Serena is Serena and sometimes she does strange things. In Beijing she produced another weird performance to recover a terrible situation when she was 0-5 down against world no.70 Soler-Espinosa
The world no.1 re-found her focus after being 0-5 down to win 13 of the next 15 games Serena’s way. The American saved 3 set points in the first set to then make a meal of the Spaniard in the second. The final score was 7-5 6-2. Match Stats.
Serena: It was exciting winning this match
The American commented “It was really exciting to come away with the win today. I got off to a slow start, but I just really, really wanted to win and get some matches under my belt, so it was good,” . Then talking about the illness she had in Wuhan she added “I’m really good now. I mean, every day I’ve been getting better, so I feel so much better now.”
Next vs. Pironkova
The world no.1 will play Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round. Head to head is 2-0 for Serena that has always lost the first set against the Bulgarian.
