Go Soeda battles past Stephane Bohli into the main draw – PTT Thailand Open 2011
27-year-old Japanese veteran, Go Soeda, had to go through some tough times before he eventually overcame the seventh seeded Swiss competitor, Stephane Bohli, in the final round of qualies of the PTT Thailand Open on Monday afternoon.
The contest was played on the indoor hard courts of the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, with the second seeded Japanese winning to earn a place in the main rounds of the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour 250
event.
Soeda toiled for two hours and ten minutes to wrap up the three-set thriller at 6-4, 0-6, 7-5, disposing of the Swiss opponent from the qualifying draws of the tournament. The Japanese had a brilliant serve game in the competition,
delivering 85 per cent on target and reeling off 44 out of 77 first serve points to come out as the winner in the end. His Swiss opponent closely followed him with 43 points and nailed five serve breaks in the competition in reply to Soeda’s four break point
conversions.
Soeda was off to a magnificent start in the opener, breaking his opponent’s serve in the seventh game of the match to lead 5-3 in the set. Bohli failed to craft a single break point in the first set and let the Japanese one up
in the contest after dropping the opening set at 4-6.
The Swiss competitor made a tremendous recovery in the very next set, absolutely blowing away Soeda in the competition. Bohli broke the Japanese in his every single serve game of the second set to rocket away to 6-0, pocketing
the set in the most assertive manner. The seventh seeded Swiss dropped just three points on his serve and made his way right back in the game after seizing the second set with ease.
The final set also went to the wire, with the two contestants fighting desperately to stay alive in the competition. A trade of two serve breaks each took the scores to 6-5, with the Japanese leading but before Bohli could impose
a tie breaker round for the decision, Soeda nailed the most crucial serve break to wrap up victory at 7-5.
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