Bradley Klahn oust Florent Serra in qualifiers – US Open 2012
Local wild card entrant, Bradley Klahn, stunned the qualifying ninth seed, Florent Serra, in straight sets at the US Open 2012 on Friday. He nudged up a 6-4, 6-4 victory against the French veteran to cruise into the main draw at this last of the four Grand
Slam events held in Queens in New York City, United States.
The crowd favourite displayed exceptional skills to upset the veteran in their first encounter. After recording the success in one hour and seven minutes, Klahn assertively entered the first round at this major hard court event held in Flushing Meadows.
Klahn needed half hour to pull out the opener with a 6-4 score line. He stepped into the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with poise. The American drew the first blood in the third game and jumped to a 3-1 lead. He held his remaining serves and
eventually inched towards the glory.
Ranked 489th in the South African Airways ATP World Tour Rankings, Klahn maintained his intensity in the very next game and got the desiderated break in the opening game to take the initial lead. He smoothly swiped his entire serves without facing
any breakpoint and eventually sealed the set by winning six games to four in 37 minutes.
Summing up the wild card’s performance, Klahn recorded a slightly better first serve share of 65 per cent as opposed to his rival’s 63 per cent but impressively availed 29 out of 35 points on it. He cashed in both break chances and smashed 20 winners to
carve out the victory.
The qualifying fourth seed, Lukas Rosol, face a bitter fate later that day. He suffered a 3-6, 3-6 loss against Argentina’s Guido Pella in one hour and seven minutes.
The Czech, who is responsible for the biggest upset at the Wimbledon Championships this season, squandered his both break opportunities in the opening set. In addition to this, he only warded off three out of four breakpoints he came across and eventually
endured a 3-6 loss in 34 minutes.
Rosol carried his dismal ways in the proceeding set. He committed six double faults and failed to seek any break chance. Adding further to his misery, the Czech only blocked two out of four breakpoints he came across and consequently lost the set with a
3-6 score line in 33 minutes.
The lower ranked challenger on the other hand assertively progressed into the main draw.
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