Haase stunt against Wawrinka, Sijsling loses to Nadal – NUsport.nl

Robin Haase on Sunday for a stunt made in the second round of the Masters tournament in Indian Wells. The Hagenaar was in three sets too strong for far higher Stan Wawrinka. Later Igor Sijsling lost in straight sets to Rafael Nadal

The strong playing Haase took 1 hour and 48 minutes to complete against the Swiss:. 6-3, 3-6 and 6- 3. In the third round encounters Haase Lukas Rosol, who stripped Martin Klizan.

In the first act, the 27-year-old Haase placed his first break at 3-3, then his second opportunity to use and surprisingly to take the lead on the American hard court.

Haase, number 104 in the ATP rankings, impressed and forced the moderate serving Swiss to make mistakes. The one-time Grand Slam winner publicly stated audibly disappointed and did his usual level initially get no time.

The number seven the world, revived after a mushroomed beginning of the second set, however, and noted in the seventh game his first break. Haase did not much later for the second time his service road and saw his Swiss opponent so pull the score level.

Conviction

In the sixth and seventh game of the third and deciding set did the highest ranked Dutchman good business by surviving successively a break point Wawrinka and then beat the 4-3 on the scoreboard in the storage turn of the 29-year-old Swiss.

Then, the reborn Haase could with strong game and with conviction within the last two games and drag qualify as surprising for the third round of the prestigious tournament in the west of the United States

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Haase until the second round in California penetrated thanks to his first victory of the calendar year, against Alex Bolt from Australia. Igor Sijsling occurs later on Sunday (local time) still against Rafael Nadal.

Sijsling

Sijsling did not provide a stunt. The Amsterdam was beaten by Nadal: 4-6 and 2-6. Sijsling state in the world ranking 131 places lower than Nadal, who is number three in the world.

The game took 72 minutes. Sijsling won only seven points on the storage of the Spaniard, Indian Wells has won three times.

“I made a few mistakes and moved well. All in all a solid performance,” Nadal analyzed afterwards.

In the first round charged the 27-year-old Sijsling Friday with the Serb Filip Krajinovic 6-4, 3-6 and 6-2

By:. NU.nl/ANP

Picture: Reuters