Filip Peliwo devastates Yoshihito Nishioka to enter final round – US Open Boys’ Singles 2012
Second seed, Filip Peliwo from Canada, crushed the Japanese challenger, Yoshihito Nishioka, with a bagel at the Boys’ Singles event of US Open 2012 on Saturday. He nudged up a 6-4, 6-0 victory against the 16-year-old to power into the final showdown at this
major hard court event taking place in Corona Park, New York City.
The seeded Canadian reeled off last nine games consecutively to pull out the victory for the third time this circuit. Peliwo recorded straight set victories at the Wimbledon Championships and the Roland Garros against the Japanese and after stealing the
spotlight, he not only maintained his winning streak but also booked a spot in the title-round.
The 18-year-old thundered into the USTA Billie Jean Jing National Tennis Center. He drew the first blood in the opening game to jump to a 2-0 lead. Regardless of losing his edge in the sixth game, Peliwo remained calm and bagged his remaining serves. He
got the breakthrough in the ninth game and clinched the opener with a 6-4 win. The Canadian amazingly brushed off four out of five breakpoints he came across and cashed in both break chances to dominate the opening set.
Ranked 609th in the South African Airways ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour Rankings, Peliwo went out of control in the proceeding set. He went on a six-game tear and clinched the set with a bagel. The Canadian plucked his entire
serves without encountering any real challenge and availed all three break opportunities to steal the show.
On the whole, Peliwo spilled more double faults and jolted down a slightly lower first serve share of 56 per cent as opposed to the Japanese’s 57 per cent. However, he impressively marked 21 out of 32 points on it and sealed the match with 59 points.
Peliwo will square off against the 13th seed, Liam Broady form Great Britain. He slew the eighth seed, Kaichi Uchida, with double breadsticks to set up this battle. The British starlet swiped his entire serves with conviction and capitalised on
five out of nine break chances to manipulate a 6-1, 6-1 success.
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