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4/14/09 5:11 PM | Ricky Dimon
David Ferrer routs countryman Feliciano in the first round of the Masters Series Monte-Carlo on Tuesday afternoon. Another all-Spanish affair ends in a third-set tiebreaker, with Albert Montanes upsetting Nicolas Almagro.
David Ferrer gave fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez a free less in clay-court tennis on Tuesday afternoon, defeating his opponent in easy straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. Ferrer will be joined in the second round of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters by Albert Montanes, who survived No. 16 seed Nicolas Almagro 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5).
Lopez, ranked 20 spots behind Ferrer at 32nd in the world, is one of the few Spaniards who prefer faster surfaces over clay. On the dirt of Monte-Carlo he never showed any signs of being competitive with Ferrer, who is solid on all surfaces but a master of the slow stuff. With Lopez's big serve doing little damage on the clay or against Ferrer's outstanding return, the world No. 12 broke a whopping three times in the first set. He gave one break back, but Ferrer's third break of the afternoon capped of the opening frame of play in style.
Ferrer never looked back in the second, sprinting to a 3-0 lead after seizing break at 1-0. Lopez never came close to getting back on serve, winning a mere two points in four return games throughout the second set. Ferrer, who finished 4-for-4 on break-point opportunities, used his second break of the set to close out the proceedings in just one hour and nine minutes. Both Lopez and Ferrer struck nine winners, but Ferrer limited his mistakes to only 15 while Lopez sprayed 32 unforced errors. Lopez, who likes to be more aggressive and finish points off relatively early, won just seven points at the net, a mere two more than Ferrer. Next up for the No. 10 seed is Marc Gicquel, who outlasted Eduardo Schwank in a third-set tiebreaker on Monday.
While neither Montanes nor Almagro produced the same quality as that of Ferrer, the clash was far more entertaining. After losing the first set in highly-contested tiebreaker, Almagro seemed to take control in the second, losing just four points in five service games to force a decisive third. Like in the opening frame of play, the Spanish pair exchanged two breaks of serve each en route to the tiebreaker. Again Montanes proved to be too tough in the critical moments, taking the decided seven points to five. So much better was Montanes from the back of the court that he overcame just one ace to 10 double-faults, whereas Almagro fired 12 aces and only two doubles. Montanes will face Monaco's own Jean-Rene Lisnard in the second round. Lisnard shocked Christophe Rochus in straight sets on
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