves by saving both breakpoints conceded. He then converted one out of two breakpoint opportunities to pocket the set with a 6-4 score line.
Tomic raised the bar of his game in the decider as he clobbered a slightly higher first serve share but earned a perfect win on it. He then reeled off six games easily to Russian’s one and eared a breadstick in twenty-six minutes.
"He was just dominating me for the first two sets. I think I played too defensive," Tomic said. "Against a player like that who moves you around the court really well, that was a stupid tactic of mine. But then in the fourth set
and fifth set, I started to play a little more deeper and faster and that's something I picked up on in the third set where he made a few errors. He doesn't really like to be pushed.”
Up next for the Australian is the fifth seeded Swede Robin Soderling who also bounced back to win in a five set thriller against Tomic’s compatriot, Lleyton Hewitt.
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