Saturday 26 August 2017

Dzumhur first final

Finals are set in both New Haven and Winston-Salem, but most players are gearing up for Flushing Meadows where the 2017 US Open begins on Monday.


For top seed Roberto Bautista Agut and unseeded Damir Dzumhur, more work to be done as they both won semi finals against Jan-Lennard Struff and Kyle Edmund respectively in Winston-Salem.


Roberto has not dropped a set all tournament, and he savaged the Struff second serve in the semi final, winning 70% of points offered by that delivery in set one and 75% in set two.

The Spaniard was broken only once for the match - in set two - whereas Struff dropped serve twice in each set.


Dzumhur started with a first set semi final shocker, only winning 36% of points on his first serve, and dropping serve three times.  Down 1-6, it seemed that Kyle Edmund had a finals spot firmly booked.


The momentum changed and Dzumhur had no break points to save in set two, with a vastly improved 75% of points won on his primary delivery.

6-3 and the match was level.

Set three continued this trend and Dzumhur found himself as an opponent in the final to Bautista Agut.


This will be the first ATP final for the player from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It's the second final in 2017 for Roberto, the Spaniard having won in Chennai in January.


The New Haven final will be contested between second seed Dominika Cibulkova and unseeded Daria Gavrilova.

Cibulkova was in her best form, disposing of qualifier Elise Mertens in two sets, losing only four games and dropping serve just once in the semi final.


Gavrilova upset top seed and tenth ranked Aga Radwanska 6-4 6-4 in the other semi.

After a quick start Gavrilova held a slight edge throughout and with a win in the final will achieve a career high ranking of twenty.


Regardless of the final result Cibulkova will swap places with Radwanska and move from 11 to 10 in the world rankings.

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