Sunday, January 11, 2009

Pironkova claims Schnyder as her latest victim

Drawing Tsvetana Pironkova in your first round is not pretty; the Bulgarian baseliner is almost always a dangerous floater at tournaments, and has taken out her share of top players. Today, she got a bit of help from 2nd seed Patty Schnyder, whose usually excellent first and second serves were apparently nowhere to be seen, ar least in the first half of the match. All I have to go on are the stats, but they are telling: In the first set, for example, she won only 33% of her second serve points. 

Schnyder did put up quite a fight in the second set, though, improving her serving stats, and saving five match points. I thought we were going to have a third set, and I liked Patty for it, but Pironkova was able to win on her sixth match point. 

Pironkova def. Schnyder, 6-2, 6-4

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