The first racket of Ukraine Oleksandr Dolgopolov failed to reach the quarter-finals of the grass tournament in the Netherlands.
In the second round “Ricoh Open” Dolgopolov met 83-th racket of the world from Canada Basecom Pospisil. Ukrainian three years ago beat his opponent and was considered a favorite in the quarterfinals.
At the start of the match closer to the break was Dolgopolov, a Ukrainian missed four break points and his serve neutralized one chance the opponent on the break. With the score 4:5 Alexander on his serve played two set-Bola, and in the next game organized break and came to serve for the set. Alas, pospíšil quickly returned his serve in the tiebreak and lost only two goals.
In the beginning of the second party pospíšil took the feed Dolgopolov and opened a path to victory. The Ukrainian decided not to suffer and when the score was 2:4 refused to continue the fight.
For an exit in the second round of the grass tournament in the Netherlands Alexander Dolgopolov earned a little more than 10 thousand Euro prize and 20 points.
The Vasek Pospisil (Canada) — Alexander Dolgopolov (Ukraine) — 7:6, 4:2, failure Dolgopolov
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