Daily Men Tennis Update – ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Eastbourne

Written by: Staff on 24th June 2012

Daily Men Tennis Update - 's-Hertogenbosch, Eastbourne

epa03238376 Andy Roddick of the USA returns to Nicolas Mahut of France during their first round match for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 27 May 2012. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA |

Eastbourne

Singles – Final: (6/WC) A Roddick def. (3) A Seppi 6-3 6-2

Andy Roddick had only five aces in this match, and won less than half the points on his second serve.

Which is very good news.

Good news, because he won almost 60% of the points even so. This was an excellent, efficient victory marked not only by power but by smart play on Roddick’s part. He said it himself: “I don’t remember the last time I got broken twice and won three and two. I felt real good. My returns this week were close to as well as I have [ever done]. I was able to close well. I started off not serving great and then made an adjustment. I think I served ninety per cent in the second set, which is a pretty strong number, especially given the conditions.” Roddick certainly looked thrilled to have finally put the last few months behind him.

In terms of rankings, he still has a lot of rebuilding to do. #33 coming in, we show him rising to #25. He needs 200 more points to hit the Top Twenty, and 1300 to get back to the Top Ten. It probably won’t happen soon. But at least he is going up, not down. And he has now won at least one tournament a year for twelve consecutive years!

Andreas Seppi — isn’t going anywhere. He adds another final to his resume, and another hundred points to his total, but because others (notably Roddick) also added points, it appears he will end up at #26. Which is right where he came in.

‘s-Hertogenbosch

Singles – Final: (1) D Ferrer def. (Q) P Petzschner 6-3 6-4

There really wasn’t much to say about this; it took all of an hour and nine minutes, and David Ferrer dominated pretty completely. In particular, he won 71% of the points on Philipp Petzschner’s second serve.

Still, it’s a decent milestone for him: His fifteenth career title, and his fourth already this year. He doesn’t add any points, but he has never before won four titles in a single year — and the year is only half over!

What’s more, it’s an interesting list of titles. Two are on clay (Buenos Aires and Acapulco), one on outdoor hardcourt (Auckland), and now ‘s-Hertogenbosch on grass (his second grass title; he also won here in 2008). Ferrer can win indoors; he took the title at Valencia 2010. Can he possibly complete a surface sweep this year?

Philipp Petzschner failed to win his second career title, but he did earn his third career final, and with it, he returns to around #100. That at least gives him a lot more control over his schedule than if he had stayed stuck at #145!

Doubles – Final: (1) Lindstedt/Tecau def. Cabal/Tursunov 6-3 7-6(7-1)

That’s eight titles in just over two years for Lindstedt/Tecau — even though they’ve had a certain number of injuries along the way. They have two just this year (they also won Bucharest). The only problem is… they’re all 250 point events. It’s true that, in doubles, you can count all the 250s that you want — but they just don’t carry all that many points. Still, they’re Top Five in the Race. There are a lot worse places to be!

Topics: Andreas Seppi, Andy Roddick, David Ferrer, Eastbourne, men tennis news, S Hertogenbosch, Sports, Wimbledon