A good start of the tournament for Maria Sharapova that conceded 7 games to world no. 45 Kurumi Nara.
The match wasn’t a walk in the park for Maria that had to recover a 1-3 0-30 deficit in the second set.
Maria: she made me work hard
The Russian Beauty commented “She made me work extremely hard. She’s a really quick opponent, got a lot of balls back, as you saw, and she made me hit a lot. She made me try to do too much in certain situations.
Sometimes I felt like I was doing the right mistakes and sometimes I felt like I should have been more patient, but I guess those are the situations you want to build that match confidence again.”
Next vs. Safarova
Maria will play Lucie Safarova in the third round. Head to head is 2-1 for Maria
