in a battle of former World No.2s, No.3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska pulled off a miracle win over one of her biggest nemeses, Svetlana Kuznetsova, snapping a six-match losing streak against the Russian with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(6) victory. Kuznetsova had all kinds of chances - she led 4-1 in the third set and even brought up triple match point up 6-3 in the breaker - but Radwanska hung tough. Of course, 6-3 down in the tie-break, its never a great situation, especially since she was serving twice, Radwanska said. But youre still in it until you shake hands. Everything can happen. You can always turn the match around. Fighting to the end is the most important thing in tennis, I think. Next up for Radwanska is Roberta Vinci, who continued to revive her season with a 6-3, 6-3 win over No.13 seed Caroline Wozniacki. It was straight sets but it all came down to the big points - while Wozniacki converted on just two of 12 break points, Vinci was an absolutely perfect five-for-five. Radwanska leads Vinci in their head-to-head, 6-1, which includes a 4-0 record on clay. Other winners during the day were No.4 seed Simona Halep, who beat Spanish wildcard Lara Arruabarrena, 6-4, 6-4, and French qualifier Caroline Garcia, who won by walkover against Maria Kirilenko when the former Top 10 player had to withdraw beforehand because of a left wrist injury. The night session had its share of drama as well. After No.15 seed Sabine Lisicki beat Romanian wildcard Irina-Camelia Begu, 63 64, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova did the same to No.6 seed Jelena Jankovic, rallying from 4-1 down in the third to beat her for the fourth time in six tries, 62 57 76(3). - See more at: wtatennis/news/article/3811997/title/serena-one-win-away-from-milestone#sthash.ubSiGt92.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 12:09:00 +0000
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