Philipp Kohlschreiber tumbles over Guillaume Rufin in round one – Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2012
German star, Philipp Kohlschreiber, eased past the French qualifier, Guillaume Rufin, in straight sets at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2012 on Monday. He joggled up a 6-4, 6-4 victory against the 21-year-old to power into the second round at this ATP (Association
of Tennis Professionals) clay court event taking place in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
The German veteran showed his class at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event and trashed Rufin in almost one and half hour duel. Encountering each other for the first time, Kohlschreiber easily secured a place in the round of 32.
Kohlschreiber made a sluggish start at the Monte Carlo Country Club and suffered the first blow in the sixth game to go 2-4 down. However, he unleashed his true form after that and not only snatched his break back but pulled out the opener with a 6-4 score
line after cashing in another break chance in the ninth game.
34th ranked German kept momentum rolling into the proceeding set and held his opening serve in the second game at 1-1. He then continued hitting several groundstrokes to keep his entire serves without facing any real challenge. Kohlschreiber got
the breakthrough in the fifth game and bagged the set with a 6-4 win.
Summing up the 28-year-old performance, Kohlschreiber penned down a slightly lower first serve share of 50 per cent in contrast with the French’s 52 per cent but acceptably marked 15 out of 30 points on it.
Next up for the Swiss resident is the world number five, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who received a bye into the second round after being the top eight seed here.
The Austrian number one, Jurgen Melzer, also stole the show later that day. He got the better of Polish contestant, Lukasz Kubot, in straight sets in one hour and 37 minutes to progress.
The 15th seed brushed off three out of five breakpoints he faced and cashed in five out of 11 break opportunities to manipulate a 6-2, 7-5 score line. He produced a lower first serve share of 66 per cent as compared to the Pole’s 69 per cent but
amazingly marked 29 out of 38 points on it.
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