Lucie Safarova claimed an impressive 6-3 7-5 victory over former Australian Open semi-finalist Sloane Stephens at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday.
It was a match that featured numerous fine rallies, but Stephens lacked aggression and fell victim to Safarova’s greater consistency and more reliable serve. After the first three games went against serve, Safarova held to lead 3-1 and broke serve again to take the opening set. She also held the upper hand for most of the second set, but still found herself looking at a third as Stephens made a late bid to turn the match around. Stephens had to fight off two break points at 1-0 and two more which would have left her opponent serving at 5-3, but she then broke Safarova to lead 5-4 and served for the set. But Safarova responded by breaking Stephens to love, and then broke a final time at 6-5 for the match.
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