Richel Hogenkamp battles past Anastasiya Vasylyeva
in final qualies – Slovak Open 2011
Fifth seeded Dutch Richel Hogenkamp found it tad difficult to oust Ukrainian Anastasiya Vasylyeva in the final qualifying round of the Slovak Open 2011.
The players took up the racquets on indoor hard courts of the Národné Tenisové Centrum in Bratislava, Slovakia and after one hour and fifteen minutes the fifth seeded Dutch defeated the unseeded Ukrainian by beating her in straight
sets of 7-6(4), 7-5 on Monday the 14th of November 2011.
Both the players were extremely competitive and from the beginning they matched a blow for a blow. Although it was hard fought battle, eventually after the first forty three minutes, Hogenkamp managed to defeat her adversary in
the tiebreaker.
Setting off the first round was Hogenkamp as she had won the service toss and both the competitors were able to hold their respective serves for the first eight games to place themselves on the scoreboard at four games each. In
the following four games the players kept trading in breaks and eventually the opening set was pushed into a tiebreaker at the end of the twelfth game.
During the tiebreaker, the players kept matching a blow for a blow and the head-to-head run carried well into the tiebreaker and for the first four points, the players kept the score tied. However, from there onwards, Hogenkamp
cut the goose chase and rushed past her adversary to clinch the tiebreaker at 7-4. She not only bagged the opening game but also took the competitive edge against her adversary in the match.
Although the same scenario happened in the second set, this time the set was not pushed into a tiebreaker. Amidst the second set both the players were matching an eye for an eye and once again the goose chase had begun. However,
Hogenkamp was a stronger player as she had not only bagged an 82 percent of her first service points but also accomplished an exceptional 67 percent of her second return points.
Moreover, even though neither player was able to save their breakpoints, the Dutch was able to capitalize on a hundred percent of her breakpoints won while; her adversary was only able to capitalize on two breakpoints won. As
the Ukrainian double faulted on her last serve during the second serve, she gifted the set and the match to the fifth seeded Dutch.
The fifth seeded Dutch reserved a spot in the main draw of the tournament.
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