What a surprise in Madrid!
We were all expecting a blockbuster final between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova and interesting enough both lost in the semifinal… and in straight sets.
Serena
The world no.1 was aware she wasn’t in top form to lose 6-2 6-3 to Petra Kvitova in just73 minutes. After the match Serena commented “Yeah, I think she just played well today. I mean, she went for broke on every serve, every return. I hit some second serves, 170, 175, and she just hit them for winners. I was very slow off the mark. After my serve I wasn’t moving as well as I should have. You know, I wasn’t in it.
I wasn’t Serena today. I think that was the main thing.”
Sharapova
Maria also suffered from a surprising loss against Svetlana Kutznetsova 6-2 6-4 in 90 minutes. Svetlana commented “I feel very happy, it was a very tough match. I was playing good, serving good – everything was working well.”
The final
So it is going to be an affair between Kvitova and Kutznetsova. Head to head is 3-1 for Petra.
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