David Ferrer has defeated Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia in the second round of Men’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics and secured a place in the third round. Ferrer won the match without having much difficulty. The scorecard 6-2, 6-2 itself says how one sided the match was. This was the first match between Ferrer and Kavcic. Ferrer, who is the highest ranked Spanish player in the competition, outplayed Kavcic and didn’t give him any chance in the match. Ferrer took 1 hour and 22 minutes to win the match.
Ferrer dominated Kavcic right from the start of the match. In the first set, both the players held their service till the end of the fourth game and the scorecard was showing 2-2. But, after that, Ferrer broke Kavcic’s service in the sixth and the eighth game and won the next four games consecutively to win the first set by 6-2. In the second set, Ferrer got a breakthrough in the fourth game and took a lead of 3-1. He held his service in the fifth and the seventh game to make the score 5-2. Kavcic had to hold his service in the eighth game to extend the match. But, he wasn’t able to do so and Ferrer won the match easily.
After the match, Kavcic said that he tried his best, but, Ferrer was unstoppable. As per Kavcic, Ferrer is a great player. He never let him settle into his groove. Ferrer played a lot of attacking shots one after another and Kavcic had no answer for those shots. Ferrer said that it’s quite satisfying to win a match in such a dominating fashion. In the third round, Ferrer will play against Kei Nishikori of Japan. Ferrer said that, he would like to show the same kind of intensity in the upcoming matches as well.
The Spanish pair of David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez has been defeated in the Bronze medal match of the men’s tennis doubles competition of London Olympics by the French duo of Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau. The French pair won the match in the straight sets by 7-6(4), 6-2.
The 2012 Olympics proved to be quite disappointing for Ferrer. His performance was not up to the mark in the singles competition and he was defeated in the third round by Kei Nishikori of Japan. In the doubles competition, his fans were expecting him to win a medal, but, he disappointed his fans in the doubles competition as well. Read more »
Ferrer’s year continues to get better and after a frustrating loss to Andy Murray in the Wimbledon quarter-finals, the Spaniard is obviously back on form. Now ranked number 5, he has also taken his 5th ATP title of the season, defeating his countrymen Almagro in straight sets.
Spain dominated the Swedish open this year, with both Ferrer and Almagro swanning their way through the rounds with ease. Ferrer who was top-seed of the Bastad tournament defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the semi-finals, despite some inconsistencies with his serve. He began the game smoothly, and took a 3-0 lead in the first set which he then went on to secure. The second set however caused him some problems, but saving two set points, he eventually got his victory. Almagro’s semi-final was more straightforward; the second-seeded Spaniard dictated play from the start, eradicating any chance or hopes his component Jan Hajek of the Czeck Republic might have had of triumphing.
With Almagro playing so sublimely, it was uncertain which Spaniard would take the glory. However, in their previous 10 meetings Almagro had so far, been unsuccessful in defeating Ferrer. He would therefore need to produce an unbelievable performance if he wanted to take the title and after his destruction of the Czeck, he was confident he had a chance.
Inevitably, however it was Ferrer who ruled the clay court during the final. Almagro’s effort was admirable, but he was unable to threaten Ferrer’s game. Ferrer broke Almagro’s serve early on in the first set, and he continued to apply the pressure throughout the game, with the final score 6-2, 6-2. This win adds to one of Ferrers’ best seasons: the Spaniard looks strong, focused and hungry for more glory.
The Malaysian Open, being held in the capital of Kuala Lumpur annually for the past three years has announced that world number David Ferrer has agreed to be a part of the event in its 4th year, as he becomes the first player from the top 10 of the ATP men’s tennis rankings to play in the fledgling event.
And joining Ferrer for the event will be the highest ranked Asian player, Kei Nishikori, the 18th ranked player in the world from Japan.
Nick Freyer, the director of the Malaysian Open was extremely excited at the press conference as he announced the participation of the Spaniard Ferrer for the tournament, stating that the semi finalist at Roland Garros will arguably be the biggest draw of the tournament and for a player of his caliber to come to the country and play in the tournament speaks volumes about the management and ambition of the event. Read more »
David Ferrer’s preparation for Wimbledon went extremely well, as he won at the UNICEF Open in the Netherlands earlier this month. The semifinal against Benoit Paire was the Spaniard’s hardest challenge so far this season on grass and he was forced into a third set for the only time, though he closed this out easily to win 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-1. Ferrer entered this tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch as number one seed and has set about showing people exactly why, cruising into the semifinals and beating Philipp Petzschner 6-3 6-4 in the finals to claim his second tournament win on grass.
The world number 6 has looked fantastic this season, and has a decent chance of beating anyone he faces outside the top three at Wimbledon – something he proved with his defeat of Murray in the French Open quarterfinal. His route to the semifinal in Holland was almost embarrassingly easy in the end, starting with Pierre-Ludovic Duclos in the first round, who he beat 6-4 6-4. After this, Ferrer really got going, finishing off Leonardo Mayer 6-3 6-1 in an hour and then taking just 42 minutes to despatch his quarterfinal opponent Igor Sijsling 6-0 6-1. Of course, the grass court specialist and world number 60 Benoit Paire then took a set off him in the semifinal, but this looks as though it may well be the only significant resistance he faces in this tournament.
The final was played against qualifier Philipp Petzschner of Germany who sits in 101st position in the singles rankings and is primarily a doubles specialist. Petzschner beat the experienced Frenchman Xavier Malisse 7-5 7-5 in his semi, and reached only his third ATP final but couldn’t add to his only singles title which came in Vienna in 2008. Ferrer was simply too good for him, and was clearly pleased with the victory. “I’m very, very happy. I’ve won two times here,” said Ferrer. “This is special for me because grass is maybe my worst surface. On a clay court or hard court, my game is more adapted.”
David Ferrer would consider himself unfortunate to be ranked number 5 in the men’s world tennis rankings and yet to be only ranked second in his home country of Spain as Rafa Nadal has come to dominate the tennis world in recent years. As a result David Ferrer’s fame has been cut somewhat short as he remains in many ways the forgotten man of Spanish tennis. The Thirty year old how has already won a masters victory on clay has been unlucky that fellow countryman Rafa Nadal has become possibly the best clay court tennis player of all time.
Nadal has already beaten Ferrer in the finals of the 2011 Monte Carlo and in the semi-finals the year before that. On top of this he beat the thirty year old in the Rome finals in 2012 as well. Had Nadal not been their Ferrer would no doubt have won his home tournament in Barcelona instead of suffering four final defeats at the hand of his younger countryman. If Nadal had never existed Ferrer would have been Spanish number one years ago, however when Ferrer first broke into the world top ten , Nadal had already registered a grand slam and second to only Roger Federer in the world rankings.
It is therefore easy to appreciate how frustrating Ferrer’s career has been as had their been no Rafa Nadal, he would have many more victories, be the jewel of Spanish tennis, gaining all the income and kudos that comes with that and be higher in the world rankings. When Ferrer retires most likely without a grand slam victory to his name, but with three Davis cup victories and a masters trophy few will remember him for the great player he was but instead as the one not as good as Rafa Nadal.
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