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.”
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August 20, 2012 10:05 am | 
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