Karol Beck, Kevin Krawietz win first round matches – Eckental Challenger 2011
On October 31, 2011, the first round match of the men’s singles round of the 2011 Eckental Challenger contested in Eckental, Germany, featured Karol Beck (Slovakia) playing against Michal Przysiezny (Poland). 29-year old Beck won
the match in straight sets against 27-year old Przysiezny, 6-2, 6-3.
The Slovakian, ranked at 100th spot in the world, did not give his 165th ranked opponent any room to take any sort of lead in the match. In the first set, the Polish player was on the front foot, with four
aces as compared to two delivered by Beck, who was leading the set but it was the Slovakian who extended the first set lead with defensive shots.
Przysiezny also had a 47% first serve success rate as compared to Beck’s 42%, which showed that the Slovakian was not taking any risk in delivering aces fearing he might give points to his opponents. Beck won the first set 6-2.
In the second set, the Polish player losing the first set was trying to make a comeback by winning the second set. He scored five aces, three higher than his Slovakian opponent, who did not concede any double fault. Beck was playing
sensibly in the second set for he saved both of his break points while the Polish player was unable to save any of his two break points.
In another match, Kevin Krawietz (Germany) faced Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) in an exciting match. Sijsling gave tough time to Krawietz as both sets entered into tiebreakers, however, it was the German who won the match 7-6 (7),
7-6(5). In the first set, Sijsling was able to save one of his two break points but the German was unable to save the only breakpoint he faced.
The Dutch delivered nine aces in the first set but his eagerness to win the set also forced him to undertake four double faults. Krawietz, on the other hand, delivered only five aces and his double faults were two less than Beck.
The German, ranked at 357th spot, was playing his shots with precision as he attempted not to make any errors.
The first set entered into a tiebreaker which the German won 7-6(7). In the second set, the 145thranked Sijsling delivered nine aces and looked in form to capture the set. He also did a double fault only once, which
was a point of concern for the German as he could have lost the match because of the decent run displayed by the 24-year old Dutch.
Krawietz could not win any of the two break points but Sijsling won three out of his five break points. The Dutch had an upper hand in the match and he could have won it, for he did send both the sets into a tiebreaker. The German
was playing premeditated shots that earned him a win in the first round match.
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