Alberta Brianti defeats Ksenia Pervak at the 2011 Grand Prix SAR
World number 94 Alberta Brianti of Italy defeated Russian Ksenia Pervak, ranked 83rd in the world, 7-5, 6-2 in the second round of the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem at the Royal Tennis Club de Fes in Fes, Morocco.
Turned pro in 2000, Brianti made the most noticeable performance of the season at the Moorilla Hobart International, where she reached the second round of the tournament as a qualifier and moved past Junri Namigata, Mariya Koryttseva and Zhang Shuai in the qualifying competition. After that she battled past Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in straight sets before losing to Klara Zakopalova of Czech with a score line of 6-1, 4-6, 2-6 in the second round of the tournament.
Looking into the match, the 19-year-old Russian didn’t play well and lost the match to her opponent with a loss of thirteen games. Pervak was unable to serve well as she could only manage to win 59 percent of the points on her 70 percent first serves. On the other hand, her opponent hit 59 percent of the first serves and converted 67 percent of points on her first serves and 53 percent of points on her second serves. The 31-year-old Brianti converted four of five breakpoints to clinch the first set with a 7-5 score line.
In the final set, the Italian pro dominated the field once again and broke her opponent in the first and third game to take an early advantage. However, Pervak made 74 percent of the first serves and won 41 percent of points on her first serves and 17 percent of points on her second serves. She clinched two of five break points and won two consecutive games to take the score 4-2. Nonetheless, Brianti held her serve in the next games and broke her opponent twice to clinch the set with a 6-2 score line.
By this win, Brianti has extended her match winning streak to eleven matches. She will face Melanie Oudin of United States in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Oudin received a walkover win to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament.
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