Erik Chvojka defeats Frederik Nielsen in 1st round – Charlottesville Challenger 2011
Unseeded Canadian Erik Chvojka surged past unseeded Danish Frederik Nielsen in the first round of the Charlottesville Challenger 2011.
The two had duelled swords for two hours and five minutes on indoor hard courts of the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Virginia. Emerging victorious was Chvojka after bouncing back from a set down to score 4-6, 6-3,
6-4 on Tuesday the 1st of November 2011.
After winning the service toss Nielsen had decided to go first and he successfully held his service game to open the scoreboard at 1-0. Following in his footsteps was Chvojka and he too held his service game to place himself on
the scoreboard at 1-1. In the following two games the players held their respective serves and the score tied at 2-2.
During the third and the fourth game the players traded in breaks and once more the score tied at 3-3. The players kept matching a blow for a blow and the score tied for the one last time at 4-4. In the last two games Chvojka struck
a pot of gold as his adversary double faulted and endorsed a crucial game. Nevertheless, as the Canadian held his serve for the last time, he bagged the set and was now one up in the match.
Following his loss, Chvojka pulled his socks up and served for the second set. However, he got off to a bad start as he was unable to hold his serve but managed to make a return in the following game by breaking back. As the players
exchanged breaks, the score had tied at 1-1. In subsequent two games, the players once more won on alternate games and shifted the score to 2-2 by the end of the fourth game.
In the fifth game, Chvojka held his serve and then broke his adversary in the sixth to take a mini lead of 4-2 on the scoreboard. During the last three games, the players held their own and in doing so; Chvojka had clogged the
set with a 6-3 victory.
Nielsen initiated the decisive set and once more the players held their serve to place themselves at 1-1 on the scoreboard. In the next two games, they again tied the score with a hold of serve and by the end of the fourth game
the score had levelled at 2-2.
The players matched an eye for an eye and the toe-to-toe run carried well into the set. As the two challengers kept holding their serves, they tied the score at 3-3 by the end of the sixth game and finally at 4-4 at the end of
the eighth game. During the eleventh game Chvojka held his serve. Serve switched and as Nielsen came under pressure, he double faulted on his serve, endorsing the last game to the Canadian.
The Canadian had bagged the set and the match. Moreover, he reserved a spot in the second round of the tournament.
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