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David Ferrer has defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy in the third round of Sony Open. Ferrer won the match in the straight sets by 6-1, 7-5.
This was Ferrer’s 6th match against Fognini. The Spaniard has won all of them.
Ferrer is ranked 5th in the world at the moment, but, because of the fact that Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are not playing in this tournament, he has been given third seed. He was the clear favourite in yesterday’s match. He didn’t let his fans down and played fabulous tennis to make his way into the 4th round.
Ferrer was in astonishing form right from the start. He broke Fognini’s serve in the second game of the first set to get ahead by 2-0. A serve hold for Ferrer in the next game enhanced his lead to 3-0.
The second breakthrough for Ferrer came in the 6th game which took him ahead by 5-1. Ferrer won his next service game comfortably and that was the end of the set.
Ferrer committed only six unforced errors in the first set, while, Fognini committed 17.
In the second set, both the players won their first two service games and the scores were equalized at 2-2.
Ferrer broke in the 5th game to take a lead of 3-2, but, this time, Fognini didn’t let him capitalize on that lead. He broke back immediately and made the score 3-3.
The next 4 games went with the serve. The set was heading towards a tie breaker. But, Ferrer didn’t let that happen. He broke again in the 11th game and then, held his serve in the 12th game to win the second set and the match as well.
In the fourth round, Ferrer will play against Kei Nishikori of Japan.
David Ferrer has been defeated by his countryman Rafael Nadal in the final of Abierto Mexicano Telcel. Nadal won the match in the straight sets by 6-0, 6-2.
This was the second consecutive title won by Nadal in the ongoing season. He had won Brazil Open as well a few days back.
This was Nadal’s 17th victory over Ferrer. Both these players have played 21 matches against each other so far. Read more »
David Ferrer has defeated Agustin Velotti of Argentina in the first round of ATP Copa Claro. Ferrer won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 6-1.
Ferrer’s recent form has been pretty good. He had won the title in Auckland last month as well and looking at his performance against Velotti, one can expect him to go all the way in this tournament as well.
Ferrer has been given top seed in this tournament, while, Velotti was given entry through wild card.
In the match against Velotti, Ferrer began well. He got a breakthrough in the fourth game of the first set and took a lead of 3-1. In the next two games, both the players held their serve and Ferrer was leading by 4-2 when the sixth game got finished.
Velotti bounced back with a serve break in the seventh game. The Argentinean needed to hold his serve in the 8th game to level the scores, but, he didn’t succeed in that. He dropped his serve and Ferrer got ahead by 5-3. The ninth game was easily served out by Ferrer which sealed the set in his favour.
Ferrer started the second set in a better way than the first one. He broke Velotti’s serve in the 2nd game and then, with a serve hold in the next game, he made the score 3-0 in his favour.
Velotti held his serve in the 4th game, but, that remained the one and only game won by him in the set. Ferrer broke the service of the Argentinean player again in the 6th game and held his serve in the 7th game to finish off the match.
In the post match interview, Ferrer said, “It was really a satisfying performance. Especially, I am happy with the way I played my return shots today.”