Bartoli advances to meet Jankovic
Friday 23 January 2009
By Bronwen Largier
Marion Bartoli is set to make her first fourth round appearance at the
Australian Open after overpowering Lucie Safarova in three sets on Friday.
The Frenchwoman won the match 3-6 6-2 6-1 in an hour and 42 minutes.
Safarova started the match well, breaking Bartoli’s serve in the first game
and displaying a powerful cross court backhand and good ball placement.
Bartoli got a break at 3-2, but Safarova returned the favour in the next game
to lead 4-3. Safarova broke a third time as Bartoli served to stay in the set.
Safarova’s good form looked to continue when she broke Bartoli a fourth time
early in the second set, but her game began to fall apart as her number of
unforced errors sky-rocketed and her winners dried up.
Safarova’s unfortunate habit of double faulting at crucial points in the
match, combined with the Frenchwoman’s consistency, gave Bartoli the
opportunity to take control. After dropping her first service game in the
second set, Bartoli won the next eight games straight to take the second set
and shoot a 2-0 lead in the third.
The Czech rediscovered the form that won her the first set, winning her serve
at 2-0 in the second without dropping a point, but her resurgence was brief.
Bartoli ran away with the rest of the set, taking her sixth and seventh
breaks off Safarova to close out the final frame in just 27 minutes.
Bartoli will play either Jelena Jankovic in the round of 16 after the Serbian
top seed defeated Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-4 6-4 on Friday afternoon.
Quick facts
Safarova served 10 costly double faults to Bartoli’s two
The Czech had 36 unforced errors, while Bartoli recorded just 17
Safarova had double the number of winners, 32-16
Bartoli converted seven of her 13 break point chances (54 per cent), while
Safarova was 4-for-5 for 80 per cent
Margaret Court Arena - Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Lucie Safarova CZE 6 2 1
Marion Bartoli FRA (16) Winner 3 6 6
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