Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Hamburg 2011: Monfils, Almagro, Melzer Advance To Third Round

Hamburg 2011: Monfils, Almagro, Melzer Advance To Third Round

Gael Monfils beat Albert Ramos 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the bet-at-home Open - German Tennis Championships 2011.

The Frenchman won 75% of his service points and saved all five break points he faced.

Jurgen Melzer also advanced after defeating Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 while Nicolas Almagro beat Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-4 in 77 minutes.

Florian Mayer made it past Marsel Ilhan 6-4, 7-6 and Fernando Verdasco knocked out Pablo Andujar, 6-2, 6-3 in 86 minutes.

Marin Cilic beat Bastian Knittel 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4 in three hours.
The Croat hit 16 aces and won 66% of his service points and saved 10 of 12 break points.

Juan Monaco dropped 12 points on his serve to beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 6-4.

Radek Stepanek converted all five of his break point to defeat Andreas Seppi 6-1, 7-5 in 89 minutes.



Source ATP