Mercedes Cup 2010: Nikolay fell down while Monfils succeeded
The Spaniard tennis player, Daniel Gimeno Traver registered his very first top ten victory by knocking down the sixth ranked Russian player in the world, Nikolay Davydenko at the Mercedes Cup going on in Stuttgart on Thursday.
Gimeno Traver who is ranked number eighty eight in the world smashed a total of twelve aces as well as prevented six break points out the total nine one’s and thus managed to succeed in the end. Traver knocked got the better of Davydenko in a time period of one hundred and thirty two minutes with a final match score as 7-6(7), 2-6, 6-1.
Davydenko, who wasted a set point at 7-6 in the set number one tie-break, as a result faced his first round defeat after a time period of four years. He fell down to a 17-7 game record on the year, which has been disrupted as a result of his left wrist problem.
The twenty four years of age Gimeno Traver has made his way into the quarterfinal stage of the ATP World Tour championship back in 2009 during the month of February at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel. The boy has an 8-10 track reputation on clay courts this season.
The Third seeded Gael Monfils on the other hand is one win away from making his way into the semi final of the third ATP World Tour tournament this season after he battled well against Pablo Andujar, the world number 125 who is a Spanish tennis ace, with a final score of 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in a time period of one hundred and thirty five minutes.
Monfils was contesting on his ninth game on clay court this season.
"I am more familiar with the hard, fast indoor tennis surface as compared to clay courts, so I took some time to find my flow”, said Monfils. “I am actually expecting to perform even flawless in tomorrow’s match”.
Recommencing at the beginning of the set number two tie break, Juan Carlos Ferrero, a Spaniard tennis player who is seeded number four battled back in order to knock down last year’s ATP newcomer of the season receiver, Horacio Zeballos, a tennis player from Argentina with a final match score as 6-7(1), 7-6(3), 6-2 in a time period of one hundred and thirty six minutes.
“I actually fought much more destructively and smashed back hi serves from further beyond”, said Ferrero. "I made effective use of my forehand in today’s match into his backhand”, he added.
While commenting on his quarter final clash with Simon Greul, a German tennis ace, Ferrrero viewed, “This is going to be our very first meeting and I am completely aware of the fact that he will be feeling much more confident and motivated as he is contesting at home”.
Ferrero is an ATP World Tour champion on fourteen occasions and has certainly progressed to a 24-11 game record on the year after he prevented five of the total seven break point chances and smashed a total of ten aces. On the other hand, the forty three ranked has fell down to a 13-18 year mark.
Marco Chiudinelli who is listed number sixty six in the world made his way into his very first quarter final of the season after smashing a total of nine aces against a German wild card entry, Bjorn Phau with a final match score of 7-6(3), 6-3. He triumphed in a time period of one hundred and five minutes.
"We are familiar with each other for the last ten years and in fact we both are pretty good friends, however this was the very first occasion that I had faced him, so it definitely was hard," the Swiss tennis ace said. "Both of us had to put an extra effort against each other particularly in the initial stages of the match however I managed to play a little better than him and that gave me the victory in the end “said Marco.
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