Nicolas Renavand edges past Tobias Kamke into second round – Moselle Open 2011
Entering the main draws from the qualifiers, Nicolas Renavand of France outplayed the 98th ranked German opponent, Tobias Kamke, in the first round clash of the Moselle Open, in Metz, France, on Tuesday night.
The exciting contest took one hour and twenty nine minutes to conclude, with the 29-year-old local veteran coming out as the winner in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4. Renavand registered convincing victory to book a place in the second
round of the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour 250 tournament.
The contest was played on the hard court of Arenes de Metz and the French qualifier displayed his brilliant skills to take down Kamke by surprise. Renavand had to work out through the two sets to edge past the resilient German,
who proved to be a stiff competitor for him to handle. The Frenchman lived up to the hopes of the local crowd and moved one step closer to the quarter-final round of the tournament.
Renavand banged 70 per cent of his serve on target and secured 32 out of 49 first serve points in the matchup, with Kamke following him with 21 out of his 35 points. The German coughed several unforced errors in the contest, including
six expensive double faults, to let the French take easy point scoring opportunities.
The French veteran capitalised on most of the opportunities he had in the contest, converting five of the seven break points en route to victory. His aggression was equally met by Kamke but the German lacked accuracy in his shot
execution to remain on the back foot throughout the matchup.
Renavand suffered the first loss in the opener, when he was broken in the fifth game by the German opponent. He back fired at Kamke in the next game, only to be broken again immediately to trail 3-5 in the set.
The French veteran shifted his gears from then onwards and nailed two successive serve breaks to the German opponent, sealing the first set at 7-5 to get one up in the contest. Renavand continued with his impetus in the second
set as well, breaking Kamke in the sixth game again to lead 5-2, inching closer to victory. The German broke in the ninth game but the fifth break point conversion of the day from the French concluded victory for him at 6-4, booking him a date with the fourth
seeded Croatian, Ivan Ljubicic, in the second round.
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