Viktor Troicki pulls down Jeremy Chardy to take the final round seat – Kremlin Cup 2011
Starting off on 22nd October, with the 1st semi-final of Kremlin Cup 2011, Viktor Troicki, Serbian world No.16, went on ending Frenchman’s, Jeremy Chardy, world No.133, run in the ATP World Tour 250 event
defeating him 6-4, 6-4, in an hour and eleven minutes semi-final match at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
Although the Frenchman seemingly had a less chance of winning, yet he did put up a superb effort to match the second seeded rival. Prior to this match, Chardy had 1 out of the 2 matches played. Winning the semi-final, Troicki now
leads the head-to-head fixture two to one.
With the two making their way into the Olympic Stadium indoor court, the crowd gave a super standing cheer to the two as the match went on further. Winning the toss, Chardy took the first serve and rolled down the scoreboard winning,
1-0.
Continuing next with his opening serve, Troicki levelled up with mere difficulty and stood to return again, 1-1. Feeling the Serbian warming up, the Frenchman saved a near breakpoint, game 3, and led, 2-1. Pressuring back, Chardy
nearly won a breakpoint, 1-1.
Winning games on respective serves both levelled up at 2-2, 3-3 and 4-4 before the Serbian made his move. Levelling up as he served out game 8, Troicki broke the world No.133 to lead the set for the first time, 5-4. With just one
more win to bag the set, the 25-year-old cleared up game 10, service game, to win the set, 6-4, and move on to set 2.
The 24-year-old Frenchman went on to try his strengths again in set 2 as he served out game one, nearly giving away a breakpoint, 1-1. Troicki replied with a triple game point winner and levelled up, 1-1. Gaining back his form,
Chardy served out game 3, also with a triple game point win, and led the set again, 2-1.
Troicki had less hurdle levelling up every time the Frenchman took lead. with the scores tying up at 2-2, 3-3 and on 4-4, the Serb struck at the same point as in the prior set, breaking the lower ranked competitor, 5-4, and served
out game 10 with a super forehand winner to win the second set, 6-4, captivating the match in straight sets.
Through into the final showdown of Kremlin Cup 2011, the 25-year-old will now face compatriot, Janko Tipsarevic, world No.15, to battle out the trophy. The two top seeds have played well all through the event; however, it is yet
to see which one of the two can pull it off till the end. The battle of the fittest starts on Sunday, 23rd October.
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