Simon Greul ousts Antonio Veic in the round one – Porto Alegre Challenger 2012 CH
World number 178, Simon Greul, successfully gave the Croatian junior, Antonio Veic, a straight set shocker at the first round of the Porto Alegre Challenger 2012 on the eve of Wednesday. The German participant jolted down his remarkable
win 6-0, 6-2 on the red clay courts of the Brazil.
The higher ranked Croatian native was completely powerless since the start and was unable to battle against his challenger's aggressive game play. The two players concluded the match in nearly 54 minutes. The two players faced
each other for the fourth time since they became professional tennis players. Previously, the German senior consolidated his straight sets win at the Banja Luka Challenger 2012 held at the clay courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The 24-year-old Veic was unable to hold his serve in the opener and failed miserably. Greul proved to be a perfect opportunist and started to bag away all the games without facing any hindrance. The Croatian was lifeless as he
was unable to respond against his challenger. The German participant continued to smash powerful forehand and backhands, concluding the set with a bagel.
In the second set, Veic held his serve for the first time and nudged up the scores to 1-0 but straight away the score line was brought down to 1-all. Irrespective of his former loss, he started to prove his superior run of form
and levelled down the scoreboard to 2-all in the fourth game. This aroused an alarming situation for the German challenger, who was desperate to pocket away the lead. Consequently, Greul took a flying start to the end and aggressively served, cashing his challengers
serve in the fifth and seventh games correspondingly. He sustained his consistency and stole the front with a 6-2 win.
The 31-year-old German contender presented an average initial serve of 54 percent with 17 of 19 first and 12 of 16 second serve points. He was on the front line because he secured five of nine break points but his competitor was
unable to attain even one. On the other hand, the Croatian right-hander committed double faults three times with 62 percent first serve with just 13 of 26 points.
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