Ashleigh Barty rallies past Madison Keys in Girls’ Singles – Wimbledon Championships 2011
Twelfth seeded Aussie, Ashleigh Barty battled past American Madison Keys in a three set nail biter match at Girls’ Singles – Wimbledon Championships 2011, a major grass court tournament held in London, England. She registered a 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4 victory over the 16-year-old American to labour into the last eight on Thursday.
17-year-old Australian outmuscled her American rival in almost two hours to secure a final eight spot at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Barty flashed into the opening set at Court Ten and wiped out first three games easily. She then held on to remaining serves with exquisite forehands from his arsenal of skills and eventually clinched the set with an assuring 6-3 score line in twenty-eight minutes. The Aussie saved the only breakpoint faced and converted one out of four breakpoint opportunities to her advantage.
Both players raised their level of game in the second set and played their best tennis. They clobbered equal first serve share of 58 percent and committed many unforced errors as well. Barty and Keys exchanged breaks early on and then held on to their remaining serves to drag the set to a tie-breaker. Keys, however, prevailed in it to seal the equaliser with a 7-6(5) win in forty-eight minutes.
The Aussie lost her serve in the very first game of the decider but she roared back by breaking keys’ serves twice to clinch the final set with a 6-4 score line. She saved five out of six breakpoints conceded and converted two out of five breakpoint opportunities to her advantage to help win comfortably. Barty also produced a higher first serve share of 63 percent as compared to American’s 42 percent and registered a convincing 62 percent win on it.
She will next face another American, Victoria Duvall, but it would be a tough duel since her opponent is a seeded player this time and is in great form.
Victoria Duval lost one set in this major event and breezed into the quarters after earning a breadstick against Brazilian qualifier Beatriz Haddad Maia in the second round match. She then trashed Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova in straight sets to set up this clash.
The seeded American took one hour and eight minutes to triumph over Kozlova at Court Ten. She clobbered a much higher first serve share of 75 percent as compared to Ukrainian’s 66 percent and registered an impressive fifty-seven percent win on it. Duval saved six out of eight breakpoints conceded and converted six out of ten breakpoint opportunities to her advantage to seal the deal with a 6-3, 6-2 score line.
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