Pablo Andujar defeats Alessandro Giannessi in quarterfinal – BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy 2011
Playing the quarterfinal of the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy 2011 on Friday, 23rd September, Pablo Andujar of Spain duelled against Italian Alessandro Giannessi in one hour and thirty five minutes. The Spaniard imprinted
his straight sets victory to mark his first meeting against Giannessi and by obtaining a 6-3, 6-4, he made it through the round of eight with much ease.
The Spaniard won the service toss and stood to tear open the opening set. Serving out the first game, Andujar rolled the scoreboard after winning, 1-0. Following right behind him was Giannessi, who won the second game and the serve
was switched after the score was leveled at 1-1.
Comparatively, Giannessi stands at world number 183, which of course is nothing compared to the Spaniard, who stands at world number 43. Giannessi broke first in the third game and wanted to capitalize on the mini break but the
Spaniard was in no mood of a cat and mouse play. As Andujar broke him in the fourth game, 25 year-old Espanola returned the 21-year-old Italian with a much harder and jaw breaking punch in the very next game.
After that Giannessi did not dare to jump back but the Italian repeated the serve-break -serve weapon and pulled off the opening set by winning with a 6-3.
Commanding through the first set, Andujar set the tone for the second, while, Giannessi hit flat in the second. Although, it was a slow start and middle but by then end Andujar had taken just a slightly assertive tone to set things
straight.
Serving first was again Andujar and the players won on their respective serves and leveled the first two rounds at 1-1, Giannessi tried to make some movement but then thought against it, showing the jitters. The two then matched
a blow for a blow and for the six games that followed the score had tied at 4-4.
Andujar on the other hand, kept winning on his serve and was expertly able to save seven breakpoint opportunities, waiting just for the right moment to pounce at his challenger. He got that lucky break in the ninth game when he
broke his adversary, turning the tables and leading with a 5-4. Giannessi lost all hope when he couldn’t capitalize on the seven break point chances. However, it was too late for Giannessi, who could not fill up the gap and eventually lost.
Serving for the match, the 25 year-old Spaniard bagged the second set with a 6-4 victory, to walk off with a reserved seat in the semi-finals.
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