Kevin Anderson downs Florent Serra to reach quarters – Citi Open 2012
South African number one, Kevin Anderson, got the better of the French qualifier, Florent Serra, in straight sets at the Citi Open 2012 on Thursday. He notched up a 6-4, 6-4 victory against the 31-year-old to charge into the quarter-finals at this Emirates
Airline US Open Series event held in Washington D.C., United States.
The third seed proved his class to outrun Serra in one hour and 21 minutes at this outdoor hard court tournament. The players previously battled each other in Delray Beach and after securing this victory, Anderson improved to a 2-0 lifetime in the FedEx
ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Head 2 Head series against the qualifier.
Anderson thundered into the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center. He drew the first blood in the opening game and took the initial lead. The South African dominated on his serves until he lost his track in the eighth game. However, he broke Serra’s serve
once more in the very next game and clicked the opener with a 6-4 win.
Ranked 34th in the South African Airways ATP World Tour Rankings, Anderson carried his rhythm in the follow-up set. He swiftly swiped his entire serves without encountering any trouble and capitalised on one out of four break chances in the ninth
game to bag the set with a 6-4 score line.
Summing up the South African’s performance in this duel, Anderson clobbered a lower first serve share of 58 per cent as compared to his rival’s 69 per cent but marked 28 out of 33 points on it. He also struck 12 ferocious aces and capitalised on three out
of seven break chances to earn the fame.
Up next for Anderson is the eighth seed, Sam Querrey, who stomped over Germany’s Benjamin Becker in straight sets to reach this spot.
The top seed, Mardy Fish, will accompany Anderson in the last eight. He trashed the Lithuanian wildcard entrant, Ricardas Berankis, with a breadstick in an hour-long marathon. Fish kept his entire serves after blocking both breakpoints he faced and cashed
in four out of five break chances to formulate a 6-3, 6-1 score line.
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