Pablo Andujar flushes out Juan Ignacio Chela in semi-final – BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy 2011
Top seeded Juan Ignacio Chela opened up for the semi-final round at the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy 2011 against Spaniard, Pablo Andujar. Playing on classic clay court, the two smashed each other before the Spaniard knocked out the
top seed and made it into the final. It took the 25-year-old an hour and 53 minutes to bang through the Argentine wall winning 6-4, 7-5.
Although the 32-year-old Argentine had a three games head-to-head win over Andujar, this time the Spaniard struck harder to captivate his first win over the world No.23. Walking out at the clay, the umpire flipped the coin for
the service toss with Andujar winning and serving the opener.
Serving out the first game of the match, Andujar seemed quite confident this time and had improved his stamina considerably. Winning game 1, the world No.43 switched the serve while the top seed levelled up next at 1-1. Breaking
Andujar, Chela went on leading the set winning game 3 and serving out game 4 as well, 3-1.
Andujar went furious when he broken down again in game 5 with the Argentine mustering away from his sight. Finally the Spaniard struck back using the break-serve-break tactic and led to level the set scores at 4-4. The 25-year-old
played magnificent when he served out game 9 and broke the top seed to gleam through the first set winning 6-4.
With the first set in the bag, the Spaniard continued to dominate as he served first for set two and took away the first game, 1-0. Blistering away his initial serve, the Argentine went on levelling up instantly and switched the
serve back to the lower ranked challenger.
Levelling up at 2-2 with one game win each, Andujar served for game 5 and dropped short losing a breakpoint and lagged 2-3. With Chela serving out game 6 it seemed that the top shot was making his way back. The 25-year-old swiped
away the next game cutting down the lead to 3-4.
Eagar to break the world No.23, Andujar could not finish off with a breakpoint until game 10 of the set. With three breakpoint wins the Spaniard amazed Chela breaking him and levelling up the scores, 5-5. Gaining his form, the
worlds No.43 went on serving out game 11 and breaking again next to jump off and celebrate his second set and match win, 6-4, 7-5.
Andujar moves into the final showdown of the ATP Tour 250 event where he would face the second seed, Florian Mayer of Germany.
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