Agnieszka Radwanska manages to overcome a very tough test in the Madrid opener.
The Pole has been drawn with rising star Genie Bouchard and she had to take full advantage of her experience to beat the Canadian.
The critical part of the match was the first set that has lasted 56 minutes with Agnieszka recovering from a break down (2-3) and then winning at the breaker. At that point Genie’s fell apart to found herself 5-1 down and lose the match 7-6 (3) 6-2. Match Stats.
Radwanska: it was a very tough opener
The Pole was happy by her performance “Of course it was a very tough first round, especially for my first outdoor tournament on clay. I didn’t use my first chance when I was 5-3 up, but she was really playing and hitting the ball unbelievable. I think the tie-break was the biggest key in that match. I did a couple of good shots in the tie-break and managed to win that – and that gave me more confidence in the second set.
Every point matters. The games were really tight. And the first set is always very important, especially in these kinds of matches – so that’s why I really doing everything to win that first set.”
Next vs. Kutznetsova
Agnieszka will play former world no.2 Svetlana Kutznetsova in the second round (that was an unlucky draw) . Head to head is 10-3 for the Russian.
