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MONACO BEATS MARCOS

Juan Martin Del Potro’s countryman, Juan Monaco, has been defeated by Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the second round of the Rakuten Japan Open at Tokyo. Baghdatis won the match by 5-7, 6-1, 3-6.

Monaco who was given the fourth seed in the competition was expected to win the match without having much difficulty, but, that was not the case to be. Baghdatis backed himself and pulled off a great upset. This was the second match between these two players and Baghdatis defeated Monaco for the first time.

After winning the match, Baghdatis said, “I love to play in Japan open. Japan is a wonderful place to play tennis and the fans over here are so intelligent and supportive.”

“It always gives you immense satisfaction when you beat one of the top 10players in the world. I came into the match thinking positively and I tried to play to my strengths. In the second set, Monaco played some incredible shots.”

“It was pretty crucial to make a good start in the final set and luckily, I got it. After that, it was just the matter of not losing the serve.”

In the opening set, Baghdatis held his entire serves and he latched on the only breakpoint that he got in the 11^th game to win the first set by 7-5.

In the second set, Monaco was on fire. He made a brilliant start and broke Baghdatis’ service in the second and the fourth game to take a lead of 5-0. Baghdatis held his serve in the 6^th game, but, that didn’t make any difference to the end result of the set. Monaco wrapped up the set by serving out the seventh game.

But, Monaco didn’t manage to carry on the momentum in the final set. His service was broken in the second game and at the end of the third game, he was trailed by 0-3. He wasn’t able to level the scores after that and lost the match.

In the third round, Baghdatis will play against Dmitry Tursunov of Russia.

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DEL PORTO BEATS SERRA

Juan Martin Del Potro has defeated Florent Serra of France in the opening round of the US Open. Del Potro won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-4. The Argentinean player looked in fine nick and flattened his opponent with some immaculate forehand shots. Del Potro, who has been given the 7^th seed in the competition, took 2 hours and 34 minutes to win the match. With this victory, Del Potro has reached the second round where he will play against Ryan Harrison of USA.

The first four games of the first set went with the serve and the scores were levelled at 2-2 at the end of the fourth game. Del Potro capitalized on the breakpoint that he got in the fifth game and broke the service of Serra to get ahead in the set. He held his service in the next game to make the score 4-2. The Argentinean superstar served out the 8^th game and the 10^th game and won the first set by 6-4. In the second set, both the players held their entire serves and the set went into the tie breaker. Del Potro started the tie breaker very well and took a lead of 3-1. He maintained the lead till the end of the tie breaker and sealed the second set as well. In the third set, Serra fought hard and he matched Del Potro shot by shot. There was no breakthrough in the third set till the end of the ninth game and Del Potro was ahead by 5-4 at the end of the ninth game. Serra failed to hold his service in the 10^th game and lost the match.

In the post match interview, Del Potro praised his opponent and said that Serra was very good on his service, but, he got a bit nervous during the vital moments of the match which proved to be costly for him.

INTO THIRD ROUND

Juan Martin Del Potro has defeated Gilles Simon of France in the third round of the men’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics. With this victory, Del Potro has secured a place in the quarter finals. Del Potro is the highest ranked Argentinean player in the competition. The match between Del Potro and Gilles Simon was pretty close and Del Potro had to struggle for 1 hour and 51 minutes to win the match. He won the match by 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

In the First two games of the first set, both the players held their service and the score was 1-1. But, after that, Del Potro thrashed the Frenchmen. He broke the service of Simon thrice and won the next five games in a row to win the first set by 6-1. After losing the first set, Simon was under pressure to make a comeback. In the first six games of the second set, both the players held their service and the scores were leveled at 3-3. But, in the seventh game, Simon got a break through and then, he held his service in the next game to take a lead of 5-3. To extend the set, Del Potro had to hold his service and he did exactly that to make the score 5-4. In the tenth game, Simon was serving for the set and he didn’t miss the opportunity. He held his service in the tenth game to win the second set by 6-4. In the third and final set, Del Potro played aggressively. He won the first three games of the set to take a lead of 3-0. Thereafter, he didn’t let Simon come back into the match and won the match.

Del Potro was overjoyed after winning the match. He said that he is playing well and he would like to continue the same momentum in the upcoming matches as well. In the quarter final, Del Potro will play against Kei Nishikori of Japan.