Robert Farah, Julian Reister reach final qualifying round at the BMW Open
Robert Farah defeats Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-2
World number 179 Robert Farah of Colombia upset world number 74, Russian Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 in the second qualifying match at the BMW Open in Munich. The Colombian took one hour and 49 minutes to oust his
opponent.
Farah took the early lead as he broke Tursunov in the third game of the opening set and held his serve in the next game to go up 3-1. However, the Russian broke back in the eighth game to level the score at 4-4. Farah broke again
in the 11th game and served out the first set at 6-5.
Farah fired a couple of aces and committed a single double fault in the opening set. The Colombian fired 70 percent of the first serves, winning 74 percent of the points on them in the first set. Farah converted two of three break
points he created in the opening set.
After winning a tough first set, the Colombian broke his opponent in the third and seventh game of the second set, winning it 6-2. Farah delivered two aces and 89 percent of the first serves in the second set. The 24-year-old won
a whopping 94 percent of the first service points in the second set.
Farah is drawn to meet world number 201 Bastian Knittel of Germany in the final qualifying match.
Julian Reister beats Ruben Bemelmans 6-4, 7-5
German Julian Reister, ranked 94th in the world, prevailed over world number 173 Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 to reach the final qualifying round at the BMW Open in Munich.
Reister needed a single break to claim the opening set 6-4. The German hit 69 percent of the first serves in the opening set, converting 70 percent of them into points. In comparison, Bemelmans had a slightly lower first serve
percentage as he delivered 68 percent of the first serves and won 62 percent of the points on them. The Belgian managed to save just one of the three break points he faced in the first set.
Reister and Bemelmans held their serve in the first ten games of the second set, levelling the score at 5-5. Reister broke his opponent in the 11th game and held his serve in the next game to clinch the second set 7-5.
The German hit a couple of aces and kept his first serve percentage at 67 percent in the second set. The 25-year-old converted the only break point he received in the second set. The match lasted for one hour and 35 minutes.
The right-handed will take on world number 204 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany in the final qualifying match.
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