In a highly compelling first round match, Andrea Petkovic came from a set down and then a break down in the decider to edge Caroline Garcia, 3-6 6-4 7-5. It was one of those matches where you wish it didn’t have to happen in the first round. I was in and out for the first…
There have been crazy scorelines aplenty on day 2 of the 2015 US Open. In one match, Olga Govortsova defeated Irina-Camelia Begu in a classic WTA scoreline, 6-1 0-6 7-6(3). Another wacky one, which I got to watch some of, saw Mona Barthel beat Tsvetana Pironkova, recovering from 5-7 2-5 down to somehowwww win, 5-7…
After Maria Sharapova pulled out of the tournament, it left a pretty gaping hole in the top half of the draw. First round action on day one has chucked the second quarter (and parts of the first too) into a blender as seed after seed departed. The first to go was Ana Ivanovic, who was…
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