Luknarova/ Honcova breeze past Butkovska/ Schmiedlová in quarterfinals – Slovak Open 2011
Unseeded Slovak couple of Zuzana Luknarova with Michaela Honcova dominated wildcard entrants and compatriots Lucia Butkovska with Anna Schmiedlová in the quarterfinals of the Slovak Open 2011.
On Thursday the 17th of November 2011, on indoor hard courts of the Národné Tenisové Centrum, the two teams had taken up the gauntlet in Bratislava, Slovakia. After just fifty seven minutes the unseeded Slovak pair got rid of their wildcard compatriots in straight sets of 6-3, 6-3.
The first set of the match saw Luknarova/ Honcova throw an ace; the unseeded Slovak couple’s accuracy seemed to sway and they struck two double faults out of which one hit the net. They not only had a good return but a strong service game that assisted them in accomplishing 74 percent of their total service points won in the opening round.
Although, the match was close, the Slovakian wildcard entrants were unable to stick it out and even though, they didn’t smash a single ace, they managed to keep a geometric precision.
Moreover, the unseeded Slovak’s capitalized on a hundred percent of their breakpoints won and even skilfully managed to save all their breakpoints. However, Butkovska/ Schmiedlová were unable to win or save any breakpoints to their advantage during the initial round of the match.
Opting to serve first for the opening set was Luknarova/ Honcova and both the teams were able to hold on to their respective serves. At the end of the fourth game the score had tied at two games each as the teams once more held their respective serves.
Matching a blow for a blow, the score tied at three games each for the last time at the end of the sixth game. From there onwards, Luknarova/ Honcova rushed past their adversaries by utilizing the serve-break-serve method to clinch the opening set with a 6-3 victory
The second set of the match was commenced by Butkovska/ Schmiedlová and once more the cat and mouse chase carried well into the set as each team kept bagging their respective serves for the first three games. And the score tied at three games each. However, it was in the seventh game that Butkovska/ Schmiedlová had double faulted on their second serve and endorsed a crucial game to their adversaries.
Luknarova/ Honcova had reeled two successive games and by the end of the eighth game they were a game away from closing the set. As the capitalized on the last breakpoint, they sealed their victory of the set and the match. They will now be facing the top seeded Czech couple of Karolína Pliskova with Kristýna Pliskova.
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