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8/10/10 10:14 PM | Cheryl Murray
No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych had no trouble getting past opponent Sergiy Stakhovsky to move into the third round at the Rogers Cup.
Tomas Berdych def. Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-4
Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic had an easy time of it against the Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky. Berdych completely dominated the opening set. Stakhovsky did not earn a single break point, yet faced 9 on his own serve. The world No. 7 converted on a pair of opportunities to take the 6-2 lead.
Stakhovsky played much better in the second set. Berdych only had one chance to break; fortunately for the Czech man he was able to convert to take the match in straight sets.
Alexandr Dolgopolov def. Philipp Petzschner 1-6, 6-2, 7-6(4)
The Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov won a strange first round match over Germany’s Philipp Petzschner in Toronto on Tuesday. Dolgopolov’s first serve percentage was nearly embarrassing, with the Ukrainian man putting in just 32% of his first serves. He paid a heavy price; Petzschner secured 2 early service breaks for the 6-1 lead.
The second set was a near copy of the first, except that the players were reversed. It was Petzschner having trouble holding serve and Dolgopolov with the 2 service breaks.
But the real strangeness in the match came in the third set. Dolgopolov took the early lead and had 40-0 to go up 4-1. He was broken there and Petzschner leveled the match. They remained on serve to force the deciding set tiebreaker.
Dolgopolov served for the match at 5-2 in the breaker, only to lose both of his serves. Petzschner responded by dropping both of his serves to give Dolgopolov the match.
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No doubt, Jacques. I am quite keen on Dolgo's game, but it WAS a weird match, you have to admit.
cherylmurray , 8/11/10 3:23 AM
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It was the first match on hard court for Dolgo since February 1. He needs some time to adapt...
JacquesUkraine , 8/11/10 2:10 AM