David Ferrer and Kevin Anderson meet in the
first round on Wednesday, 29th August for the first time in their
career. Ferrer is the fourth seed and is in good form having won five titles on
all surfaces this year. Anderson defeated John Isner and Andy Roddick at Delray
Beach International Championship on way to the title on the hard court. He is
almost one foot taller and about one foot slower than Ferrer.
Ferrer is a running machine who keeps on
retrieving balls till the opponent loses patience. Anderson is known to go for
the trigger first in a rally. He will be forced to pull the trigger many times
in a single rally and end the point from his racquet with either a winner or an
error. Anderson might prefer an opponent who too has an attacking style, but in
Ferrer, he has somebody who has the patience to counter attack only at the
opportune moment. Until then, he will keep the ball in play from corner to
corner. His ground strokes are mostly deep but there is not much of
variety in them. However, only the best movers can keep pace with him. In
recent years, he has improved power on his ground strokes, especially on the
forehand. He does not make silly errors and keeps winners in the excess.
Anderson is a big server which one might
expect of a 6 ft.8 in. player. He gets many free points on his first serve and puts
a decent percentage of first serves in. Serve is the weaker aspect of Ferrer’s
game, but he tries to avoid the necessity of second serve. He is a good
returner of serve and would deny a few aces to Anderson.
Try hard as he may,
Anderson will not be able to escape rallies and in the rallies, Ferrer will be
the boss. His tenacity, determination and never-say-die spirit translates into
his game visibly. But Ferrer is fallible, just as he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka
in the second round of Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati earlier this
month.
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