Camila Giorgi upsets Cibulkova in Rome first round

Camila Giorgi produces another great upset.

After beating Maria Sharapova in the Indian Wells 3rd round, Camila has now beaten the Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets.

The match was a huge battle from the first point with the Italian relying on the strong support of the home crowd. Camila broke Dominika in the 4th game (3-1) to be immediately broken back (3-2). Then the Slovakian melted down in the final game of the set to surrender the service at 0. First set 6-4.

In the second set the Italian achieved a 5-2 lead to be not able to close the match when serving on a 5-3 scoreline. Eventually the set went to the tiebreak won by Giorgi at 2. Match Stats.

Next vs. McHale

The Italian will play next the American Christina Mchale. Head to head is 1-0 for Christina