The Hagenaar won on the grass at the Topshelf Open in three sets of Croat Ivo Karlovic:. 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6
Haase never reached the last four in the Dutch tournament. He now exceeds Franman Nicolas Mahut, who earlier in the day defeated his compatriot Adrian Mannarino. Mahut won the tournament in Rosmalen in 2013.
Haase received during the first set barely grip the hard storage of the Croatian service gun. He also got no break opportunity.
Karlovic did not finish his only break point, so a tiebreak had to bring the decision. The 36-year-old Croat placed therein an early mini break and kept the lead, and he took the set 7-4.
In the second act of the stores got stuck Karlovic equally and that Haase could directly in the first game benefit. He put a break and took the second set 6-4, partly because Karlovic five break opportunities left unused
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needed a tiebreaker again bring the decision to the third set. It Haase placed the first mini-break with a clever passing shot down the line.
A careless mistake on the grid Karlovic led to three match points before the Hague-born. He utilized them direct his first play after two hours and fifteen minutes.
” last ”, Haase said, relieved his first semifinal place in Rosmalen. ” I’ve tried it a couple of times and you get very few chances to play in the Netherlands. Hopefully it’s not too soon ”
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