Vera Dushevina edged another-seeded Agnes Szavay 6-4, 7-6 (6) Wednesday to reach the of the Northern Light Open.
Tennis newsVera Dushevina edged following-seeded Agnes Szavay 6-4, 7-6 (6) Wednesday to reach the of the Northern Light Open.
Szavay in debt early in both sets, but ‘t exploit. In the introduction, the Hungarian had a accidental to serve out the set when important 5-4, but she hit two twofold-faults and made two bad misses with her forehand.
Dushevina, a Russian who last year’s final, in the long run won a miserly deciding game to reach the next round.
Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and third-seeded Katarina Srebotnik also won in level sets.
The 10th-categorized Radwanska, who won the contest at Olympic Stadium last year, routed Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine 6-1, 6-1, and Srebotnik beat qualifier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 6-4.
Radwanska fell behind 0-40 in the first game, but the 10th-classified Pole rallied to win it and was at no time challenged the rest of the way.
“I’m very happy with the way I’m playing right now,” Radwanska said. “I refuge’t a match since Wimbledon. I hope to reach the final here because this occurrence is good preparation for the Olympics.”
Pavlyuchenkova, a last top-graded inferior from Russia, 4-1 in the next set before getting to 4-4. But Srebotnik, a Slovenian who won one of her four WTA titles in Stockholm years ago, bankrupt back to lead 5-4 and out the counterpart.
“She played well for a while and I started gone astray a few ,” Srebotnik said. “She’s a very good contestant but there’s a long way to go from subordinate tennis.”
Srebotnik, ordered 29th, relied on her dedicated first serve. Pavlyuchenkova only managed to take five of 31 points when Srebotnik put her original serve in.
Sixth-seeded Sania Mirza of India ousted Emilie Loit of France 6-3, 6-2 in the foremost round. Mirza’s balance was moved to Wednesday because she reached the at a WTA occasion at Carson, California, last stay.
“I felt very tired and jet- and expected a tough partner,” Mirza said. “It was nice to win in direct sets.”
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