Evgeny Donskoy pins Adrien Bossel in the first round – Geneva Open 2012 CH
Ranked 127th in the ATP World Tour Rankings, Evgeny Donskoy, outmuscled the local competitor, Adrien Bossel, in the first round of the Geneva Challenger 2012 on Tuesday. The Russian professional jolted down his straight
sets win, 7-6(1), 7-6(3), at the indoor hard courts of GreenSet GrandPrix, Switzerland.
The 25-year-old, Swiss participant, held his initial serve in the opening set and despite of his lower rank, he confidently drew the first blood. Immediately, Donskoy thundered in retaliation and brought down the scores to 2-all
in the fourth game. However, the Swiss senior jumped forward, squaring down the score sheet after every alternate game until and dragged the set into a tie-break with a 6-6 score. In the tie-breaker round, the Russian professional sustained his poise and proved
absolutely ballistic by finishing the set with 7-6(1).
6ft 1in tall Donskoy bombarded six aces onto his challenger and attained 66 percent first serve accuracy. He stole 22 of 25 first and seven of 13 second serve points. The right-hander Swiss participant double faulted three times
with 52 percent first serve with 17 of 22 first and 11 of 20 second delivery points. None of the two capitalized on a single break chance against their opponents.
In the second set, the right-hander Russian contender held his lead by grabbing the initial two games and marked a 2-0 lead. The Swiss professional responded by cashing his only lone break opportunity in the third game and stamped
a 2-1 lead. Both the competitors battled hard against one another and evened out the scores, brushing each other away. Eventually, Donskoy terminated the set with a 7-6(3) after a tough tiebreaker round.
The world number 348, Bossel, fired five aces and double faulted twice. He belted a relatively lower initial serve precision of 48 percent, with 17 of 21 first and 10 of 23 second serve points. The two rivals secured the same serve
break opportunities. The Russian junior attained 65 percent initial serve with 20 of 24 first and seven of 13 second delivery points.
In the round two, the 22-year-old Russian will contest against the Frenchman, Marc Gicquel.
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