Bad part Victoria Azarenka took doubts Maria Sharapova to win in three sets in the semifinals of the U.S. Open.She will have the opportunity to win the title for the first time at Flushing Meadows. It will be against Sara Errani Serena Williams. It is no secret to anyone on the circuit: Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova did not like much. The animosity that drives do not always allow them yet to develop their best tennis when they meet in front of one another. And finally he had to wait to see the third set both players engage in a duel of quality. Upon arrival, it is Belarus who won (3/6 6/2 6/4), as in its previous four confrontations on the Russian front hard.
An early febrile match
the beginning of the match, Sharapova took advantage of weak services Azarenka to impose its power upon return, which had the effect of increasingly tense it. And even when she took the initiative, Belarus - guaranteed to retain its position as No. 1 in the world after the U.S. Open before the semi-final - was punished, like its three lobs received ! Beginning to doubt, Azarenka had two service games of double-faults (!) Sharapova and flew to score (5/1). But while she was serving for the set, Sharapova was clutching in his turn. Multiplying the mistakes she made one of her breaks start on a double-fault (5/2). A new position to conclude on its commitment, slender Siberian was away two balls débreak before pocketing the set on an ace (6/3).
12 wins in three sets of 12
Doubt, however, was interfering in his head, his humiliating defeat in the final of the Australian Open (3/6 0/6) due to it may be in memory. Achieved despite a break input of the second inning, Sharapova particularly messy and nervous, and cashed four games in a row (1/4)! If it was the level of his game in the three games, the Russian could not prevent Azarenka, also much better, to pocket the second set (6/2). After ten minutes allotted to Maria Sharapova to change clothes - a period of time allowed under the rule of "extreme heat" (it was over 30 ° C in New York Friday) for the player who wants to take a break between the second and third set) - the game resumed on a different rhythm.
Both players, who want to keep their unbeaten record in 2012 to a match in three sets (11 victories for Azarenka, Sharapova 12), finally engaged a real fight playing out simultaneously. Azarenka was more solid commitments, conceding no break point. More laborious, Sharapova eventually crack at the worst times, so it was back to the wall on his service (6/4). " I tried to take my chance on every opportunity that Maria left me. I played better. Even if I lose, I always try to have no regrets , "said the winner, who saw his risk taking rewarded.
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