Matteo Viola received a straight sets upset in the quarter-finals – Sacramento Challenger 2012 CH
Fifth seeded, Matteo Viola, received a straight sets shocker at the hands of the wildcard entrant, Daniel Kosakowski, in the quarter-finals of the RelyAid Natomas Challenger 2012 held at the courts of California, United States.
The local underdog jolted down a 6-4, 6-4 win in one hour and 43 minutes on Friday.
The Italian challenger displayed a weak start in the opener and immediately the local challenger took hold of the opportunity to even out the score line to 2-all in the fourth game. Nevertheless, his rival completely crushed his
serve in the fifth and seventh game. This completely crushed his confidence, as he was unable to fire back. Despite of his evident disintegration, Viola smartly cashed his contender’s serve in the eighth game but failed to rally beyond that point. Kosakowski
confidently jumped forward to terminate the set with a 6-4 score.
The world number 146, Viola, had a comparatively better initial serve of 57 percent with nine of 17 first and eight of 13 second serve points. The American junior just clamped 54 percent serve precision with 16 of 19 points. He
snatched just two of four break points bestowed on him and his competitor pocketed away just one.
In the second set, the winning order continued a similar pattern but both players manifested a weaker game plan in the beginning. This time around the 25-year-old Italian professional, attempted to take the front stage and levelled
down the score line two times. The local took opportunity of the situation and broke Viola’s serve in the ninth game. This completely devastated his assurance to win and the American participant stole the last two games, engraving a 6-4 victory.
The 20-year-old, Kosakowski had a lower initial serve of 62 percent, converting just nine of 18 first and six of 11 second delivery points. He also secured the lead by capitalizing on three of six serve breaks, whereas his challenger
secured all two. The Italian senior attained 66 percent first serve accuracy with nine of 19 first but just four of 10 second delivery points.
For the semi-finals, Kosakowski is paired with the German, Mischa Zverev. Previously, the German contender defeated the local, Tennys Sandgren in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.
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