Agnieszka Radwanska outguns Julia Goerges to reach the quarters – Australian Open 2012
World number eight, Agnieszka Radwanska, drilled through the 22nd seed, Julia Goerges, with double breadsticks at the Australian Open 2012 on Sunday. She earned a 6-1, 6-1 success against the 23-year-old German to book a spot in the final four at this major hard court tennis tournament taking place in the third and the fourth week of January.
The eight seed outshined Goerges in every department of tennis in their first meeting at the Melbourne Park. The high flying German on the other hand spilled 27 unforced errors as opposed to Radwanska’s three and exited from this first of the four Grand Slam event with disappointment.
"It was one of those days where nothing worked. No balls went in," Goerges said after the match. "She made I think two unforced errors in two sets. It's pretty tough when you go for your shots and miss them most of the time - almost all. It was a tough day for me."
Polish number one stormed into the Hisense Arena and drew the first blood in the opening game, ultimately going 3-0 up. After Goerges held her composure in the sixth game, Radwanska went into savage mode again and wiped out the last three games, sealing the 23 minutes opener with an excellent 6-1 score line.
The 22-year-old kept her rhythm from into the last set and stroke out the first three games in a row before the German snatched a break back. Radwanska, however, remained on course to bag $2.3 million prize money of the event and reeled off the last three games, earning the second breadstick in 31 minutes.
Summing up the Pole’s performance in this 54 minutes battle, Radwanska clobbered a much better first serve share of 68 percent as compared to the German’s 43 percent and registered an impressive 18 out of 25 points on it. The Pole failed to fend off the only breakpoint she came across but converted six out of nine break chances to her advantage to pocket the match.
Next challenge for Radwanska is the world number three, Victoria Azarenka from Belorussia. She crippled the Czech competitor, Iveta Benesova, in straight sets to set-up this duel.
"We've had so many great matches, long matches, long rallies. I'm sure it's going to happen again," the Belarusian said about her clash with the Pole. "I think she has improved tremendously since the end of last year. You can see the difference."
Both stars are battling each other for the tenth time with Azarenka leading the head-to-head series by 6-3 against the Pole. The Belarusian also won four of their last five meetings and has yet to lose a set in this tournament.
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