The meeting lasted almost 2.5 hours and was full of twists. In the first game, Stosur and Zhang jumped to 4-0, but four more games won and Pera. The rivals of the Polish-American duo were leading 4-1 in the tie-break, but lost the advantage again. It was a 5-5 draw, but ultimately Stosur and Zhang were the top players in the set.
Linette and Pera won a difficult match
In the second game, however, the player from Poznań and her partner did not give up and led to a 1: 1 draw (6: 1) in the sets. In the next one, which was already decisive for the final result of the meeting, a lot happened again. There have been three breaks since the 4: 4 score, two of which have been taken by Linette and Pery. The players leading 6: 5 then defended two “break points” and then used the second match ball.
For many, such a result of the meeting may be surprising. and Zhang won the US Open last season, three years ago in Melbourne to be exact. In addition, they were seeded with the fourth number. The first of these players on Thursday, after being eliminated in the second round, ended a rich singles career.
Linette and Pera, who reached the French Open semi-finals a year ago, defeated Dunka Clara Tauson and Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck 6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 0 earlier in 2022. In the 1/8 finals, the Polish-American rivals will be the Swedish-Russian duo, i.e. Rebecca Peterson and Anastazja Potapowa.
Magda Linette only plays in doubles, because she was eliminated in the second round of individual games. She lost to the Russian Daria Kasatkina 2: 6, 3: 6.
Source: Sport
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