FERRER VS TIPSARAVEC

David Ferrer will take on Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in the 4^th round of the ongoing US Open. The winner of this match will make his way into the quarter final round of the tournament.

Ferrer hadn’t come into the US Open with the best of forms. He had looked in awful nick in the last couple of tournaments, but, here at Flushing Meadows, he got an easy draw and that helped him in getting his rhythm back to some extent. He hasn’t hit top form yet, but, he is certainly looking better than what he was looking a couple of weeks back.

The Spanish no. 2 had started his campaign against the Australian youngster Nick Kyrgios whom he thrashed without having too many problems. In the second round, he was up against his countryman Roberto Bautista Agut and he was supposed to dominate in that match too, but, he struggled just a little bit before eventually sealing the match in 4 sets.

In the 3rd round, Ferrer’s opponent was Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan and he dropped a set in that match too. So, he is still not at the peak of his game.

On the other hand, Tipsarevic who is a fantastic hard court player also has had tough times this season. He has dropped down 12 positions in the world rankings since the start of the season.

The Serbian player has done alright in this tournament, but, still to match Ferrer, he will have to raise his game significantly.

It’s the 6^th time that these two players are going to face each other. Out of the previous 5 matches, Ferrer has come victorious on 4 occasions.

So, if we take history into account, Ferrer seems to be the favourite, but, Tipsarevic is well capable of surprising any player on the tour.

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FERRER LOSES

David Ferrer has been defeated by Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina in the quarter final round of the Wimbledon Championships. Del Potro won the match in the straight sets by 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(5).

This was the 9^th match between these two players and Del Potro defeated Ferrer only for the third time.

Talking to the reporters in the post match interview, the Argentinean player said, “I think this was my best performance in the tournament so far. I played my natural game and didn’t commit too many unforced errors. I was very good on my serve and I played my forehand shots well too.”

“I am delighted to be in the final 4. I have reached here by beating a great player and that is hugely satisfying.”

In the first set, the first couple of games went with the serve and at the end of the 2^nd game; the scores were levelled at 1-1. Del Potro got a breakthrough in the 3^rd game and then, consolidated that with a serve hold in the next game to get ahead by 3-1.

Both the players held their serve in the next two games and the score was 4-2 in Del Potro’s favour when the 6^th game got over.

In the 7^th game, Ferrer dropped his serve again which put Del Potro on the driving seat. He just needed to hold his serve in the next game to seal the set and he did that in style.

In the second set, Del Potro continued to be consistent. In the first 8 games, neither of the two players managed to sneak a breakthrough which kept the scores levelled at 4-4.

In the 9^th game, Ferrer’s serve was broken and he got trailed by 4-5. The next game was comfortably served out by Del Potro and the set was over.

In the third set, there were no breakthroughs in the first 12 games and the set was extended into the tie breaker.

The tie breaker got pretty tight, but, at the end, it was Del Potro who soaked up the pressure better and pulled it off to move into the semi finals.

In the semi final match, Del Potro will face the Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic.

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FERRER MISSES OUT

David Ferrer has been defeated by Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in the second round of the ongoing Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2013. Tursunov won the match in three sets by 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.

Ferrer was given the top seed in this tournament and he was also playing on his home soil. So, he was the hot favourite to win the contest against Tursunov. But, that didn’t happen. A superb all round performance by the Russian veteran stunned Ferrer as well as the local fans.

In the post match interview, Tursunov said, “It was certainly not David’s best day in the office. He didn’t play as well as he is capable of. He was the favourite here because he is a very good clay court player and also because of his ranking, but, he gave me quite a few opportunities and I capitalized on them.”

In the first 10 games of the first set, both the players dropped their serve twice and the scores were equalized at 5-5 when the 10^th game got finished. Tursunov got his third breakthrough in the set in the 11^th game and this time, he made sure that he wouldn’t be broken back. He held his serve in the 12^th game and sealed the first set by 7-5.

Ferrer had a poor beginning in the second set as well. His serve was broken in the very first game of the set. However, the top ranked Frenchman broke back in the 4^th game to equalize the proceedings. In the next three games, both the players held their serve and at the end of the 7^th game, Ferrer was leading by 4-3.

Ferrer broke Tursunov’s serve for the second time in the set in the 8^th game and then, by winning his next service game, he wrapped up the set.

In the final set, Tursunov was on fire. He got a breakthrough in the second game to take a lead of 2-0.

The Russian player dropped his serve in the 3^rd game, but, that was the only game that he lost in the set.

With a couple of breakthroughs (in the 4^th and the 6^th game), he won the last four games successively and became the winner of the match.