Lee-Waters/Moulton-Levy shock Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez in quarters – New Haven Open 2012
American tandem, Lindsay Lee-Waters and Megan Moulton-Levy, upset the fourth seeded Spaniards, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, with a breadstick at the New Haven Open at Yale 2012 on Thursday. They jolted down a 7-6(6), 6-1 victory against the Spaniards to power into the semi-finals at this outdoor hard court event held in Connecticut, United States.
The unseeded American duo showed brilliant co-operative skills to outsmart Llagostera Vives and Martinez Sanchez in straight sets in their first encounter. After bagging the match in one hour and 19 minutes, Lee-Waters and Moulton-Levy comfortably advanced into the final four at this WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Premier event.
Lee-Waters and Moulton-Levy stepped into the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center with conviction. They drew the first blood in the opening game and jumped to a 2-0 lead. The Americans held their following serves until they lost their track in the 10th game, subsequently levelling the scores at 5-5. However, they remained focused and dominated in the tie-breaker to clinch the opener with a 7-6(6) score line.
The American junction went out of control in the follow-up set. They wiped out the opening five games through brilliant partnership. After the seeds came on the score sheet in the sixth game, Lee-Waters and Moulton-Levy plucked their serve once again and clicked the set with a breadstick.
Summing up the Americans’ performance, Lee-Waters and Moulton-Levy committed fewer double faults and unforced errors. They also manipulated a better first serve share of 68 per cent as compared to their rivals’ 51 per cent and amazingly availed 31 out of 44 points on it.
Next up for Lee-Waters and Moulton-Levy are the second seeded Czechs, Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, who tumbled the German-Czech tandem, Anna-Lena Gronefeld and Kveta Peschke, in straight sets.
The third seeds, Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik and China’s Jie Zheng, faced a better fortune. They eased past the Slovenian-Polish junction, Andreja Klepac and Alicja Rosolska, in straight sets to progress. Srebotnik and Zheng lost their serve three times but capitalised on five out of 14 break opportunities to clobber a 6-3, 7-5 score line in one hour and 24 minutes.
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