Yaroslava Shvedova expels Sung-Hee Han in qualifying 2nd round – Hansol Korea Open 2011
Eighth seeded Yaroslava Shvedova clashed with the unseeded Korean Sung-Hee Han in the qualifying second round of the Hansol Korea Open 2011. The two battled it out on the hard courts of Olympic Tennis Courts in Seoul, South Korea
on the 17th of September 2011. After 1 hour and 27 minutes of the match Kazak Yaroslava won in straight sets of 6-3, 6-3.
Han was first to initiate the opening set and she flourishingly put herself on the score board in the first game. She then went on to breaking Shvedova in the second game to take a mini lead of 2-0. Broken for the first time in
the third game was Han, as Shvedova capitalized on the opportunity and was able to jump back into the game.
Still a break down, the two players broke each other back to back in the fourth and the fifth game but the score was levelled in the sixth game as Shvedova was able to hold her serve.
The set could’ve tilted either way at this point in the match but Shvedova was a better player and with her experience was quick to realize that and broke back in the seventh game to take a mini lead of 4-3.
In a reversal of fate during the eighth game she had held her serve and was leading two breaks up at 5-3. After holding her serve in the eighth game, in the ninth game she was waiting to win the match point on Kim’s serve and as
she pounced at the first opportunity, Shvedova broke Han for the last time to conquer the opening set in an easy victory of 6-3.
Opening the second set was Shvedova and both the players held their own in the first two games. Neither of the players wanted the other to capitalize on a breakpoint and thus, they kept on going toe-to-toe in the following four
games to balance the score at 3-3.
During the seventh game Shvedova held her serve and luckily in the eighth game, Han double faulted twice to gift her opponent with the mini lead she needed and as Shvedova held her serve in the in the ninth game, she bagged a lucky
second set to win the match.
Amidst the second set neither of the players had smashed an ace; instead Shvedova had committed fewer double faults, while her adversary had committed three double faults. Saving all her break points, was an added advantage for
Shvedova as Han was unable to capitalize on the three break point opportunities that were presented to her.
With 69 points won in the total match points Shvedova was able to save a spot in the final qualifying round of the Hansol Korea Open where she will be facing Japanese Rika Fujiwara.
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