’13 US Open 2nd Rd: Granollers d Ram
Marcel Granollers defeated Rajeev Ram 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.
Keys To The Match
- The match featured 272 points over 3 hours 21 minutes. Ram needed a strong backhand return to finish Granollers off.
- Ram won the first two sets but ran out of physical and mental steam in the heat, dropping 5 straight games to open the third set.
- Granollers served 26 times to Ram’s backhand return in the deuce court on first serves
- Over all, Ram hit 56 backhand returns and only 31 forehand returns.
- On match point, it was again Ram’s backhand return that hurt him the most
Rajeev Ram led 5-4 in the fifth set and had a look at a second serve return at 30-30 that demanded aggression. It didn’t happen and the match quickly slipped away.
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