Wildcard Sabina Sharipova defeats Eirini Georgatou in 1st round – Tashkent Open 2011
The second day of the Tashkent Open 2011 saw the continuation of the opening round. The two players who took up the sword were wild card entrant Sabina Sharipova and qualifier Eirini Georgatou. As the two duelled on hard courts
of the Olympic School Tennis Courts in Tashkent, the home girl (Sharipova) took home the cake in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and twenty minutes.
Serving first for the opening set was Sharipova as she had won the toss, and the two won on their serves for the first two games. In the third game Georgatou was first to break and by holding her serve in the fourth took a lead
of 3-1. Greek Georgatou secured her lead by breaking her Uzbek adversary again in the fifth game.
As the home girl got her act together, she became an unstoppable force against the Greek challenger. She capitalized on three break points in the sixth and eighth game to even the score at 4-4. She then went on to holding her serve
in the ninth and took the lead at 5-4. In the tenth game as both players wished to stay in the game, Sharipova ultimately won the tenth game by breaking her adversary for the last time.
Opening the second set was again Sharipova, and as the two won on alternate serves for the first three games, in the fourth game Sharipova broke her Greek adversary to take a 3-1 lead. Not letting her opponent to set her rhythm,
she again broke her in the sixth game to secure a lead of 5-1. At this point Sharipova was serving for the match, while, Georgatou was looking to break. Nevertheless, As Sharipova sprinted towards the net; she put away a high volley at the net and won the
match.
At the end of the match the spectators cheered for their home girl and with 67 points attained in the match, Sharipova secures her second round berth, where she will be facing either the top seeded Ksenia Pervak or unseeded Galina
Voskoboeva.
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