Ruben Bemelmans outdoes Guillermo Olaso in the final qualies – Wimbledon Championships 2011
Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium signalled his promising talent as he blew away Spaniard Guillermo Olaso in the third round of qualifying draw at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships on Friday. The 23-year-old Belgian sent the Spaniard packing
with a 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2 score line and progressed into the first round of the tournament for the first time in his professional tennis career.
The Belgian proved himself to be the better player as he tremendously rallied back form the first set drama to beat the Spaniard in three sets. Emerging out to be the victor in his first meeting with the Spaniard, Bemelmans now
leads their head-to-head sequence to 1-0. No to mention, the left-handed has also improved her year-to-date win/loss mark to 1-2 matches.
Coming into the match, both players continued to keep a tight rein on the first set and forced the set into a tie-breaker. Though it was won by Bemelmans, Olaso also showed a great deal of hard work and diligence to give a good
run for his money. Not to discredit, the Belgian actually played pretty extraordinarily, making Olaso frustrated with an arsenal of wicked spin and devilish slice. With all the momentum at Bemelmans’s side, Olaso hot forehand finally started to produce errors
and Bemelmans was there to pick up the points and completed a remarkable first set.
After suffering a close defeat in the first set, it became evident that Olaso’s blazing shot making in the first stages of the match was just a flash in the pan and nothing else. And as the Spaniard struggled to reproduce the grit
he had shown in the first set, Bemelmans was frothing with confidence on the other side of the net. And as the second set wore on, the Belgian’s shot making became more ambitious and with some well-placed drop shots and lobs, Bemelmans seemed relieved and
pleased to get the second set under his belt.
Bemelmans, who had just found the important break to go 2-0, in the second set, was rarely troubled from that point onwards. There were no intentions of letting that lead go from the world number 165 and an early break of serve
at the start of the final set, indicated Belgian’s desire to clinch the match in straight sets.
The Belgian was exemplary in every department of the game, displaying controlled aggression at the right moment, and firing down fiery forehands at every opportune moment.
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