Polona Hercog outshines Kimiko Date-Krumm in round one – Family Circle Cup 2012
Seeded 14th in this event, Polona Hercog dumped the Japanese veteran, Kimiko Date-Krumm, in straight sets at the Family Circle Cup 2012 on Monday. She summed up a 6-4, 6-3 victory against the 41-year-old to advance into the second round at this
WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Premier event held in Charleston, United States.
The high-spirited Slovene showed her class at the Family Circle Tennis Center and stomped over Date-Krumm in their second meeting. After earning this one hour and 27 minute success, Hercog not only avenged her loss at the Fed Cup earlier this circuit but
also levelled the head-to-head series by 1-1 against the Japanese.
38th ranked Hercog stormed into this clay court event and leaped to a 3-0 lead after drawing the first blood in the second game. She remained focused after that and despite losing her serve in the ninth game, the Slovene capitalised on another
break chance to seal the opener with a 6-4 win.
The 21-year-old carried her winning ways in the proceeding set and swiftly swiped in her entire serves without facing any blockade. She sought six break opportunities and converted one to her advantage in the sixth game, subsequently pulling out the set
with a 6-3 success.
Summing up the seed’s performance at this match, Hercog manifested a slightly lower first serve share of 73 per cent as opposed to the Japanese’s 76 per cent but acceptably clinched 30 out of 41 points on it. She also registered impressive share on her returns
and finished the duel with 72 points.
Up next for the seeded Slovenian is the winner of the match between Belarus’ Anastasiya Yakimova and the local starlet, Varvara Lepchenko.
The 10th seed, Anabel Medina Garrigues, will join Hercog in the second round. She lost her concentration in the second set but devastated Melanie Oudin in the final set to set-up this meeting. Garrigues pulled out the decider with a bagel to clobber
a 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 score line against the local qualifier.
The Spanish number one improved to a 3-0 lifetime in the head-to-head series against Oudin after earning this two hours and 29 minutes victory.
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