Re: 聯邦盃第二天結果
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Russia Completes 4-1 Victory Over Croatia
http://www.fedcup.com/popup/mediagallery.asp?id=10164¤t=492(圖)
Russia crushed Croatia 4-1 in their Fed Cup first round World Group tie on
Sunday to move into the quarterfinals, where they will take on Slovenia away.
Russia’s doubles team of Anastasia Myskina and Elena Dementieva won the fifth
and final dead rubber against an inexperienced Croatian duo of Matea Mezak and
Darija Jurak 64 64 to complete the rout.
In the earlier match, Karolina Sprem gave the visitors some consolation by
beating Russian substitute Elena Likhovtseva 64 63. “I was really pumped up
for that match even though the overall result didn’t mean much,” said the
18-year-old Croatian. “It was my first win in Fed Cup and it meant a lot to
me.”
Likhovtseva replaced Dementieva, giving the 21-year-old Muscovite a rest as
she was still suffering from jetlag after returning from the United States,
where she earned her first WTA title.
Myskina clinched the tie in Russia’s favor by beating Iva Majoli 62 75 in
Sunday’s opening match. The Russian number one raced to a 3-0 first set lead
as the former French Open champion has had problems with her service game. The
set saw five consecutive breaks of serve until Myskina held her serve in the
eight game to take the opening set in just 25 minutes.
The pattern continued in the second, but this time it was the Russian who had
trouble holding her serve, falling behind 2-4. But Myskina, cheered on by an
enthusiastic home crowd at Moscow’s Druzhba Sports Hall, which included
former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, steadied her game to edge ahead 6-5.
In the next game, she had a triple match point at 40-0 on her serve. Majoli
saved two match points in the last game, but Myskina, who double faulted on
her previous point, controlled her nerves and sent a powerful serve for a
winner to clinch the match after one hour and 13 minutes.
“I usually have a strong return game and I think I can return for winners
against almost everyone, but I always have trouble with my serve and today
was no difference,” said the 21-year-old Myskina, who already has two WTA
titles to her credit this year. “But fortunately for me though, I was able
to hold my serve at the right moments and that was the key to victory.”
Majoli, who also struggled on Saturday in her opening singles match against
Dementieva, was nevertheless pleased with her effort against Myskina. “I
played a bit better today and my racket was fine,” said the 25-year-old from
Zagreb, who complained of a loosely-strung racket in Saturday’s match. “But
she (Myskina) played well today. I had some chances in the second set and, if
I won that set, I could have turned the match around. But she was just too
strong today.”
In the end, Russian Fed Cup captain Shamil Tarpischev was pleased with his
team’s performance.
“I have to be honest, we expected this victory,” Tarpischev said.
“Fortunately for us, we have a lot of good players on the women’s team and
it gives us the luxury of changing the line-up if we have to. So I think we
have a good chance against Slovenia as well even though we have to play them
on their turf,” he added.
“Therefore, I remain optimistic about our next tie and if we win that, I
think we’re going to ask the Fed Cup committee to host the final four in
Moscow.”
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1.Myskina笑的很開心耶！恭喜！
2.隊長真有自信，希望決賽真的能在莫斯科:)
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