Lukas Rosol outshines Carlos Berlocq in opening round – French Open 2012
Czech Republic’s Lukas Rosol trashed the Argentinean veteran, Carlos Berlocq, in a four-set mouth-watering match at the Roland Garros 2012 on Tuesday. He summed up a 6-4, 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-2 success against the world number 37 to reach the second round at this second of the four Grand Slam events held in Paris, France.
The 26-year-old stayed solid throughout the battle and eventually carved out the victory in their second meeting. After earning this success, Rosol not only avenged his defeat at the qualifying competition of this prestigious event two years ago and booked a place in the round of 64.
Rosol thundered into the Court number five and drew the first blood in the opening game to take the upper hand. He swiped in his entire serves without facing any breakpoint and cashed in one out of the five break chances to pull out the opener with a 6-4 score line.
The 26-year-old lost his path towards the second set and gifted away his serve in the second game to fall at 0-2. However, he quickly counterattacked and went on a four-game rampage. Apart from levelling the scores again at 5-5, Rosol got the breakthrough in the 11th game and clicked the set by winning seven games to five.
The 29-year-old lost his serve in the opening game of the third set and was trailing at 4-5 when he rebounded. He got the coveted break in the 10th game and later exchanged a serve break to impose a tie-breaker. Berlocq edged past his rival in it and clinched the set with a 7-6(6) score line.
Ranked 78th in the South African Airways ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour Rankings, Rosol sought his momentum again in the fourth set. He lost his serve in the third game but broke Berlocq’s serve twice to jump to a 4-1 lead. The Czech held his remaining serves and capitalised on another break chance in the last game to pocket the set with a 6-2 win.
Up next for the Czech is the 13th seed, Juan Monaco, who triumphed over the local wildcard entrant, Guillaume Rufin, in four sets to set-up this battle.
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