Sara Errani confirms third round spot; upsets Nadia Petrova – Australian Open 2012
Italian diva, Sara Errani, ousted the superior ranked Russian, Nadia Petrova, in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. The match was played in the second round of the year’s first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open on Thursday. Both
players locked horns for the first time in their careers and the 31st ranked Russian faced a massive upset, as she lost the 48th ranked Italian.
Show Court 2 was half empty and people were still making their way to the seats, probably they were lining themselves up for the next encounter that was to be played in the same arena between the Spanish number two, David Ferrer,
and the American, Ryan Sweeting. This was a total one-sided match that didn’t last longer as expected.
Pure display of class and domination from the Italian completely bobbed down the Russian. Errani won the first breakthrough as she broke in the third game with couple of dashing winners down the line. Match was hyped up a bit more
than the real show. Petrova lacked those powerful serves; probably due to a negative mindset. Another break for the Italian in the seventh game of the set doubled her lead that was good enough to kill any chance of comeback for the Russian. Errani ruled the
first set show; couple of aces in her last game gave her the lead of one set.
The Italian broke serve in the first game of the second set and doubled her lead with a successful serve game. She broke her rival’s serve once again in the third game to take 3-0 lead. At that moment, it was clear that this match
was definitely running towards a major upset. Petrova broke serve in the next game to decrease the lead but her game style lacked the power play.
Errani nailed a serve break in the seventh game; she earned the third round berth with a successful serve game that rounded off the match proceedings. A minnow performing better than the expected showstopper always brings more
delight to the crowd unless the superior ranked performer is the local hero. Errani doubled her support with this triumph and marched out of the arena with multiple autographs to her newly formed fans.
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