Jaan-Frederik Brunken edges past Andrei Daescu in the qualifiers – 2012 Men’s Rimouski Challenger
Qualifying fourth seed, Jaan-Frederik Brunken brushed off early resistance to outrun the Romanian contestant, Andrei Daescu, in straight sets at the Challenger Banque Nationale De Rimouski 2012 on Sunday. He manifested a 7-6(9), 6-3 score line against the
23-year-old to advance into the final qualifying round at this ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Challenger Tour event taking place in Rimouski.
Brunken dominated in the tie-breaker of the opening set and prevailed in the end of the second set to pull out the match in straight sets in their first meeting. He broke the Romanian’s serve three times and required an hour and 59-minute battle to oust
his Daescu, ranked 685th in the South African Airways ATP World Tour Rankings.
The world number 478, Brunken, entered the Canadian hard courts with poise and got the desiderated break in the fifth game to put his nose ahead for the first time in the match. Regardless of squandering his lead in the tenth game, he remained focused in
the match and held remaining serves to impose a tie-breaker. The German dumped his opponent in a hard-fought battle in it and clinched the opener with a 7-6(9) score line.
The 21-year-old kept momentum sailing into follow-up set and held his serve in the opening game to take the initial edge. Brunken then held his serves until he got the critical break in the sixth game and extended his lead to 4-2. Despite losing his serve
in the very next game, the German capitalised on another break chance in the eighth game and pocketed the set by winning six games to three.
Overall, the German challenger formulated a better first serve share of 70 per cent as opposed to the Romanian’s 57 per cent and took full advantage of the several unforced errors his opponent committed. He smashed a lower number of aces but covered it up
by converting three out of five break opportunities to his advantage.
The second seed, Clement Reix, also stole the show later that day. The French saved five out of seven breakpoints he encountered and cashed in six out of 14 break chances to bag the match.
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