Vladimir Samsonov won the Moroccan Open with four straight sets
Vladimir Samsonov continued his winning-streak by winning Men’s Singles title at the Morocco Hassan II Open on Sunday July 17, 2011. Samsonov is now a three-time winner of European Championship, three-time winner of Men’s World Cup and three-time winner
of the Morocco Open Championship.
The 35-year-old claimed the victory in the first four games with a score-line of 11-8, 11-8, 11-3 and 18-16 and repeated his last year’s performance when he defeated Jean-Michael Saive in four straight games.
This was Samsonov’s third visit to Rabat and out of 56 games that he has played in the Moroccan Open; he only lost on nine occasions and out of 14 Men’s Singles matches, he has won all 14 of them.
He is well known for his all round-style and is known as 'Tai Chi Master' in China.
Men’s Singles final round was the last event at 2011 Morocco Open in Rabat, which was played between Vladimir Samsonov and Jean-Michael Saive.
Samsonov went off to a flying start and dominated the first three games, giving absolutely no chance to Michael Saive. In the fourth set Saive got a good start and seemed as if he will catch up with the former champion.
Samsonov broke the flow and won the game by 4-0 as he was finally declared the winner of Men’s Singles in Morocco Open 2011.
First set
First four points were scored by Samsonov as the score-board was 4-0. Saive fought back and tied the score at 6-6 and was looking good, but could only score two more points before Samsonov won the game as the first set finished at 11-8.
Second Set
Scores were tied at 2-2 as the second game started, but soon Samsonov took a lead of four points in the second set by 6-2. Samsonov was at the set point advantage, when Saive reached to the 6th point and could add only two more points to the total,
before Samsonov won the set by 11-8.
Third Set
Samsonov played like a champion to achieve the title for the third time and scored the first four points in the third set. Saive only managed three points before the game was awarded to Samsonov as it finished at 11-3.
Fourth Set
Jean-Michael Saive came back in the game with a good performance as he scored the first four points in the fourth and dragged the advantage to 6-1. Samsonov was well aware of the situation and was keeping a close eye on the lead as he managed to equal the
scores at 9-9.
Fourth set was tied several times, before Samsonov finished the match by winning the set at 18-16 and he successfully won his third Moroccan Open.
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