The second round was over in a jiffy; they had to speed things up after the rain so the complete round was finished in a day and a half.
There were no major surprises in this round. Venus and Serena Williams, Kerber and Azarenka cruised through their second round. The only one I thought was going to go further was Pironkova. She lost to Pennetta in two sets: 7-5, 6-1. Goerges, the Radwanska killer, continued her great form in the second round by winning against Lepchenko: 6-3, 7-5. Zvonareva seems to rise to the occassion here at the Olympics by producing a solid win against Schiavone: 6-3, 6-3.
My personal favorite match was Wozniacki against Wickmayer. Not only because you can say Wozzy is playing Wicky (sounds like a child's program!) but also because of the quality of the match. The Dane took the first set 6-4 but the Belgian replied with a second set win with 6-3. In the third set, Wickmayer tried everything to undo an early break. Their fifth game (at 3-1 for Wozniacki) lasted at least 15 minutes and surpassed the 17 deuce mark. You could feel the importance of this game that eventually went to Wozniacki. Wickmayer still gave it everything she had, but the Dane smelled the victory and took the third set: 6-3.
So one Belgian is out, but Clijsters got through her second round match against Suarez Navarro, the one who outplayed Stosur, with: 6-3, 6-3.
Three British players fell this round: Baltacha against Ivanovic with 4-6, 6-7, Robson lost to Sharapova in two sets: 6-7, 3-6 and Watson against Kirilenko: 3-6, 2-6.
The eight mash-ups in the third round include:
- Azarenka vs. Petrova = normally the number one should win this but maybe Petrova will make her break a sweat this time
- Venus Williams vs. Kerber = power against power, should get interesting!
- Serena Williams vs. Zvonareva = their head to head may be 6-3 but I don't see how the Russian can break down the strong American mental power this time
- Hantuchova vs. Wozniacki = long time since I've seen Hantuchova this far in a tournament so my guess is, she won't go any further than this
- Clijsters vs. Ivanovic = certainly the match where I will pull out my hair, bite off my nails and sweat like a pig because of the excitement
- Lisicki vs. Sharapova = this match has the potential of a long and hard threesetter but I personally think Lisicki isn't in the best form to threaten Sharapova
- Kvitova vs. Pennetta = the Czech needed three sets in every round so maybe Pennetta has a chance of doing the same
- Kirilenko vs. Goerges = this side of the draw opens up with the defeat of Radwanska so who knows what will come out of this!
Keep posted!
The eight mash-ups in the third round include:
- Azarenka vs. Petrova = normally the number one should win this but maybe Petrova will make her break a sweat this time
- Venus Williams vs. Kerber = power against power, should get interesting!
- Serena Williams vs. Zvonareva = their head to head may be 6-3 but I don't see how the Russian can break down the strong American mental power this time
- Hantuchova vs. Wozniacki = long time since I've seen Hantuchova this far in a tournament so my guess is, she won't go any further than this
- Clijsters vs. Ivanovic = certainly the match where I will pull out my hair, bite off my nails and sweat like a pig because of the excitement
- Lisicki vs. Sharapova = this match has the potential of a long and hard threesetter but I personally think Lisicki isn't in the best form to threaten Sharapova
- Kvitova vs. Pennetta = the Czech needed three sets in every round so maybe Pennetta has a chance of doing the same
- Kirilenko vs. Goerges = this side of the draw opens up with the defeat of Radwanska so who knows what will come out of this!
Keep posted!
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