Sebastian Decoud overpowers Guillermo Duran in 1st round –
Ciudad de Guayaquil Challenger 2011
Argentinean Sebastian Decoud defeated qualifier and compatriot Guillermo Duran in the first round of the Ciudad de Guayaquil Challenger 2011.
On Tuesday the 22nd of November 2011, at the outdoor clay courts of the Guayaquil Tennis Club in Quito, Ecuador, the two players got into a face off and after two hours and sixteen minutes, unseeded Argentinean Decoud
flummoxed compatriot and qualifier Duran by surviving a mid match fall to score 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Duran was serving first and he was unable to hold his very first service game. On the contrary, Decoud bagged four successive games by capitalizing on two breakpoints in the first and the third game and with a hold of serve in
the second and the fourth game to take a mini lead of four games to love on the scoreboard.
Subsequently, in the following two games the players matched a blow for a blow and with a hold of serve from both the players the score shifted to 5-1 at the end of the sixth game with Decoud leading the set. The pressure was building
and the Argentinean qualifier double faulted on his second serve and gifted away the opening set to Decoud, who had now taken the competitive edge.
After being beaten blue and black Duran made a comeback in the second set, and this time he took a notch higher in his performance. With a wonderful display of his backhand and forehand techniques he managed to bag the second set
with a 6-4 victory.
At the end of the second set both the players had bagged a set apiece and initiating the third round of the match was Decoud. This time the players matched a blow for a blow and neither player wanted the other to take the lead.
As the score progressed on even terms, the score kept tied for the first eight games and each player had bagged four games each. However, it was in the ninth game that Decoud held his serve and then capitalized on a single break
to steal away the set and the match.
When all was said and done, Decoud had hit seventy five percent of his first serves on target and bagged a hundred percent of his second service points. Although he had an average return, he was still better than his opposition
in the third set. Moreover, he was able to save a hundred percent of his breakpoints and instead, capitalized on fifty percent of breakpoints won.
Decoud reserved a place in the second round of the tournament where he will be facing fifth seeded American Wayne Odesnik.
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