Novak wasted game points at 3-1 and lost serve when Rafa hit a forehand winner down the line. Rafa capitalized on two break chances and brought the game home to put his name on the scoreboard. Nadal trailed 30-0 in the fourth game and seemed powerless against a determined opponent. Finding his rhythm, Djokovic laid a forehand game winner down the line in the third game to cement the lead, winning 14 of the opening 18 points.
He forced the Spaniard's mistake to grab an early break and set a good pace. The match continues under the Center Court roof, and Novak earned early break chances with a game-winning volley in the second game. Parks had 14 aces and 11 double-faults.Īlso, qualifier Heather Watson beat Danka Kovinic 7-6 (2), 6-4, and Anna Blinkova downed qualifier Ann Li 6-4, 6-4.However, the Serb squandered that advantage on the unforced error segment, pulverizing too many of them, often at crucial moments, to propel the Spaniard into a title clash against world number 1 Roger Federer. In other Day 1 results at the hard-court tournament, Mirjam Bjorklund, who made the field via a wild-card invitation, eliminated Alycia Parks 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Potapova and Mandlik are scheduled to play each other Tuesday.
3 seed Anastasia Potapova or wild-card entry Elizabeth Mandlik, whose mother, Hana Mandlikova, won four Grand Slam singles titles. In January, Volynets qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, upsetting No. The 21-year-old Volynets, ranked a career-high 92nd this week, was broken only once in the match while taking four games served by the 58th-ranked Riske-Amritraj, including all three in the final set. AUSTIN, Texas - Women's professional tennis made its WTA tournament debut in the capital of Texas on Monday, and Katie Volynets beat Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 in an all-American matchup to reach the second round of the ATX Open.
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