FERRER BEATS SIJSLING

David Ferrer has defeated Igor Sijsling of Netherlands in a match of the Proton Malaysian Open played at the Putra Indoor Stadium. Ferrer won the match by 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. With this victory, Ferrer has made his way into the semi finals.

This was not an easy victory for Ferrer who is ranked 5th in the official rankings of WTA. He had to put in a lot of effort to secure the win. This was the third match between these two players and Ferrer has won all of them. Ferrer took 2 hours and 3 minutes to win the match.

Ferrer didn’t make a very good start to the match. His service was broken in the very first game of the first set. Sjisling held his entire serves in the set and capitalized on that one breakthrough to win the first set by 6-4.

In the second set, the Dutch youngster didn’t manage to carry on the momentum. Ferrer got a breakthrough in the second game and won the first three games consecutively to take a lead of 3-0.

However, Sijsling came back and broke Ferrer’s service in the 7th game. He had a golden chance to level the scores by holding his service in the next game, but, he wasn’t able to do so. Ferrer got the second breakthrough in the eighth game to take a lead of 5-3.

Sijsling failed to get the much needed breakthrough in the ninth game and lost the second set by 3-6. Ferrer continued to play aggressively in the third and final set as well. He broke Sijsling’s service twice in the third set and won it by 6-4 to wrap up the match.

In the post match interview, Ferrer said, “I was not hitting the ball that well at the start, but, it got easier for me as the game went on. It was certainly not my best performance. I will have to play much better to win the upcoming matches.”

Ferrer will take on Julien Benneteau of France in the semi final match.

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FERRER IN SECOND ROUND

David Ferrer has cruised to the second round of the US open by defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa in the opening round. Ferrer didn’t have any difficulty in winning the match. The Spaniard looked in great touch and he defeated Anderson in the straight sets by 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(3). Ferrer has never reached the finals of US Open. He is generally considered as a clay court specialist. But, the way he has played in the first round match, it seems that he is ready to show the people that he can perform well on the hard court as well.

Ferrer played aggressively right from the outset. He broke Anderson’s service in the very first game of the first set to take a lead of 1-0. Ferrer didn’t give Anderson any chance to equalise the score and maintained his lead throughout the first set to win it by 6-4. Both the players made a steady start to the second set and held their service in the first four games. But, after that, Anderson’s performance deteriorated all of a sudden and he played some very poor shots. Ferrer won the next four games in a row to win the second set as well. In the third set, Anderson fought very hard.  He didn’t let Ferrer get even a single breakthrough in the third set and held his entire serves to take the set into the tie breaker. However, the South African player didn’t show resistance in the tie breaker and lost the match.

In the post match interview, Ferrer praised Anderson. The Spaniard said that Anderson is an extremely talented player and he brings a lot of power in his service. It was pretty tough to play against him. As per Ferrer, he wants to win this tournament and prove that he doesn’t need a specific kind of surface to perform well. He can play high quality tennis on any kind of surface. In the second round, Ferrer will play against Igor Sijsling of Netherlands.

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FERRER BEATS KAVCIC

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.