Lukas Rosol downs Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the opening round – Heineken Open 2012
World number 74, Lukas Rosol, trashed the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, ranked nine spots above him in the South African Airways ATP World Tour Rankings, in straight sets at the Heineken Open 2012 on Tuesday. He clobbered a 6-2,
6-4 success over the Barcelona native to advance into the second round at this 37th edition of the event.
The 26-year-old Czech quickly bagged in his opening round match and stayed on course to bid his maiden ATP career title. Battling each other for the first time, Rosol took one hour and 14 minutes to crush the Spaniard and took
lead in their head-to-head series by 1-0.
Rosol went berserk in the opening set and unleashed barrage of forehands and backhands to reel off first five games in a row. Despite losing his serve in the sixth game, he maintained his intensity and kept his serve in the last
game, sealing the opener by winning six games to two.
The Czech kept momentum running into the following set and held his opening serve to tie the scores at 1-1. He drew the first blood in the fifth game and put his nose ahead for the first time in this set. Regardless of levelling
the scores at 4-4, Rosol broke the Spaniard’s serve again in the following game and later kept his serve to clinch the set with a 6-4 score line.
Summing up the performance of the Prerov resident, Rosol produced a lower first serve share of 58 percent as opposed to Ramos’ 67 percent but he clinched 28 out of 37 points on it. He brushed off six out of eight breakpoints he
came across and cashed five out of six break chances. The Czech further mustered the match by smashing five aces.
Next up for the highly positive Czech is the top seeded Spaniard, David Ferrer, who received a first round bye after being a top four player of the tournament.
Later that day in an All-American clash, Ryan Harrison eased past Sam Querrey in straight sets to advance into the second round. 19-year-old required one hour and nine minutes and broke Querrey’s serve three times to triumph.
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