MELBOURNE, Australia
María Sharapova twice trailed No.12 seed bencic by a break in the opening set, but the Russian held her ground to fend off the Swiss youngster, winning, 7-5, 7-5.
Looking to reach her eighth quarterfinal, Sharapova had a tough time against Bencic, who was in the second week Down Under for the first time in her career. With points for 5-3 in the first set, Sharapova turned things around, winning four of the next five games to take a one set lead.
The former No.1 hit an astounding 21 aces and 58 winners, but Bencic nonetheless drew 46 unforced errors from the Russian's racquet, and traded eleven straight service holds in the second before dropping serve once more on an incorrect challenge, sending Sharapova into the last eight.
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario