Sam Stosur beats Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-3
I was surprised organizers put this match on the big centre court and not the Kuznetsova – Williams one. Stosur( a multiple doubles slam winner) is a very talented and athletic girl with great variety and a great net-game as well. I would have expected her at a slam semi finals, but definitely not here at Roland Garros. Yesterday she was a class above Cirstea though,who did not nearly play as well as in her match against Jankovic.
Svetlana Kuznetsova(7) beats Serena Williams(2) 7-6 5-7 7-5
Finally Svetlana kept her nerves under control and beat a choking Serena Williams. The first set was of a high level and after Kuznetsova won the set with her thundering forehand and lead 5-3 in the third i hoped( and thought) the match would be over soon and the best clay-courter would win. Then Serena started to play a lot better and Svetlana started to make error after error. When Serena won that set and was leading 3-2 40-0 in the third, the match seemed like a replica of their Australian Open match this year where Svetlana choked the match awa
y. Suddenly though Serena started to move bad(maybe her fitness was questionable at this stage) and basically handed Svetlana the match. Kuznetsova again missed a big chance at 5-4 40-15 and missed 2 match points(or Serena won them) In the end though she kept cool and still has a chance to win her first Roland Garros. Not a very high quality match but certainly highly entertaining.
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