Leonardo Mayer ousts Lukasz Kubot in opening round – US Open 2012
Argentinean star, Leonardo Mayer, tumbled the Polish challenger, Lukasz Kubot, in straight sets at the US Open 2012 on Wednesday. He penned down a 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory against the 30-year-old to power into the second round at the USTA Billie Jean King National
Tennis Center in Corona Park, United States.
The Argentinean challenger displayed brilliant abilities to overpower Kubot in two hours and 39 minutes at this last of the four Grand Slam events. The players last met each other at the San Luis Potosi Challenger and after earning this fame, Mayer maintained
his winning record and advanced into the round of 64.
Mayer made a strong entry at court number 14 of this major hard court event. He drew the first blood in the fifth game and took a 3-2 lead. Despite squandering his edge in the very next game, the Argentine broke his opponent’s serve once more in seventh
game and eventually clinched the opener with a 6-4 score line.
Ranked 63rd in the South African Airways ATP world Tour Rankings, Mayer lost his path towards the follow-up set. He suffered the first blow in the fourth game and fell at 1-4. However, the Argentine blasted massive forehands after that and reeled
off five games in a row. He capitalised on two out of five break chances to seal the set by winning six games to four.
The 25-year-old kept momentum floating in the third set. He swiftly bagged his entire serves without facing any barriers. Mayer cashed in the lone break chance in the 11th game and consequently clicked the set with a 7-5 win.
On the whole, Mayer hammered nine aces and finished the match with 104 points. He clobbered a lower first serve share of 53 per cent as opposed to his rival’s 61 per cent but impressively availed 47 out of 89 points on it.
Next up for Mayer is the Spanish star, Tommy Robredo, who devastated the 26th seed, Andreas Seppi, with a breadstick to set up this clash. The Spaniard quickly swiped his entire serves with conviction and capitalised on five out of seven break
chances to record the victory.
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