Marinko Matosevic dumps James Lemke to reach the second round – Caloundra Challenger 2012
In an all-Australian match, second seed Marinko Matosevic stomped over his compatriot, James Lemke, in straight sets at the Caloundra Challenger 2012 on Tuesday. He clobbered a 6-4, 6-3 victory over the 24-year-old to advance into the round of 16 at this
ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Challenger Tour event taking place at the Caloundra Tennis Club in Queensland, Australia.
World number 200, Matosevic maintained his winning record against his fellow citizen after displaying brilliant skills throughout the match. He smacked more aces and penned down a better first serve share of 63 percent. Mustering the match further, the second
seed marked spectacular 25 out of 32 points on it and finished the match with 66 points.
The 26-year-old nervously stepped on the Australian hard courts and suffered the first blow in the opening game. Regardless of recovering in the fourth game, he lost his serve again in the very next game and trailed at 2-3. However, the higher ranked Aussie
re-focused his strategy after this and not only snatched his break back but capitalised on another break opportunity in the last game to bag the opener with a 6-4 win.
The Bosnia and Herzegovina-born Matosevic carried his momentum into the following set and earned the coveted break in the second game, eventually taking a 3-0 lead. He held his composure after this and swiped in remaining serves to clinch the set with a
6-3 score line.
Next challenge for Matosevic is the Canadian booming star, Erik Chvojka, who secured this spot after trashing South Korea’s Woong-Sun Jun in straight sets.
Third seed James Duckworth awaits the winning Aussie in the second round. He battled past Adam Feeney in troublesome three sets to advance at this Challenger event. Facing each other after three years, the 20-year-old kept his winning record against his
fellow citizen.
Feeney made quick in-roads and pocketed the opener by winning six games to four with two breaks of serve. He lost his serve in the eighth game but broke his rival’s serve again in the very next game to prevail.
World number 210 on the other side of net carried his losing ways in the following set and gifted away his serve in the seventh game. However, he not only recovered in the tenth game but dominated in the tie-breaker to equalise the set scores.
Duckworth found his rhythm in the final set as he cashed in both break opportunities, ultimately sealing the decider with a 6-3 success.
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