London 2012 Olympic Tennis 3rd Round: Azarenka v Petrova
Azarenka (Belarus) v Petrova (Russia)
With the weather improving all the time, my friend had to
resort to buying some sun-cream!
It was nice to see Petrova again – it’s been a while – but
the baseline slugging and warming weather made this match a little soporific.
Games went with serve, although occasionally out of nowhere, Petrova threw in a huge kick serve.
Games went with serve, although occasionally out of nowhere, Petrova threw in a huge kick serve.
It didn’t take long for Nadia to be complaining to her team
but kept things close to take the frst set to a tiebreak (with the umpire
starting the scoring at 15/0 before correcting herself).
It took Vika a while to get herself going, but she finally
started to step up a gear and took thhe first set.
Nadia was needled and there was a lot of racquet throwing
around by Nadia, but somehow the momentum shifted back as she broke Vika.
In fact it wasn’t clear if Nadia was playing better, or Vika
just started playing badly again.
Racquets were being tossed about by both girls now and both
were fighting hard.
A forlorn challenge from Nadia on matchpoint but it was
Azarenka to go through.
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