Tobias Kamke posts resounding win against Denis Kudla in 1st round – Legg Mason Tennis Classic 2011
Playing the first match of the main draws at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington D.C. on Sunday German Tobias Kamke sent American youngster Denis Kudla reeling back to the lockers. Kamke secured an impressive 6-4, 6-2 win
against his American opponent, much to the dismay of crowds in the stands, in under 71 minutes of thrilling play. Kamke is now safely secured in his second round berth at the tournament, together with all the seeded players who had received first round byes
earlier.
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic, played at the prestigious William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Centre annually, is one of the eleven acclaimed ATP World Tour 500 tournaments and is a part of the Olympus US Open Series.
World No. 94 Kamke, 2010 ATP World Tour Newcomer of the Year has had an impressive ride in the season thus far. He comes into the tournament with a win-loss standing 10-15 and a recent third round performance at Hamburg, where
Kamke lost to Croatian Marin Cilic. The German clocked in his best performance of the year at Newport where he sauntered up till the semis before losing to American John Isner.
The 18-year-old American teenager and wild card entrant Kudla also posted his season’s best performance at Newport, early July. Kudla manage to reach the quarter finals of the tournament, where he lost to compatriot Michael Yani.
This was the wild card’s first time in the main draws at Washington D.C., prior to this Kudla posted two consecutive qualifying first round losses in 2009 and 2010.
Kudla opened the match by serving first and effectively won the first game. Initially both the players played equally well and remained with fighting range of each other. Two blistering breakpoints were registered in games 4 and
5, first by Kudla and then by Kamke. The German served economically at 71%, winning 80% first serve points off them. While the struggling American managed to serve at a dismal 55% and won just 14 points from 21 serves. Kamke sealed the game with a deftly manoeuvred
6-4 win.
Setting the tone for the second set, Kamke broke his opponent’s serve in the very first game of the set, limiting Kudla to just 15 points from that game. The second set remained pretty much lop sided throughout, with Kamke winning
an astounding 100% of his first serve points, in stark contrast to Kudla’s 50%. Kudla did not set up even a single breakpoint situation against his opponent, who seized the opportunity again in 5th game to register a decisive serve break. The set
closed 6-2, hugely in Kamke’s account.
Kamke now gets a chance to avenge his semi final loss to John Isner at Newport when the two meet in their second round match here on Monday.
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