The top two seeds are stunned in their opening matches in Acapulco, leaving the draw with just three seeds heading into the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Dolgpolov Flogs Ferrer
The Abierto Mexicano Telcel is left with just three seeded players
are an upset-laden Wednesday saw the top two seeds fall. Alexandr
Dolgopolov scored the first stunner as he beat top seed David Ferrer for
just the third time in eleven tries. Dolgopolov dropped his first
service game to hand Ferrer a quick 2-0 lead, but the Ukrainian didn't
flinch as he broke back to get back on serve in the next game. From
there, Dolgopolov would not be troubled on serve as the Spaniard was
constantly fighting to stay in his own service games. Ferrer fought off
three break points in a testy 7th game, but could not save a 5th break
point in the 9th game to see Dolgopolov lead 5-4. The "Dog" would serve
out the set at 6-4.
The second set saw both players survive a pair of break points in
their second service games as the score eased out to 2-2. Another
exchange of holds would see the score at 3-3 when Dolgopolov made the
huge breakthrough to secure a 4-3 lead. He would consolidate, but need
four match points to put Ferrer away in the final game. Dolgopolov would
close the set and match with a 6-4 win in the set.
For the match, Dolgopolov was in control from the baseline as he
whipped 22 winners. Following the match, the Ukrainian said that he
never felt any pressure in the match, “
I think I was quite calm. I
was happy I’m on court because I was injured last week. That was the key
I think. I played relaxed and the pressure was more on him. I was
aggressive and went for my shots. They were the key points."
Querrey Squashes Nishikori
The second big upset of the night came when red hot Sam Querrey smashed second seed Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3. Nishikori struggled from the opening ball as he would crack on his first service game to give the Delray
Beach champion a fast 2-0 lead. Querrey settled into a good rhythm over the next three service games to cruise to a 5-3 lead. With the set on his racquet though, the pressure caught him as Nishikori amped up his return game to break the American at-love. The tide would not turn however as the second seed would struggle on serve in an attempt to even the set. Querrey would break back to close out the set. Nishikori rarely touched the Querrey first serve in the set with the American winning 13 of 16 points. The second seed fought to find his consistency on serve in the set, only landing 50 percent of his first serves. That allowed Querrey to take some key points on second serves.
In the second set, Nishikori was under the gun immediately. After a
quick Querrey hold, the second seed fell behind in his service game
again as he could not land first serves. Nishikori would be broken in a
familiar pattern as he landed just 40 percent of his first serves in the
set. Querrey would take 11 of 21 second serve points in the second.
Querrey combined that with a stellar first serve that dominated to win
15 of 16 points to carry the American to his 7th straight victory. The
win also broke a four game losing streak to Nishikori for the American,
who had lost to Japan's top man at the
Memphis Open earlier this month.
Source: ATP Mexico Open
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