Despite some uneven play on her part, No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland advanced to the third round of the US Open on Wednesday with a 6-0, 7-5 win over No. 103-ranked Spaniard Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor in Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Torro-Flor had reached the second round at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, too, but the newcomer had yet to face a Top 5 opponent before and at times it showed. Making her main-draw debut here, she struggled to work her way into the match, managing only five points on her serve in the 21-minute first set.
The 21-year-old turned the tables by breaking Radwanska to open the second set, but after jumping out 40-0 on her next service game, she could not consolidate and was broken back. The Pole appeared to lose her focus midway through the set, allowing Torro-Flor her second break of the match.
There was a moment of levity when the stadium’s loudspeakers began picking up crossed radio signals. The pause appeared to reenergize Radwanska, who responded by breaking back yet again. She scored another in the eighth game of the second set to go up 5-3, but squandered a match point when she had a chance to serve it out.
To her credit, Torro-Flor hung in there, evening the set at 5-5, riding a flat forehand that’s not typically seen in Spanish players. But Radwanska would hold serve, then break her opponent to seal the match. Radwanska’s lone blemish was the fact that her first-serve percentage dipped from 64 percent in the first set to 53 percent in the second. She’ll need to fine-tune her game from the service stripe if she’s going to reach the second week here. Torro-Flor finished with 10 double faults.
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