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Spanish second set David Ferrer bowed out of the Heineken Open
on Friday, losing a three set thriller 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-4) to
American Sam Querrey.
In one of the most dramatic matches seen this week on centre court,
Querrey came back from a 4-1 deficit in the third set and later
saved two match points in a contest that lasted two hours and six
minutes.
The tall American then used his big serve to establish a 5-1 lead
in the tiebreak, Ferrer pulled back to 5-4 but Querrey claiming the
match with another booming serve.
Querrey seemed in mild disbelief at the result after the
match.
It was pretty entertaining, I was lucky to get through that set but
I fought back and got through
It was a thrilling encounter for the capacity crowd, with both
players willing to fight for every point and go for their
shots.
The blustery conditions made things difficult with Ferrer making 29
unforced errors and Querrey coming up with 31, though that was
compensated somewhat with 34 clean winners from the American and 33
from the Spainard.
Querrey had signalled his intentions to be aggressive from the
start but he struggled to find his range against the consistent
Spainard.
After saving two break points, he gave up a third in the seventh game with a double fault.
Ferrer then went on to wrap up the set 6-3 in 35 minutes.
Querrey came out strong in the second set, and Ferrer was down 0-40 on his serve in the very first game.
But the Spainard showed real guts, saving three break points in a row, one with a second serve that just clipped the paint.
Querrey had the momentum though, and Ferrer double faulted twice in his next service game to hand a break and the intiative to Querrey.
The players then traded breaks before Querrey took the opportunity to take the set 6-3 and tie up the match.
The third set was a classic.
Ferrer, courtesy of two breaks, went out to a 4-1 lead and was looking comfortable.
But there was another twist, as the Spainard noticeably tightened up when he had the chance to serve for the match at 5-4.
The Spainard threw in two double faults and the American found himself back in the match.
Later Querrey was down 15-40 and staring down the barrel of two
match points.
But he saved them both with brave forehand passes and you could see
Ferrer was deflated.
Tiebreakers always seem to favour big servers and this one was no
different.
Querrey stepped up to the mark, sending down a series of big serves which made it very difficult for the gutsy Spainard.
Ferrer did win four straight points to fight back from 1-5 down but the young American came up with two more rockets to take the match and go into his second career ATP final.
He will face top seed Juan Martin Del Potro, who was absolutely
ruthless in a 6-4 6-3 demolition of fourth seed Robin
Soderling.
The Swede only won nine points on the Del Potro serve all match,
and struggled to find any rhytmn during the match lasting one hour
and a quarter.
The world number nine looks in ominous form, and Querrey will
have to find something special on Saturday to even compete with the
20-year-old Argentinean
