David Ferrer crushes Juan Martin Del Potro in the fourth round – Wimbledon Championships 2012
Spain’s fifth ranked player, David Ferrer, advanced to the last-eight stage for the first time at the All England Club after ousting former world number four, Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, in straight sets 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in
the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday.
Ferrer and Del Potro did not drop their serve in the first three games, taking the score to 2-1 in favour of the Spaniard. Ferrer grabbed his first breakthrough in the fourth one and maintained the advantage till the end to seal
it 6-3.
Both players held their serve in the opening four games of the second set to level the score at 2-2. There was some flawless performance by Ferrer afterwards, as he grabbed four in a row, striking in the fifth and seventh to capture
it 6-2.
Ferrer and Del Potro made a steady start in the third set, as they did not allow each other to claim a break in the first six games and equalised it at 3-3. The Spaniard took complete control of the proceedings later on, as he
won three consecutively and grabbed it 6-3.
The 30-year-old, Ferrer, pounded a total of four aces and 64 percent of the first serves in the match. The Valencia, Spain resident converted 37 of the 49 first and 21 of the 27 second deliveries into points. The right-hander’s
ground strokes were brilliant, as he banged 34 winners and made just eight unforced errors.
It took Ferrer one hour and 58 minutes to topple Del Potro in a pretty one sided clash.
The jubilant Spaniard said, talking to the reporters after the contest, “Today was one of my best matches [on a grass] court. But I'm not sure if is my best or not. At Wimbledon, there is a lot of wind. On [an] indoor court, [under
a] roof, it is easier for to play. The ball does not move and this is more comfortable for us.”
Ferrer will lock horns with the local favourite, Andy Murray, in the quarter-finals.
When asked to comment on Ferrer’s style of play, Murray said, "To me he's not a clay-court specialist. He won last week on grass [at the UNICEF Open in s-Hertogenbosch], so he's won, what, eight matches in a row on the grass. He's
been in the semi-finals of Australia, I think semi-finals of US Open, as well, and now he's starting to play better on grass.”
In their 10 previous encounters, Ferrer and Murray are tied 5-5 in the head to head series.
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