Eduardo Schwank battles past Pavol Cervenak in first round – BVA Open 2011 CH
Argentine Eduardo Schwank locked horns with the Slovakian, Pavol Cervenak, in the first round of the BVA Open Challenger Tournament, contested in France, on Monday October 24th. The first meeting between the two ended
up with a straight set victory for the 25-year-old Argentine who clinched the match in an hour and forty-seven minutes with a score of 7-6(11), 6-1.
24-year-old, Cervenak, had lost three of his last nine encounters whilst his opponent had lost just two. So, both players were in terrific form and were up for a contest. A slight miss-match provided the superior rank of the Argentine
but provided that his opponent has reached advanced round of the challengers played by him so no one could write-off his chances.
First set was epic as it went to a tie-breaker. Everyone was expecting a close contest and they got it. It was just a matter of keeping his head cool and calming his nerves and the Slovakian could have clinched the first set and
put his opponent on the back foot but the Argentine was much more experienced and was in these kinds of situations a lot of times in his career; so he knew the traits of dealing with pressure situations.
Four aces were struck in the first set; three from the loser and one from the winner. The match was equally poised after the first twelve games and it could have gone either way. The cool headed professional forced his opponent
to commit double fault at that stage and that lead to his failure in the first set.
Both players registered an impressive first serve success rate but the Slovakian was poor with his second serve and only won 33% points from that whilst his opponent was really good in that department as well. Schwank won three
breakpoints and all at crucial stages whilst his opponent could only win just one. This was another factor that forced the set into the tie-breaker; otherwise Cervenak could have won it with ease.
The second set also featured four aces but this time it was the winner who struck three of them. He totally dominated the set and didn’t allow any more chances to his opponent to even come closer in making any sort of impact in
the second set. He registered an exciting 83% first serve success rate and 67% second serve success rate.
Three breaks from the winner were enough to hammer his opponent and clinch the match. Cervenak was really disappointing in the second set and couldn’t settle in the scenario and kept on losing games on his serves.
The victory in this match draws Schwank with the fourth seeded Portuguese star, Frederico Gil.
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