Osprey, FL March 29 – No. 1 seed Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic made it look simple on stadium court at The Oaks Club today, defeating Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in two sets, 7-5, 6-1. The 26-year-old from Prague knew she would have to kick it up a notch after a slow first set, she found herself behind 2-5. “After I lost my serve, I knew I would have to do better and I told myself “go after every point and work harder,”” Hradecka recalled.
In other second round action, Sesil Karatantcheva, 22, of Kazakhstan, needed three sets today to defeat American Jessica Pegula, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Sesil came into today’s match after a big win against the No. 2 seed Anatasia Yakimova in the first round. She admitted having trouble in the second set but gave her opponent her due saying “she played better.”
Today, Sesil was surrounded by family and her four young sisters, including four-year-old Alexa, cheering, giggling and clapping after every point.
“This new generation of player is fearless,” Karatancheva laughed. “I have gotten better, but so has the game,” she said.
No. 5 seed Edina Gallovits-Hall defeated Swiss player Stefanie Voegele, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Gallovits-Hall has played professionally for ten years, competing in all four Grand Slams singles main draws.
Alexandra Panova of Russia sped through her match against American CoCo Vandeweghe, 6-3, 6-1. The No. 3 seed was unflappable against Vandeweghe, coming directly from the Sony Ericsson where she lost in the first round. “I played well, and I had a strategy that worked well for the match,”Panova remarked. Panova has won two WTA Tour doubles titles. In singles, she qualified for the 2011 US Open, facing No. 8 seed Marion Bartoli in the first round.
American and No. 6 seed, Irina Falconi, lost to Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands in three sets, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Also, Florencia Molinero of Argentina advanced, defeating Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.
Singles Second Round results:
Lucie Hradecka[1], Czech Republic, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 7-5, 6-1
Edina Gallovits-Hall [5], Romania, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan, def. Jessica Pegula, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Alexandra Panova [3], Russia def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-3, 6-1
Florencia Molinero, Argentina, def. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, def. Irina Falconi [6], United States, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Alize Cornet, France, def. Anastasia Rodionova [8], Australia, 6-2, 6-3
Valeria Savinykh, Russia, Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain
Doubles Results:
Nina Bratchikova[2], Russia/Darija Jurak, Croatia, def. Catalina Castano, Columbia/Mariana Duque-Marino, Columbia, 6-2, 6-1
Alexandra Panova, Russia/Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Julia Cohn, United States/Florencia Molinero, Argentina, 6-2, 6-0
Lindsey Lee-Waters, United States/Megan Moulton-Levy, United States def. Irina Falconi, United States/CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
Sharon Fichman, Canada/ Marie-Eve Pelletier, Canada def. Mailen Auroux, Argentina/Maria Irigoyen, Argentina 7-5, 7-5
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