Misaki Doi slaughters Noppawan Lertcheewakarn to enter quarters – Royal Indian Open 2012
Japanese starlet, Misaki Doi, devastated the Thai challenger, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, with a bagel and a breadstick at the Royal Indian Open 2012 on Thursday. He jolted down a 6-0, 6-1 victory against the 20-year-old to power into the final eight at this
WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) 125 event taking place in Pune, India.
Seeded second in this event, Doi showed flawless performance to outshine the Thai in their fourth meeting. She reeled off the opening 10 games and eventually sealed the deal in straight sets in 48 minutes. After recording this success, the Japanese improved
to a 4-0 lifetime in the head-to-head series against Lertcheewakarn and advanced into the quarter-finals at this outdoor hard court event.
Doi blasted into the Balewadi Sports complex. She unleashed flurry of groundstrokes and reeled off all six games and pulled out the opener with a bagel. The Japanese was never threatened with any barrier and cashed half of the six break chances to inch towards
glory.
Ranked 97th in the WTA Premier Rankings, Doi maintained her intensity in the following set. She winded up the opening four games before gifting away her serve in the fifth game. The Japanese contender pocketed the last two games and subsequently
bagged a breadstick. Doi failed to block the lone breakpoint she came across and converted three out of five break chances to her advantage.
The left-hander from Japan spilled fewer double faults and smashed two aces. She clobbered a better first serve share of 62 per cent as compared to her rival’s 56 per cent and impressively marked 19 out of 23 points on it. Doi sought 11 break chances and
ended the match with 56 points.
Up next for Doi is the winner of the match between fifth seeded Kimiko Date-Krumm and the Chinese challenger, Yi-Miao Zhou.
The top seed, Nina Bratchikova from Russia, will join the Japanese youngster in the quarter-finals. She crushed the Ukrainian contender, Olga Savchuk, with double breadsticks to progress. The seeded Russian lost her serve once but cashed six out of 11 break
chances to formulate a 6-1, 6-1 success in 47 minutes.
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