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Cibulkova packs from Dallas after Bondarenko defeat
The Slovak, who had previously eased past Mirjana Lucic 6-4, 6-0, conceded six services and only converted a couple of break points. Bondarenko needed just one hour to get rid of the Slovak who committed five double faults before finishing the game with a poor 37 return percentage. The Ukraine player, by contrast, won 63 percent of service points and 59 on return, needed just half an hour to grab the first lead.
Bondarenko broke her opponent three times in the opener and three more times in the last one, sealing her biggest win of the week at the Texas Tennis event. Cibulkova still leads the head to head series with the 25 year old whom she defeated twice, last occasion at the last term’s US Open Grand Slam. Bondarenko’s next opponent is Sabine Lisicki who crashed Alberta Brianti 6-1, 6-2 in the second term, needing just 52 minutes to out the Italian who failed to convert any of the two break points.
The German broke her four times instead, winning at the same time 72 percent of service points, 62 on return, compared to the unseed who won just 38 percent of service points and 28 of return. Lisicki committed five double faults, but fired six aces past Brianti who hit 28 winners of 85.
The 23rd-ranked Lisicki has finally leveled the head to head series to 1-1. Brianti won the first meeting between the two in three sets at last term’s Australian open, but provided a lamentable showing in Dallas. Lisicki will meet Bondarenko for the first time tomorrow.
Romania’s Irina Begu has also secured a quarter final berth when the eighth seed defeated Gisela Dulko 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and a half to set a Anastasija Sevastova meeting. Begu broke the Argentine four times of seven tries, finishing the game with a 59 service percentage, a 45 return one and 64 winners.
As for the world number 58, Gisela, who was playing Begu for the first time, only broke her opponent twice, leaving the court with a 55 service percentage and a 41 return one. She also hit 56 winners and committed eight double faults.
Begu’s next opponent Sevastova needed nearly one hour and a half to get rid of Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden, who had managed to impress in the early rounds. the Latvian edged her 7-6, 6-4 after breaking the Swede five times. Arvidsson managed to stay in touch with the victory, winning four breaks, but never managed to set the pace and go well ahead of a stubborn Sevastova who edged her 7-4 in the breaker.
The second set saw the same Latvian go two games ahead of the world number 56 whom she met for the 56th time. Sevastova eventually won the meeting to make the progress and near her best season performance. She finished the game with a 57 service percentage, 47 return one and 78 winners, compared to her opponent’s 53 service percentage, 43 return one and 71 winners.
Sevastova has leveled the situation in the head to head confrontations 1-1. Sofia won the first meeting 6-1, 6-2 last year at the Charleston event. She will meet Begu for the second time, the direct confrontations being led by the 21 year old who beat the Romanian at the 2009 Cuneo tournament.
“I switched gears in the second set when I was 4-2 down, started to play more aggressively, make less mistakes, and then I won the next four games in about 10 minutes,” said Sevastova after the meeting.
Concerning the first half of the draw, Elena Baltacha provided one of the biggest surprises when the Briton stunned this year’s Stuttgart event Julia Goerges after losing the opener very easily, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6. Baltacha broke the third seed German just four times and conceded five of her services.
A late comeback allowed her to win the second term at the death thanks to a late break, while the decider saw her push the game into the breaker she eventually won at two. Goerges has thus suffered an early ousting which might reduce her confidence for the upcoming US Open Slam.
Baltacha won 59 percent of service points, 42 on return and hit two more winners than her opponent who left with a 58 service percentage and a 41 return one. The 28 year old Briton needed nearly two hours and a half to level the head to head series to one.
Said the British pklayer after the game: “I knew that she can be up and down and that if I got an opportunity to take advantage of it, which I did in the second set and the third, and I’m delighted about that.
Next up for her is Aravane Rezai who also needed three sets and nearly two hours to oust Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia. The French ousted the world number 69 after converting seven out of 16 break points. She also conceded three services, dominating the game with a 63 service percentage and a 51 return one, as well.
On the other side, Rybarikova, who had a strong start, lost the pace in the last two terms, allowing her opponent to break her three times in the second set and three more in the last one. Rezai has thus gone 3-0 in the direct confrontations. Unfortunately, she hasn’t won any of the two previous meetings with Baltacha whom she will be playing tomorrow and who last defeated her at this term’s Toronto event.
Finally, Johanna Larsson and Angelique Kerber will provide the last quarter final of the tournament. The German follows a big win against crowd favorite Melanie Oudin whom she defeated 6-3, 6-2 in the second term. She broke the American six times and conceded a couple of services. She also finished the game with a 59 service percentage, a 55 return one and 62 out of 109 winners.
As for Oudin, she won just 45 percent of service points and 41 on return, something which cost her a one hour and a quarter loss. Kerber’s next opponent Larsson stunned sixth favorite Shahar Peer 6-2, 6-4, needing just one hour and 25 minutes to secure a quarter final berth.
The Swede managed to convert five out of 12 break points and win 65 percent of service points, compared to her opponent’s two breaks and 50 service percentage. Larsson will meet Kerber for the first time tomorrow, but will start the clash as first favorite in front of the world number 107.
Tennis Texas 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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