Women Tennis: Germans rise to the occasion and beat their rivals in round two – London Olympics 2012
Angelique Kerber knocked-out Timea Babos
German number one, Angelique Kerber, thrashed the 67th ranked Hungarian teenager, Timea Babos, in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 to reach the third round at the London Olympics on Tuesday.
She was absolutely fabulous with her forceful forehand strokes and didn’t allow a single opportunity to her rival to settle into the atmosphere. With three successive breakpoints in the opening set, Kerber completely owned the
19-year-old Hungarian in all departments.
The same phenomenon was witnessed in the second set as well. However, one thing is worth mentioning here that out of 37 points that were clinched by Babos, 21 of them were winners; four more than her rival in the overall stats.
The seventh seed German is scheduled to take on the former world number one, Venus Williams, in the hunt to reach the quarter-finals stage.
Sabine Lisicki overpowered Yaroslava Shvedova
The 15th seed German, Sabine Lisicki, outplayed the golden set record holder, Yaroslava Shvedova, in the second at London Olympics on Tuesday. She bounced back a set down to oust her rival 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Lisicki smashed a barrage of winners, 47 of them, to overpower the 47th ranked Kazakh starlet and more importantly reach the stage of last 16 in the hunt for a gold medal. She deserved to win the match having played
brilliantly in the second set and coming back after a slight rain suspension to win the final set.
In a post-match press conference, Lisicki stated, "I was surprised we got to play the match - the rain stayed away, which was nice. It was a hard match. I mean, Shvedova plays great, and she played fabulously here. I knew it would
be tough, and I'm just happy to win."
Lisicki will meet the Russian superstar, Maria Sharapova, in the third round of the tournament.
Julia Goerges trounced Varvara Lepchenko
World number 24, Julia Goerges, won against the 40th ranked American, Varvara Lepchenko, in straight sets to book a date with the Russian 14th seed, Maria Kirilenko, for a place in the quarter-finals of London
Olympics.
Goerges was extremely happy to register her maiden triumph against Lepchenko. At the end of the match, she expressed her delight in the following manner, “The last time we played I lost to her, so I got a little bit of revenge
this time. I'm pretty happy. I was serving well, playing aggressively and just kept fighting. She was fighting too. I expected a tough match and I got it."
It seems like Russians and Germans are ruling the show at Olympics.
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