Li Na trounces Ksenia Pervak in the first round – Australian Open 2012
Chinese world number six, Li Na clubbed the second round berth of the Australian Open tournament with a resounding win over the Kazakh contestant, Ksenia Pervak, on Monday. Hisense Arena was filled with a large crowd that gathered
to witness the Chinese tennis ace rocking her competitor with a straight sets triumph, 6-3, 6-1. It was clearly a one-sided encounter and Li spared nothing at all for the 20-years-old Kazakh contestant.
It was good to see some serious talented youngsters making their way into the Grand Slam tournaments but they still have a lot to learn; traits involving handling pressure of playing at such elite platform and contesting against
one of the Top-10 players can only be learnt with time and Pervak has the ability to learn from her defeats and move on. Li on the other hand is such a fascinating character at the court, which makes her rivals to earn their points and hardly commits any unforced
errors.
Youngster from Kazakhstan faced the first serve from her opponent and looked promising. Both players held their serves in the first five games as the scores tickled to 3-2 in favour of the Chinese with her opponent to serve the
next game. It was the time when Li hit the fourth gear and improvised by running towards the net after every return; risk paid in fruitful manner as the Chinese won the first breakpoint of the match.
Stunningly Pervak didn’t panic and broke serve to level the break points. She enjoyed that successful game but her glory was short lived, as her opponent broke serve in the next game to reclaim the lead. The Kazakh had to break
in the next game to extend the first set proceedings but she failed to do so and lost the first set. Opening set triumph enhanced the confidence of ever shining Li as she commenced the second set in thumping fashion.
With couple of breaks upfront for the Chinese tennis ace, scores were pushed to 3-0 in her favour. Two more breaks were traded in the next two games as the scores pushed to 4-1 in Li’s favour. She held her serve and broke in the
next game to finish off the second set proceedings in quick succession.
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