Top seed Marion Bartoli had a tough time of it, but she defeated Vania King 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 today in Carlsbad. Bartoli was up a set and 3-0, and held a point to go up 4-0, when King took over and won 11 of the next 15 games. The opponents played for over 3 hours and 10 minutes and Bartoli double-faulted 18 times. The Frenchwoman's next opponent will be Christina McHale.
It's been raining at the Swedish Open, so play was suspended for most of the day today. Mona Barthel, who has had a surprisingly poor season, has advanced to the third round, so perhaps things are picking up for her.
It seems that Bartoli has been "off" somewhat this year compared to last year.
ReplyDeleteShe really has. Too bad.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't what you wrote about but it is about Carlsbad. So do you have a clue as to what is wrong with Jankovic over, lo these many months? She went out in Carlsbad today to a person ranked, I believe, 161-a qualifier? I guess it was good she got to the quarters ;).
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. My best guess is that her motivation is low. She has said, in the past year, that she has some trouble getting motivated. It's a shame, isn't it?
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