Mischa Zverev stuns Igor Kunitsyn in the quarters – Orange Open Guadeloupe 2012 CH
German rising star, Mischa Zverev, surprised everyone after upsetting the fifth seed, Igor Kunitsyn, with a bagel at the Orange Open Guadeloupe 2012 on Friday. He penned down a 6-4, 6-0 success against the 30-year-old to secure a place in the last four at
this hard court event which is part of ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Challenger Tour 2012.
The left-handed German wiped out the final 10 games in a row to seal the match with an assuring straight set victory. After earning victory at this one hour-long venture, Zverev not only avenged his loss against the world number 90 at the Houston ATP event
last year but also advanced into the semi-finals in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe.
The Russian-born, Zverev, convincingly entered the Stade Lambert Lamby and held his serve in the second game to level the scores at 1-1. He suffered the first blow in the sixth game and went 2-4 down. However, the German unleashed barrage of forehands to
reel off the following four games successively and clinched the opener with a 6-4 score line.
Ranked 220th in the South African Airways ATP World Tour Rankings, Zverev raised the level of his game in the following set and went on a six-game tear. He swiped in his entire serves without facing any blockage and capitalised on three out of
four break chances to pull out the set with a bagel.
All in all, Zverev produced a lower first serve share of 50 per cent as compared to the Russian’s 67 per cent but magnificently availed 17 out of 20 points on it. He also fired four aces and ended the deal by winning 60 points.
Next Challenge for the German is the top seed, Olivier Rochus, who slaughtered Slovakian qualifier, Ivo Klec, with double breadsticks to set-up this battle. The Belgian seed cashed in all six break opportunities to jolt down an assuring 6-0, 6-0 victory
in 43 minutes.
Another Belgian, David Goffin, also earned the limelight later that day. He broke Yuichi Sugita’s serve five times and kept his entire serves to formulate a 6-0, 6-2 score line.
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