Romina Oprandi disposes Alexandra Cadantu and advances to round two – Generali Ladies Linz 2012
World number 55, Romina Oprandi, disposed the 88th ranked Romanian, Alexandra Cadantu, in the opening round of the Generali Ladies Linz on Tuesday. She sent her rival packing in just 55 minutes; registering straight
sets score line of 6-2, 6-1. It was the second head-to-head victory for the 26-year-old Swiss who is yet to lose any clash against 22-year-old Romanian.
The opening set witnessed a remarkable control of serves by the Swiss number one. She played the returned games with utmost command and bagged the first breakthrough in just the third game of the match. She cruised along with an
easy serve hold to make it 4-1. Cadantu was also inspiring with her serves but the consistency was lacking that cost her the set. The eighth game of the match proved to be the final one for the opening set as the Swiss grabbed another breakthrough to end the
resistance of her rival.
Oprandi took a mammoth lead of 5-0 in the second set courtesy three serve holds in succession that were coupled with two breakpoints in the middle. She was on course to register a bagel against her opponent but some respect was
restored by the Romanian who held her serve on third instance after saving a breakpoint and avoided a bagel.
Oprandi won the next four points on the trot and clinched the second set with no difficulty at all. It was an easy contest for the Swiss superstar who will go head-to-head against the fifth seed German, Julia Goerges, in the second
round of the contest.
The Swiss commented about the contest afterwards, "I had some very good matches last week in Beijing and it gave me a lot of confidence. Today I played a very good match - Cadantu's a tough opponent, so I'm very happy I could play
well against her today."
Casually talking about the tour of the attractive city, Oprandi stated, “Not really. Just in the morning when I go to buy my newspaper, but that's it!” It means that she is focused on her game at the moment and probably plans to
witness the beautiful sceneries of Linz afterwards.
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