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SirBloody Idiot · 21-01-2011, 01:11 AM

Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell II
PTA Tour 500 - 1st Round - Barcelona, Spain - Clay (Red)

West CWLand's Rob Bowenburg has snared the biggest win of his clay career; upsetting Season I finalist Sanchez Emelio in the boilover of the first round at the Torneo Godó. A big outsider against the tenth seed, Bowenburg put himself in a great position early as he claimed the first set 6-3 with a late break of serve despite being largely written off by the local commentators. After a poor first set, Emelio ramped up the pressure in the second and in taking it 6-1 looked to have returned to business as usual. But Bowenburg stuck close in the third and capitalised on some key errors and poor serving as he brought up three match points on the Emelio serve. The Spaniard saved one with a great wide serve, but at 15-40 a poor second serve was easily run around by Bowenburg who cracked a winner with confidence to secure a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 upset. He now plays former Roland Garros finalist Johan Ortiz who ousted fellow RG finalist Roberto Santos in three sets.

The great run of form for Spas Delev looked to have continued after he claimed the first set against Jefferson Quezada, but his night out soon turned into a nightmare as he was beaten over three sets. Delev was awful in an error-laden second set as he failed to build on his recent momentum; the Chilean merely had to keep the ball in play as Delev routinely missed makeable shots. He tightened his game up considerably in the third set and at one point brought up a match point on the Quezada serve, but the unseeded Chilean held on to take it to a tiebreaker. There Delev got off to a poor start and was made to rue some bad backhands as Quezada pushed his way into the second round 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) having saved one match point.

Jarkko Maxum looked good in victory as he ousted Juan Manuel Cortés of Spain in straight sets. Many expected Maxum to still be ironing out kinks in his game after a long absence, but in a 26-minute first set he showed few weaknesses as he thoroughly dominated the wildcard entrant. Maxum suffered at times last season due to a lack of power, but a lengthy strength and conditioning campaign with his good friend Bowenburg has seen him improve significantly. While Cortés played far better in the second set, he still was behind Maxum who broke three times in a difficult second set to win 6-0, 7-5.

He doesn't like the clay, but Heath Davis is through to the second round in Barcelona after accounting for Roman Dorogan in straight sets. The sixteenth seed came from a break down in both sets as he secured a 6-4, 6-4 win as Dorogan failed to really produce good tennis under pressure. Davis offered just two break points all match in a largely solid serving display but found himself in trouble as Dorogan converted both of them. Despite struggling with his movement and the longer rallies, Davis looked fitter than at the same stage last season as he produced enough power and aggression to notch a rare clay win.

He will play Bulgaria's Ivan Genov after he rallied from a set down to beat Scotland Rivers. Genov is a great mid-rank player and would have been a big scalp for the West CWLander, but Rivers isn't quite there yet on clay as Genov bossed the rallies. Rivers still produced some fine shots, but made too many errors and was outworked by the unseeded Bulgarian who eventually prevailed 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Elsewhere, eleventh seed Zhijun Sun was beaten by Monte Carlo quarter finalist Viktor Vuriak and Almen Benaglio served José Navarro a double bagel.

Seeded players out: Sanchez Emelio; Zhijun Sun.

21-01-2011, 01:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
SirBloody Idiot Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moving the hole in the o-zone layer Posts: 8,442	Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell II PTA Tour 500 - 1st Round - Barcelona, Spain - Clay (Red) West CWLand's Rob Bowenburg has snared the biggest win of his clay career; upsetting Season I finalist Sanchez Emelio in the boilover of the first round at the Torneo Godó. A big outsider against the tenth seed, Bowenburg put himself in a great position early as he claimed the first set 6-3 with a late break of serve despite being largely written off by the local commentators. After a poor first set, Emelio ramped up the pressure in the second and in taking it 6-1 looked to have returned to business as usual. But Bowenburg stuck close in the third and capitalised on some key errors and poor serving as he brought up three match points on the Emelio serve. The Spaniard saved one with a great wide serve, but at 15-40 a poor second serve was easily run around by Bowenburg who cracked a winner with confidence to secure a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 upset. He now plays former Roland Garros finalist Johan Ortiz who ousted fellow RG finalist Roberto Santos in three sets. The great run of form for Spas Delev looked to have continued after he claimed the first set against Jefferson Quezada, but his night out soon turned into a nightmare as he was beaten over three sets. Delev was awful in an error-laden second set as he failed to build on his recent momentum; the Chilean merely had to keep the ball in play as Delev routinely missed makeable shots. He tightened his game up considerably in the third set and at one point brought up a match point on the Quezada serve, but the unseeded Chilean held on to take it to a tiebreaker. There Delev got off to a poor start and was made to rue some bad backhands as Quezada pushed his way into the second round 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) having saved one match point. Jarkko Maxum looked good in victory as he ousted Juan Manuel Cortés of Spain in straight sets. Many expected Maxum to still be ironing out kinks in his game after a long absence, but in a 26-minute first set he showed few weaknesses as he thoroughly dominated the wildcard entrant. Maxum suffered at times last season due to a lack of power, but a lengthy strength and conditioning campaign with his good friend Bowenburg has seen him improve significantly. While Cortés played far better in the second set, he still was behind Maxum who broke three times in a difficult second set to win 6-0, 7-5. He doesn't like the clay, but Heath Davis is through to the second round in Barcelona after accounting for Roman Dorogan in straight sets. The sixteenth seed came from a break down in both sets as he secured a 6-4, 6-4 win as Dorogan failed to really produce good tennis under pressure. Davis offered just two break points all match in a largely solid serving display but found himself in trouble as Dorogan converted both of them. Despite struggling with his movement and the longer rallies, Davis looked fitter than at the same stage last season as he produced enough power and aggression to notch a rare clay win. He will play Bulgaria's Ivan Genov after he rallied from a set down to beat Scotland Rivers. Genov is a great mid-rank player and would have been a big scalp for the West CWLander, but Rivers isn't quite there yet on clay as Genov bossed the rallies. Rivers still produced some fine shots, but made too many errors and was outworked by the unseeded Bulgarian who eventually prevailed 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Elsewhere, eleventh seed Zhijun Sun was beaten by Monte Carlo quarter finalist Viktor Vuriak and Almen Benaglio served José Navarro a double bagel. Seeded players out: Sanchez Emelio; Zhijun Sun.