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10/11/11 3:52 PM | Ricky Dimon
Florian Mayer cruises past David Nalbandian in straight sets on Tuesday in Shanghai. Mayer is through to the third round and awaits either Rafael Nadal or Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Florian Mayer maintained his current hot streak by dominating David Nalbandian 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Tuesday afternoon. Mayer, now 41-23 for the year and a recent champion in Bucharest, earned four breaks and advanced in just one hour and 14 minutes.
The first game of the match was a sign of things to come, with Mayer breaking when his opponent netted a forehand. Nalbandian struggled all day long both on serve and from the baseline, reduced to near-hopelessness when he had to toss in a second serve. The Argentine won a mere eight of 28 second-serve points, including three of 16 in the opening set.
Mayer raced to a 4-0 lead and although he failed to serve things out at 5-2, he had no trouble seizing his third break of the day one game later.
Nalbandian raised his level slightly in the second, holding his first four service games with ease. The world No. 57 even had a look at deuce on Mayer's serve at 4-4, but the German took care of two straight points to hold. Out of almost nowhere, Nalbandian promptly reverted back to his first-set ways while serving to stay in the match at 4-5. Mayer broke at love to clinch victory, mainly thanks to a pair of backhand errors from Nalbandian and one double-fault.
Mayer, who won 83 percent of his first-serve points, awaits the winner of an all-Spanish clash between Rafael Nadal and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The world No. 23 has never faced Nadal at the ATP level and he leads 1-0 in the series against Garcia-Lopez.
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yep, fun player to watch. Funky Flo.
RickyDimon , 10/11/11 5:04 PM
great player! but nadal should not be bothered by mayer, he'll comfortly hit his heavy top spins on any tricky shots thrown at him
croc , 10/11/11 8:17 PM
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David Nalbandian 
Florian Mayer 
Tricky Mayer.One never knows what shot is coming next.
stratocast51 , 10/11/11 4:43 PM