Peer played Tamaryn Hendler, and won the first set easily but fought hard in the second set, to eventually win with a score of 61 76(5).
"Before this match I was nervous. I don't know why. Maybe because I didn't know how she played," Peer said about her 61 76(5) win over Tamaryn Hendler. "I had a good run last week in Indian Wells. She was playing well and stepped it up in the second set. I could have been there another hour if I didn't take the second set. So I'm happy but of course I will have to play better next round."
Next up for the Israeli player is No. 5 seed Venus Williams, who has won here in Miami three times.
Wildcard Alexa Glatch won her match to Timea Bacsinszkiy 61 64, and will now face Top seed Serena Williams, a five-time champion here in Miami.
The only win with a score of 60 featured in the match was between Karolina Sprem and Marina Erakovic, where Sprem demolished the New Zealander 60 62.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Singles - First Round
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 62 64
Li Na (CHN) d. (Q) Urszula Radwanska (POL) 64 57 61
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 63 75
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (WC) Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) 61 76(5)
María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 60 64
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 36 62 63
Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 62 64
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. (Q) Jill Craybas (USA) 64 61
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 64
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) 76(2) 63
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (Q) Mariana Duque Marino (COL) 64 76(6)
Mara Santangelo (ITA) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 61 75
(Q) Karolina Sprem (CRO) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) 60 62
(Q) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 64 46 76(4)
(Q) Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. (Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN) 16 64 76(3)
(WC) Alexa Glatch (USA) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 64 61
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