David Nalbandian’s countryman, Carlos Berlocq, has been defeated by Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012. Istomin won the match by 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. He took almost two hours in winning the contest. With this victory, Istomin has reached the pre quarter finals.
In the first set, Berlocq played superbly, but, in the next two sets, he looked a different player altogether. He was just thrashed by Istomin in the second and the third set.
In the post match interview, Berlocq admitted that he gave too many opportunities to Istomin in the last two sets. The Argentinean player said, “My performance gradually deteriorated as the match went on. Winning just 3 games in the last two sets was not enough at all. I should have done better than that. But, you should also give credit to Istomin. Even after losing the first set, he kept his composure and made a remarkable comeback.”
Berlocq started the match on a good note. He got a breakthrough in the third game of the first set and he enhanced the lead by serving out the fourth game. He didn’t lose his serve in the rest of the games and won the first set by 6-4.
After losing the first set, Istomin came into the second set with all guns blazing. He won the first three games consecutively and took a profound lead of 3-0. The next 4 games went with the serve and at the end of the seventh game; the scorecard was saying 5-2 in the favour of Istomin. Istomin broke Berlocq’s service in the eighth game and won the second set by 6-2.
In the final set, Istomin was in a destructive mood. Berlocq held his service in the opening game, but, after that, it was all about Istomin. The Uzbek player won the next six games in a row and won the match.
In the third round, Istomin will play against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
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David Nalbandian has been defeated in the very first round of the Men’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics by Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia. Nalbandian has been defeated in the straight sets by 6-3, 6-4. Tipsarevic showed a fine display of power tennis and fired 16 aces in the match. Nalbandian struggled throughout the match and never looked in control.
Tipsarevic broke the service of Nalbandian in the fourth game of the first set and took a lead of 3-1 in the first set. But, Nalbandian made a comeback and broke Tipsarevic’s service in the fifth game. But, the Serbian player again broke Nalbandian’s service in the next game and the scorecard was showing 4-2. Thereafter, Tipsarevic held his service in the seventh and the ninth game and won the first set by 6-3. In the second set, both the players held their service in the first two games, but, Nalbandian again gave Tipsarevic a breakthrough in the third game of the second set. Tipsarevic held his service in the next game to make the lead 3-1. He kept that lead till the end and won the match. Tipsarevic played some brilliant backhand shots in the match.
Tipsarevic took the services of his trainer during the second set when the score was 3-2. After getting some help from the trainer, Tipsarevic came back and wrapped up the match quickly. Nalbandian looked pretty disappointed after losing the match. He said that he had got some opportunities in the match, but, he was not able to grab those opportunities. He also praised the young Serbian player for his fantastic power game. As per Nalbandian, Tipsarevic served brilliantly in the match. On the other hand, Tipsarevic said that Nalbandian is an experienced player and he gave him a tough fight in the match. As per Tipsarevic, he would like to continue the same kind of performance in the upcoming matches as well.
The world of tennis has seen many ‘super brats’, with former American player John McEnroe being one of the foremost of the brats to have graced the tennis court. Age, however, had mellowed the fiery American down somewhat but if he wanted to leave a legacy of his fiery temper on court, he has been highly successful with Argentine tennis player David Nalbandian, who cites the former 7 time Grand Slam winner as one of his boyhood idols, is well on his way to becoming the latest ‘super brat’ at Wimbledon.
Having been ejected from the Queen’s barely 10 days before the first ball was hit at the All England Club for kicking out at an advertising board and causing hurt to a line judge, people expected the 30 year old former world number three to be at his best behavior against Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, especially with the police still continuing the investigations over the circumstances that led to his clash with the line judge. Read more »