Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport move into Women’s Legends Doubles final – French Open 2011
Lindsay Davenport of USA and Martina Hingis of Switzerland defeated Hungarian/French pair of Andrea Temesvari and Sandrine Testud in three sets 6-3, 6-7(4), 10-0 to move into the final of women’s legends doubles at French Open,
Roland Garros in Paris on Friday. The American/Swiss team took an hour and twenty minutes to undo their opponents in a tough match.
Davenport and Hingis broke their opponents in the ninth game of the opening set, winning it 6-3. The American/Swiss duo delivered 63 percent of the first serves, grabbing 67 percent of the points on them. Davenport and Hingis were
continuously attacking their opponents’ serve and the strategy paid off as the American and Swiss converted 63 percent of the returns into points in the first set. The legends won four of the six break points they received and saved one of the three break
points they faced in the opening set.
In the second set, Davenport and Hingis took the early lead as they broke Temesvari and Testud in the second game to go ahead 2-0. However, the Hungarian/French team bounced back and won four straight games to take a 4-2 lead.
Serving for the set at 5-4, Temesvari and Testud failed to hold serve, squaring off the score at 5-5. The set went into a tie-break and the Hungarian/French team claimed a couple of mini-breaks, consolidating on it to win it 7-4. Temesvari and Testud failed
to save the two break points they faced but converted two of the five break points on their opponents’ serve in the second set.
After the score getting tied at one set apiece, the match went into a super tie-break. Davenport and Hingis regained their form in the match tie-break, being flawless and winning ten consecutive points to grab it 10-0. The American/Swiss
pair incredibly delivered 100 percent of the first serves and won an amazing 100 percent of the points on them in the match tie-break. On the other hand, Temesvari and Testud hit just 40 percent of the first serves, failing to convert any of them into point.
The pair now moves on ahead to play the American Czech tandem of Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotna.
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