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Goerges edges Cornet to progress
This term’s Stuttgart winner Julia Goerges has picked up a hard fought win from Alize Cornet who blanked the German in the first set before losing the last two sets 4-6, 0-6 in the Texas Tennis opener. Next up for the third seed is Elena Baltacha of Great Britain.
Goerges needed one hour and a half to book her place into the second term as the German broke her opponent five times out of eight chances. She also won 56 percent of service points and 49 of return ones, hitting 71 winners to Cornet’s 65. The French player also had a positive approach on her balls, winning 51 of service points.
Said Julia after the meeting: “In the first set it wasn’t happening for me out there… I hardly got a ball in the court and she was playing some really good shots. In the second set I focused on my game, put a little bit more spin on the ball and tried to move her around. I’m happy that I have a chance to play a second match ahead of the US Open.”
Cornet converted at the same time four out of five break points, but failed to set the pace in the last two terms, as three of the four breaks had come in the opener. On the other side, Goerges grabbed a couple of breaks in the second term and three more in the decider which she won very easily. The German will next meet Baltacha who eased past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.
Baltacha broke the Czech six times and only conceded one service in the last term. The Briton finished the game with a 64 service percentage, a 58 return one as well as 63 winners to Strycova’s 41 winners.
Concerning the second half of the draw, second seed Dominika Cibulkova eased past Mirjana Lucic of Croatia 6-4, 6-0 after breaking her opponent six times. The Slovak won 58 percent of service points, 56 of return ones and hit 70 winners, compared to her opponent’s 44 service percentage and 52 winners.
Cibulkova had a slow start which saw her broken twice, but managed to rally past the Croatian in the second one, sealing the victory in nearly one hour and a half. Lucic committed at the same time eight double faults and converted just two out of five break points, both coming in the opener. She will next meet Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine who has made an easy progress into the second term.
Bondarenko defeated Greta Arn of Hungary 6-2, 6-3 after grabbing five breaks to Arn’s two. The Ukraine, who had previously met the Hungarian at the 2010 Wimbledon Grand Slam in a three set loss, won 63 percent of service points and 57 of return, compared to Arn who finished the game with a 43 service percent and a 37 return one.
The world number 88 Ukraine won the match in just over an hour, but will have a hard life against second seed Cibulkova whom she will be meeting for the third time. The head to head series between the two is led by the world number 15 who last defeated Bondarenko at the last term’s US Open. Her first win comes from the 2008 Stanford event.
Fourth seed Yanina Wickmayer abandoned the Sofia Arvidsson meeting due to an injury. The Swede was already in control leading the Belgian 4-6, 6-0, 1-0, and eventually made the progress after her opponent’s retirement. Arvidsson will next face Anastasia Sevastova of Latvia who eased past Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-4.
The Latvian broke the Thailand player in one hour and 16 minutes, picking four breaks and 63 winners. She also won 63 percent of service points, 42 of return, hitting at the same time six aces past the unseed who won just 37 percent of return points. Tanasugarn broke the Latvian twice, one break per set, but failed to take control over the great shaped Sevastova who always managed to stay ahead of her opponent.
Sixth favorite Shahar Peer has made an easy progress when the Israeli defeated Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus 6-1, 6-3. The seeder broke her opponent four times and did not allow the Belarusian to create a break point chance. Peer captured the win in one hour and 15 minutes after winning 71 percent of service points and 48 of return.
On the other side, Yakimova, who hit 44 winners to Peer’s 62, won 29 percent of return points, finishing the game with three double faults and a 64 first serve percentage. Next up for the Israeli is Johanna Larsson who stunned Romania’s Simona Halep in straight easy sets 6-3, 6-1 in the opener.
The Swede beat the Romanian in nearly one hour and a half after breaking her five times. Larsson hit 76 winners and won 59 percent of service points, compared to Halep whose showing included a 47 service percentage, four double faults and just 60 winners.
Sabine Lisicki, winner of this year’s Birmingham tournament beat Sani Mriza in straight sets 6-3, 6-0 to face Alberta Brianti in the second term. The Italian defeated Irina Falconi of United States 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 35 minutes. She broke the crowd favorite five times and only conceded one service in the second set.
Brianti finished the game with a 64 service percentage, a 52 return one and 80 winners, compared to her opponent’s 48 service percentage and 36 return one. Falconi committed at the same time nine double faults, something which led to her lack of concentration and an easy defeat.
Eighth seed Romanian Irina Begu crashed Pauline Parmentier of France 6-1, 6-3 in one hour and 15 minutes, after breaking the world number 60 five times. Begu, who had lost the previous to meetings with the French, won 63 percent of service points and hit 57 winners, while her opponent left with a poor 48 service percentage and a 37 return one.
She will next confront Gisela Dulko of Argentina who also follows an easy win over Bojana Jovanosvski whom she broke five times. Dulko, who was facing the Serb for the first time ever, impressed with a 64 service percentage and six aces, sealing the victory in just one hour and ten minutes. On the other side, the Serb finished the game with a 36 return percentage and five double faults.
Melanie Oudin has made a free progress into the second term of the Dallas event after her opponent Akgul Amanmuradova abandoned early in the second set due to an injury. The American led the Uzbek 7-6, 1-0 before being let known of the abandon. She will next meet qualifier Angelique Kerber who picked a hard fought win from Chanelle Scheepers.
The German needed two hours and 20 minutes to capture the victory as she edged the South African in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Kerber broke her opponent eight times and conceded six of her own services. Despite a poor start, which saw the German lose the opener at four, she managed to recover the deficit and power through to a four game lead in the second set, which helped her to stay in touch with the win and push the meeting into a third set decider.
The last term saw the two players go head to head until the 11th game, while a late break propelled Kerber to an uneasy victory. The German won 56 percent of service points and 53 of return, while the African came up with a 47 service percentage and a 44 return one. Kerber leads the head to head series 2-0, her first win coming from the 2009 US Open Grand Slam.
Texas Tennis Prize Money and points:
Winner – $37,000 and 280 points WTA
Runner up – $19,000 and 200 points WTA
Semi finalist – $10,400 and 130 points WTA
Quarter finalist – $5,625 and 70 points WTA
Second round – $3,100 and 30 points WTA
First round – $1,825 and 1 point WTA
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