Last year we had a lot of ankle injuries during the first month of the season, this time it's the year of the third set tiebreak. I've seen like eight or nine of them in the past few tournaments!
In the second round at Sydney both Vinci and Cibulkova needed them to advance to the next round. Vinci against Jankovic: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) and the Kvitova-killer against Makarova: 7-6(3), 1-6, 7-6(1). Let's hope to see much more of them because oh man that's just nerve wracking to watch!
This round also featured Wozniacki's last match before the Australian Open. Kuznetsova beat her: 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-2. I hope we'll see the Russian do a spectacular comeback at the Australian Open, but it's more likely we'll see Wozniacki crash out of it quite soon.
The other seeded players all managed to win in the second set. Radwanska had a mash-up against Japanese Date-Krumm: 6-4, 6-3. Kerber defeated Voskoboeva: 6-2, 7-5. Vinci's doublepartner Errani is also through (and also in the doubles still): 6-1, 6-1 against Kirilenko. Na Li was quite merciful, leaving just one game to Morita: 6-1, 6-0.
Sydney also did a (quite strange) quiz with two well-known players on the tour: Kuznetsova and Jankovic, they've been at this for years. No amount of weird questions can get them to stop smiling!
Keep posted!
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