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Preview:

Alex faces 21 year old Dutch qualifier Jesse Huta-Galung for a place in the Aachen semi-finals. Huta-Galung is currently ranked 411 [with a career high ranking of 311]. He's been in the form of his life this week, winning 3 rounds of qualifying and then beating the veteran 3rd seed Dick Norman in rd1 and dispatching Georgia's Irakli Labadze [who reached rd4 of Wimbledon] 6-3, 6-2 in rd2. Before this tournament he'd never beaten anyone ranked nearly as high as Dick Norman but he'd given Igor Andreev a close matches indoors earlier this year. Most of his success this year has come on clay where he's made a challenger quarter-final, won two futures titles and made two semis. Huta Galung has a similar game to Phillip Petzschner so here's hoping for a similar result !

admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 219 Location: London

I think that Alex will win in straight sets, Huta Galung has a big serve and looks to dominate with his forehand and gets into the net quite a lot but Alex has more consistency and variety. In the latter stages of his match against Cilic and throughout the Petzschner match he was overpowering both opponents from the back of the ground, he's really playing some aggressive tennis off both sides this week.

admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 219 Location: London

Huta-Galung opens the match with a hold to 15. Alex goes wide on the opening point and then a good deep return makes it 15-15. Two big first serves and a forehand winner give Huta-Galung the game.

Bogdanovic *0-1 Huta-Galung

admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 219 Location: London

Alex holds to 15. Alex comes up with a big serve and then a netted forehand gives him 30-0. He attacks the net but a perfect topspin lob makes it 30-15. Two more big serves seal the game

Boggo 1-1* Huta-Galung

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Huta Galung goes 15-30 down with a double fault. However, he retrieves the situation with a cross-court winner, a volley winner at the net after a good serve and then a service winner.

Boggo *1-2 HG

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Some big serves from Boggo enable him to hold to love for 2-2

admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 219 Location: London

A return winner gets Alex to 30-30 on the HG serve and then a brilliant passing shot gives him break point. However, a big first serve averts the danger for HG and another service winner and an ace enable him to hold.

Boggo *2-3 HG

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Alex gets to 30-15 on his serve with a forehand winner and an ace but HG plays a great drop shot which Alex gets but he can only scoop it long. Another big forehand gives HG break point. Alex bravely attacks the net and the gamble pays off as a good deep volley makes it deuce and two unforced errors from HG make it 3-3.

admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 219 Location: London

HG gets to 40-15 with some big serves but a double fault and a fine passing shot from Alex makes it deuce. However, HG works Alex round the court and opens up the angle to win the point and a big serve enables him to hold

Boggo *3-4 HG

admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 219 Location: London

HG wins the first point on the Boggo serve, punishing a mid-court shot from Alex which didn't have much on it. However, a great passing shot and a forehand winner takes Alex to 30-15. HG makes it 30-30 but a forehand error from him gives Alex game point which he takes with a good serve.

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