The match between Wozniacki and Paszek turned out to be a real thriller! The seeded Dane took the first set 7-5 although Paszek was serving for the set at a 5-4 score in her favor. Some missed chances for the Austrian to think about at the change over:
Wozniacki seemed to do the same thing in the second set, but Paszek forced a tiebreak after getting rid of two matchballs. The Austrian held her cool to take the tiebreak: 7-6(4). Now it was Wozniacki's turn to be frustrated about missed opportunities:
It was a close third set, but Paszek proved herself as the more confident player to take the win: 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4. Although Wozniacki is now already out in the first round, she showed some improvements to be more agressive and against any other normal first round opponent, she would have won. I'm getting the feeling many first and second round matches are pretty tough already instead of the third and fourth rounds.
Paszek got through to the third round quite easily, winning with 6-2, 6-1 against Cornet.
Kim Clijsters had another solid win against Hlavackova: 6-3, 6-3. Azarenka and Kvitova impressed in the second round with a bagel set: Azarenka against Oprandi (6-2, 6-0) and Kvitova against Baltacha (6-0, 6-4). Kerber got past Makarova in two sets: 7-5, 6-3.
There were some upsets this round! Stosur got knocked out by Rus: 2-6, 6-0, 4-6. It was a very strange match because the Australian did win the second set quite easily and it seemed she had the match under control again but Rus used her powerful backhand to take away the victory from the number five. Stosur hasn't been succesful on the grassy Grand Slam so far and she'll have to wait another year to get another crack at it.
Na Li is out too, she lost against Cirstea: 3-6, 4-6. Bartoli will have to pack her bags also because Lucic proved too strong in the third round: 4-6, 3-6. She won't be competing in the Olympics due to an argument with the French committee and that's such a shame if you ask me!
Wimbledon's second round got three very tough matches to entertain the crowd. First up Wickmayer needed 8-6 in the third set to get past Voskoboeva. Lisicki did the same against Jovanovski, winning: 3-6, 6-2, 8-6. But the match that everybody was waiting for: Pironkova against Sharapova. A very tough second round match for the number one.
The strong Bulgarian took a surprising lead of 5-2 in the first set and then the nerves set in. Sharapova managed to get the set to a tiebreak on pure willpower to make five setballs disappear. Pironkova lost the first set: (3)6-7. Exactly the same score went in favor of the Bulgarian in the second set!
The number one looked in trouble because Pironkova won some incredible points while Sharapova dictated play. The Bulgarian however was all out of physical and mental power in the last set and Sharapova never looked so focused and determined to get 6-0 in the third set.
More is yet to come, so be sure to keep on reading the next few days!
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