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Roddick starts defence with easy win
Defending champion Andy Roddick has made an easy progress when he defeated Edouard Roger Vasselin 6-2, 6-4 in the second term of the American event to meet Santiago Giraldo in the next phase.
Roddick, who has started the Winston tournament as top seeder, fired 11 aces past his opponent whom he also broke three times. The American, who has not won a title this season, won 78 percent of service points, 42 f return ones, finishing the game with 61 winners, compared to his opponent whose showing included a 22 return percentage as well as five aces and a 64 first serve percentage.
Next up for Andy is Santiago Giraldo who eased past Blaz Kavcic 6-2, 6-3 after breaking him four times. Kavcic did not win a break, but managed to save three other chances from the Colombian who won 75 percent of service points, 45 of return and who also hit 59 winners to 43.
On the other side, the Slovenian won just 55 percent of service points and 25 on return, committing four double faults. Santiago will meet Roddick for the first time this year, but will start the clash as second favorite.
Winner of the Newport event, John Isner has also made a straight set progress when the American ousted Dudi Sela 7-6, 6-2 in the second round. Isner hit 17 aces past the Israeli against whom he also won 74 percent of service points, 36 on return and 68 of first serve ones. Sela, who failed to convert any of his four break points, conceded two, both in the second term, something which brought Isner a consistent lead and eventually a straight set win.
Sela could only push the opener into the tie break but never got the chance to stay well ahead of his opponent who won the breaker at three. Sela, who was following a big win over Filippo Volandri in the first term, won 64 percent of service points, 26 of return ones and committed seven double faults.
Isner will next face Finnish Jarkko Nieminen who needed three sets to get rid of Denis Istomin whom he overcame 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Both players grabbed three breaks from each other, but it was the world number 50 Nieminen to keep the sheet clean in the second term and save two break points from the opposite side.
The decider saw the same Finnish capture one more break than his opponent to seal the victory in more than two hours. Nieminen will meet world number 28 Isner for the third time in lifetime, first this season. The American leads the head to head confrontations 2-0, with the two victories dating from the 2007 US Open and 2010 Memphis event respectively.
Third favorite Alexandr Dolgopolov has reached the third term after easing past Carlos Berlocq 6-4, 6-4. The Ukraine player broke his opponent three times and only conceded one service in the second round. Dolgopolov won at the same time 68 percent of service points and 39 on return, hitting eight aces past his opponent.
Berlocq won 61 percent of service points and 32 of return ones, finishing the game with a couple of aces and a better first serve percentage of 60. Dolgopolov will next meet 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov who edged Donald Young 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 in the second term. The Bulgarian hit 11 aces past the American who lost the game despite grabbing five breaks from Dimitrov who broke his opponent four times. Young threatened with a consistent comeback at one point in the second set, but he would lose his pace in the third one.
Dimitrov, who was pushed into the breaker, managed it by going five mini points ahead of the American whose late efforts were insufficient for a comeback. Both players won 59 percent of service points and 41 on return, but the tight game was finally dominated by the Bulgarian whose service looked much better than Young’s in the last term.
Fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko beat Michael Russell 6-2, 6-2 in nearly one hour and a half and will next face Sergiy Stakhovsky. Davydenko broke Russell five times and only conceded one service, finishing the game with a 60 service percentage, a 54 return one and a very consistent 71 first serve percentage.
Russell converted just one of six break points and saved five of ten chances coming from the opposite side, something which dragged him down in the end. He won 46 percent of service points and 40 of Davydenko’s, hitting 50 winners to Russian’s 66.
Juan Monaco, a seventh seed in Winston, beat Tobias Kamke 7-5, 6-0 after breaking the German six times. Monaco, who has reached several superior phases this season, won 60 percent of service points and 54 on return, finishing the game with 67 winners and a very consistent 74 first serve percentage.
Kamke, by contrast, won just 46 percent of service points and 40 on return, converting just a couple of break point chances. The Argentine will next face Kei Nishikori who beat this term’s Stuttgart finalist Pablo Andujar 7-6, 6-2.
The Japanese converted three of 14 break points and managed to save one of the two break points from Andujar. Nishikori won at the same time 71 percent of service points, 44 on return and 66 percent of first serve points, compared to his opponent who came up with a poor 29 return percentage. Andujar committed seven double faults and grabbed 61 winners to Nishikori’s 79.
Ninth seed Sergiy Stakhovsky, who is still chasing his first season title, beat Andrey Golubev 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 after a three set epic which saw the two exchange nine breaks, five of which grabbed by the Ukrainian. Stakhovsky, who will next meet Davydenko, managed to set the pace in both the first and third terms despite a midway poor momentum which saw him concede the second set very easily.
He also managed to keep the sheet clean on his service in the last term as a precious break helped him to seal the hard fought victory. In the third set, Stakhovsky won 83 percent of service points, 38 on return and hit five aces, compared to his opponent’s very poor 17 return percentage and 62 service one.
Overall, he finished the game with a 63 service percentage, a 44 return one and a 55 first serve percentage, while Golubev’s showing included a 37 return percentage, four double faults and a 56 service percentage.
World number 41 Stakhovsky will meet Davydenko for the third time, second this season, the head to head series being led 2-0 by the Russian with his most recent win coming from Cincinnati. Davydenko first beat the 25 year old at the 2004 Moscow tournament in straight easy sets.
James Blake was ousted from the Winston event after tenth favorite Robin Haase eased past the American veteran 6-4, 6-1 to face Pierre Ludovic Duclos in the third round. The Dutch broke his opponent five times, allowing Blake to win just one of his services in the first term.
Haase dominated the crowd favorite winning 69 percent of service points and 48 of return. On the other side, the American converted just one out of ten break points, leaving the court with a poor 31 return percentage and six double faults.
Duclos ousted Ryan Harrison in the second round after winning four of American’s services, clinching the victory in nearly one hour and a half. The Canadian dominated the game despite the tight score, winning 70 percent of service points and 44 on return, compared to Harrison’s 56 service percentage and 30 return one. Overall, Duclos, who won the two sets thanks to a couple of late breaks, grabbed 83 winners to his opponent’s 68.
Julien Benneteau has also booked a third term berth after defeating 16th seed Igor Kunitsyn in straight easy sets 6-3, 6-1. The Frenchman committed seven double faults, but his five breaks helped him claim the win in just over an hour. On the other side, Kunitsyn converted just one of two break points and set a poor 33 return percentage, compared to his opponent’s 55 one.
Next up for Benneteau is Igor Andreev who ousted second seed Jurgen Melzer 7-5, 6-3 after breaking the Austrian three times. Andreev won 71 percent of service points, 43 on return and 57 on first serve, while Melzer, who was chasing his first title of the season, left with a 57 service percentage and a poor 29 return one.
Hewitt, who was ousted from the Winton event in the first round, could miss the US Open Grand Slam, according to his manager who declared the Aussie, champion of the 2001 edition, injured his foot, something which forces his to stay out of the court for months.
“It was a gut-wrenching decision for Lleyton, particularly given it is the 10-year anniversary since he won the tournament. We’ll look at those sorts of things in a few days’ time… He’ll definitely play next year. He wants to help Australia get back into the World Group.” The former world number one has now dropped 188th in the ATP rankings.
Winston Salem Prize Money and points:
Winner – $74,630 and 250 points ATP
Runner-up – $42,500 and 150 points ATP
Semi finalist – $24,520 points ATP
Quarter finalist – $14,435 and 45 points ATP
R16 – $8,410 and 20 points ATP
R32 – $5,110 and 10 points ATP
R48 – $3,115 and zero points
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