Luke Saville trounces Matteo Donati to enter quarters – Roland Garros Boys’ Singles 2012
Top seed, Luke Saville, dumped the Italian challenger, Matteo Donati, in straight sets at the Boys’ Singles French Open 2012 on Tuesday. He clobbered a 6-4, 6-3 victory against the 17-year-old to cruise into the final eight at this second Grand Slam event of the season taking place in Paris.
The Aussie rising star lost his serve once but broke his opponent’s serve three times to pocket the match. After earning success in one hour and 22 minutes, Saville assertively secured a place in the quarter-finals at this clay court event.
Saville convincingly entered the Court number Three and held his opening serve to take the initial lead. He continued displaying tremendous skills and plucked his remaining serves until he drew the first blood in the eighth game. Despite squandering his edge in the very next game, the Aussie capitalised on another break opportunity and clicked the opener with a 6-4 win. He amazingly brushed off seven out of eight breakpoints he faced and converted two out of 10 break opportunities to his advantage.
Ranked 591st in the South African Airways ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour Rankings, Saville kept momentum rolling into the follow-up set. He swiped his entire serves without facing any hindrance and got the breakthrough in the sixth game to pull out the set with a 6-3 score line. Saville spilled fewer errors and sought five break chances in this set.
Overall, the high-spirited Aussie produced a slightly lower first serve share of 71 per cent as compared to his rival’s 72 per cent and amazingly availed 33 out of 46 points on it.
Next up for Saville is the 11th seed, Adam Pavlasek, who tumbled over America’s Spencer Papa in straight sets to set up this meeting.
The fifth seed, Filip Peliwo from Canada, also stole the limelight later that day. He nudged up a 7-6(4), 6-4 victory against the Japanese contender, Yoshihito Nishioka, in one hour and 43 minutes. The Canadian lost his serve four times but amazingly availed five out of nine break chances, eventually ruling the match in their first encounter.
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