Denys Molchanov crushes Ivo Klec in opening round – Siberia Cup 2012 CH
Ukrainian contender, Denys Molchanov, devastated the Slovakian challenger, Ivo Klec, with a bagel at the Siberia Cup 2012 on Monday. He juggled up a 6-2, 6-0 victory against the 31-year-old to power into the second round at this ATP (Association of Tennis
Professionals) Challenger Tour event taking place in Tyumen, Russia.
The Moldavian-born Molchanov reeled off last seven games in a row to carve out the victory in straight sets against Klec. After earning the fame in 46 minutes, Molchanov comfortably progressed into the round of 16 on these Russian hard courts.
Molchanov made a powerful entry at this indoor hard court tournament taking place from 19th to 25th November. He drew the first blood in the opening game and jumped to a 2-0 lead. The Ukrainian then capitalised on another break chance
in the fifth game and leaped to a 5-1 lead. He plucked his serve once again and clinched the opener with a 6-2 score line. Molchanov bagged his entire serves without facing any hindrance and availed two out of four break chances to prevail.
Ranked 281st in the South African Airways ATP World Tour Rankings, Molchanov went out of control in the following set. He unleashed barrage of powerful groundstrokes and winded up six games consecutively. The Ukrainian was never threatened with
any breakpoint and converted three out of four break chances to his advantage.
The Kiev resident struck nine aces and regardless of clobbering a lower first serve share of 63 per cent as compared to his rival’s 71 per cent, he clinched a perfect win on it. He also sought eight break chances and ended the match with 57 points.
Molchanov will square off against the winner of the match between Belarus’ Dzmitry Zhyrmont and his seventh seeded compatriot, Oleksandr Nedovyesov.
The local challenger, Konstantin Kravchuk, will accompany Molchanov in the following round. He required a single break of serve in each set to carve out the victory against Poland’s Grzegorz Panfil. The Russian dusted away all four breakpoints he came across
and cashed both break chances to formulate a 6-4, 6-4 score line in one hour and 21 minutes.
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