Joris De Loore drowns Sean Berman to reach Boys’ Singles quarterfinal – Wimbledon Championships 2011
Belgian domination continued in the Boys’ singles at the Wimbledon Championships, with Joris De Loore winning his third round encounter against Sean Berman of the United States on Wednesday afternoon.
The contest was played on Court 6 of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, with Loore qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam event after a stiff fight with the American.
The competition appeared pretty one sided at the start but it gathered up pace in the later parts, ending with a nail biting finish. The Belgian took hold of the game by bagging the opening set early and it looked as if he will
cruise through the next set with ease to dispose of Berman. The American hung in the second set for 48 minutes, giving some real tough time to Loore but eventually fell in the tie breaker round to end his voyage at the Wimbledon Championships.
Despite of a below par first serve of merely 52 per cent, Loore secured 33 out of 38 first serve points and cracked in 16 thudding aces en route to victory. Only one serve break was seen in the entire contest and it came from the
Belgian in the opening set of the matchup. Berman had four break opportunities on four different occasions in the match but his errant stroke play never allowed him to cash in even a single one of them.
Both boys conceded 25 unforced errors each in the contest but Loore compensated for it by belting 35 winners, with Berman following him with only 23 winners. The Belgian made frequent forays to the net to fire some elegant cross-court
winners to put his opponent under pressure. 14 out of 21 times Loore was successful in his net approaches, continuing with his aggressive style of play against the bleak American opponent.
Both players remained tentative at the beginning of the opener but Loore finally made the first move in the fifth game to register the only serve break of the match. After bagging the opening set 6-4, the Belgian faced some serious
resistance from his opponent in the following set. Berman held his serve in all games to drag the game in to a tie breaker round but failed to sustain the momentum and eventually submitted the match to Loore at 6-7(3).
The Belgian will take on the 16th seed Australian, Luke Saville, in the quarter-final of the tournament to get a place in the final four.
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