Instead of some spectacular first round upsets in Brisbane, the first round in Sydney has been quite calm. Kvitova didn't manage to defeat Cibulkova, but okay that's a tough draw anyway. The fact that she was swept off the court: 6-1, 6-1, isn't too promising for the Australian Open in a week though.
Stosur was keen on getting revenge for her first round loss in Brisbane. Imagine the Aussie crowd holding their breath when she lost the first set to Chinese Zheng: 3-6. She neutralized her many unforced errors in the second set but she decided, it's way not cool enough to win it 6-2 or 7-5 (both having setpoints at those times) but in a tiebreak: 7-6(7)! I was clinging to the screen (while I should be studying by the way Sammy!). The third set started off well with a break and a lead: 3-1, but in an instant Zheng was 5-3 up. Stosur broke back but lost her own service game: 6-4 for Zheng. Do I call this an upset? Maybe, she's the sixth seed after all but we're in Australia, Sammy never seems to get her game going there...
Wozniacki came out victorious against the younger Radwanska: 6-1, 6-2. She's desperate to wipe all the speculation under the rug now. Let's hope she'll show some more excellent tennis this week, preferable in her next match against Kuznetsova (wow, that's been a long time since I saw here!). Na Li had a tough battle on the other hand against McHale but overcame the American: 7-6(2), 7-5.
Keep posted for the exciting second round matches (finally Kerber and Radwanska will play after getting a bye in the first round)!
Keep posted for the exciting second round matches (finally Kerber and Radwanska will play after getting a bye in the first round)!
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