Pavol Cervenak whips Gianluca Naso in 2nd round – Ciudad de Guayaquil Challenger 2011
Slovakian Pavol Cervenak flogged Italian Gianluca Naso in the second round of the Ciudad de Guayaquil Challenger 2011.
On Wednesday the 23rd of November 2011, the challengers took up the gauntlet on the classic clay courts of the Guayaquil Tennis Club in Guayaquil, Ecuador. After one hour and fifty one minutes the Slovakian thrashed the Italian in straight sets of 6-3, 7-6(5).
Naso was unable to smash an ace and committed one double fault while, his opponent (Cervenak) had a strong serve and was able to smash five aces but failed to keep his precision and committed one line fault.
Cervenak’s ground strokes won him 20 out of 25 total service points, making it a laudable 80 percent win against Naso, who was struggling with his serve but still managed to win a 70 percent in the total service points of the first set.
The Slovakian did not have a strong back hand but still managed to win a thirty percent of his total return points.
Amidst the first set, the Slovakian did not allow the Italian (Naso) a single breakpoint opportunity; instead, he capitalized on a hundred percent of breakpoints won. On the other hand, Naso was unable to save any breakpoints.
The primary round of the match was commenced by Cervenak and both the players managed to hold their respective serves. In the following four games the players matched a blow for a blow and kept bagging their respective serves to tie the score for the last time at three games each at the end of the sixth game. However, Cervenak utilized the serve-break-serve method to clog the opening set.
Naso initiated the second set and this time he held his respective serve to open the scoreboard at 1-0. Following at his heels was Cervenak and he too bagged his service game and placed himself beside his opposition on the scoreboard. In the following two games the players bagged alternate games to tie the score at two games each at the end of the fourth game.
From there onwards the players matched a blow for a blow and neither of the players wanted the other to take the lead. The pressure was building and the competition was getting steamy. Nonetheless, as each player bagged his respective service game, the set progressed on even terms and the score kept tied at three games each, four games each, then at five games each at the end of the tenth game. Eventually the set was shoved into a tiebreaker as each player had finally bagged six games each by the end of the twelfth game.
The head-to-head run progressed into the tiebreaker and the score kept tied at for the first five points. However, Cervenak cut the goose chase by benefitting from a breakpoint and then held his serve to reel of two consecutive games to clinch the tiebreaker at 7-5.
In doing so; Cervenak reserved a spot in the quarterfinal where he will be facing Argentinean qualifier Guido Pella.
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