Llodra/Zimonjic, Mirnyi/Nestor advance to the quarterfinals – French Open 2011
Michael Llodra/Nenad Zimonjic beat Frantisek Cermak/Filip Polasek 6-3, 6-2
French/Serbian team of Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic thrashed Czech/Slovakian pair of Frantisek Cermak and Filip Polasek in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 in the third round of French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday. It took
the French/Serbian team only an hour and one minute to oust their opponents.
Llodra and Zimonjic needed a single break of serve in the first set to clinch it 6-3. The French/Serbian pair fired four aces and 83 percent of the first serves, bagging 72 percent of the points on them in the first set. The left
and right hand combination converted one of the two break points and saved the only break point they faced on their own serve in the opening set.
The French/Serbian team bulldozed their opponents in the second set, breaking Cermak and Polasek in the third and fifth game to win the set 6-2. Llodra and Zimonjic delivered three aces but their first serve percentage dropped
severely as they hit a meagre 37 percent of the first serves. However, the fifth ranked team amazingly converted 100 percent of the first serves into points in the second set. The French/Serbian team won 50 percent of the receiving points in the second set.
The fourth seeds capitalised on both break point opportunities they created in the second set.
Llodra and Zimonjic will face Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram of USA in the quarterfinals.
Max Mirnyi/Daniel Nestor defeat Christopher Kas/Alexander Peya 6-3, 6-4
Belarusian/Canadian pair of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor knocked out German/Austrian team of Christopher Kas/Alexander Peya in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals. The match lasted for just an hour and sixteen minutes.
Mirnyi and Nestor broke Kas and Peya in the fourth game of the opening set and held their next service game, taking a 4-1 lead. The Belarusian/Canadian pair served out the set at 5-3. The second seeds hit three aces and kept their
first serve percentage at 60 percent, sealing 78 percent of the points on them. In comparison, Kas and Peya served better as they fired four aces and 71 percent of the first serves, claiming 80 percent of the points on them in the first set.
With winning momentum on their side, Mirnyi and Nestor broke the German/Austrian pair in the opening game of the second set and consolidated on the single break of serve, winning the second set 6-4. The Belarusian/Canadian duo
converted 44 percent of the service returns into points in the second set. The third ranked team clinched one of the two break points they received in the second set.
Mirnyi and Nestor will meet Swedish/Romanian pair of Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in the quarterfinals.
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