"Unfortunately, an ultrasound has revealed that I have a tear in my left calf. Most notably, No.3 seed and defending champion Simona Halep was forced to retire with a left calf injury in the second set of her match against fellow former World No.1 Angelique Kerber. That's always like a little struggle in the first two matches, and then I'm raring to go."Įlsewhere, there were mixed fortunes for other Grand Slam champions.
Even sliding and confidence with that, with movement. Just filling out the game, finding the rhythm. "I have been training for months, but it feels definitely different on clay to make that last adjustment. Overall, it was good for me to play such a clay court player on clay today, but it's a little frustrating. "She has a good game, for sure, obviously. It was definitely kind of good to go the distance and to try to be out there, but clearly I can do legions better," Williams added. "It's tough to have a first match on clay. Though she dropped serve at love when she attempted to serve out victory the first time, she stayed steely in the set's late moments and broke once more to secure a statement victory. In the second set, Podoroska quickly seized command of the match at 7-6(6), 5-2, after navigating a tough hold in a fifth game where she trailed 0-30 at 2-2. But the training isn't for nothing, so I know that it's just a matter of time." - Serena Williams on her first match since the Australian Open. My season doesn't usually start this late on clay. So it's actually really good to get out and to play some matches. So, yeah, I think it's the best tennis I play." I played a few weeks ago the Billie Jean, but I wasn't comfortable playing on clay at that moment. "Since Roland Garros, I think for sure it's the best tennis that I play on clay, no? It's also my first tournament after that. It also marked just the second time that Podoroska has won consecutive matches this season, having previously come from a set down to beat Germany's Laura Siegemund in her opener. She didn't play a tournament for a while, so I knew that maybe she did too many mistakes at the beginning or I have to push her to do them. I knew that I have to play every point, fight for every ball. I felt again comfortable on clay, on my game, and that's most important for me. I think it was a very good match, high level. "But most of all, I'm happy the way I played. I saw her playing when I grew up, so it was a special match for me," Podoroska said after the match. The victory over the World No.8 is Podoroska's third career win over a Top 10 player, all in the last eight months.
0 kommentar(er)
