The first player out on the courts was Amelie Mauresmo, who took on Julie Coin in her match on Wednesday. Mauresmo had a tough time in the first set, as the younger Frenchwoman went on to take it 75. Mauresmo took control of the second set and won it 62. The third set was the toughest, as it went all the way to a 6-6, and Mauresmo finally closed it out with a score of 13-11 in the tiebreaker. Mauresmo had saved 3 match points before winning.
"You know, I really don't know what to say," said the 29-year-old of the longest match of her career. "I'm just glad that I won it because it would have really been the 'missed-occasions match' if I didn't. That's the good and positive point for today. Other than that it's a lot of ups and downs and frustration because I was not able to make the difference when I was supposed to and I had so many break points and was not able to convert them."
Top seed Ana Ivanovic was also in a tough position against qualfier Roberta Vinci, which took 2 and a half hours to complete, as she lost the first set in a tibreaker with a score of 7-4, won the second set 75, and easily won the third set 61. Ivanovic had saved two match points before winning.
Other matches of the day included Sara Errani and Tsvetana Pironkova, where Errani won in three sets, 67(3) 75 63, and Olga Govortsova and qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva, where Govortsova won in three tough sets, 60 57 75.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Singles - Second Round
(1) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (Q) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 67(4) 75 61
(5) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) d. (LL) Julie Coin (FRA) 57 62 76(11)
Sara Errani (ITA) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 67(3) 75 63
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (Q) Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) 60 57 75
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