17th seed Nadia Petrova was defeated in the first round of the U.S. Open tonight by Andrea Petkovic. Petkovic is a streaky player whose fragile mentality often does her in, but she made it through a third set tiebreak in tonight's match. Petrova, who lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the New Haven final, called for the trainer several times during tonight's match.
The featured--and very late--night match on Tuesday was a pretty easy outing for top seed Caroline Wozniacki, who defeated wild card Chelsey Gullickson 6-1, 6-1. Gullickson, the 2010 NCAA singles champion,will probably make a decision soon about whether she will return to school (University of Georgia) or turn professional. (Darren Cahill's question, "Why would she return to college?" was more than I could take. Fortunately, Pam Shriver was as put off by it as I was.)
It's so good to see Andrea Petkovic finally closing out a match of this kind. She's been so close so many times and I'm delighted that luck was on her side this time. It's a pity it had to be at Petrova's expense though.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this is going to be a turning point for Petkovic; she has so much trouble closing matches.
ReplyDeleteAT THE US Open 2010, top seed Rafael Nadal and reigning women's champion Kim Clijsters advanced into their next rounds.
ReplyDeleteThe Wimbledon and French Open champion Nadal defeated 39th-ranked Uzbek Denis Istomin 6-2, 7-6 (7/5), 7-5. He will now face Frenchman Gilles Simon in the third round, who beat German Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3.Find out more update on US Open 2010