Roberta Vinci Over Wickmayer to Reach Quarterfinals in WTA St. Petersburg

Roberta Vinci arrives to the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in St. Petersburg (Russia), after the success 6-2, 7-6 on the Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, number 55 in the world ranking at the end of an exciting challenge that has touched the hour and half of the race.The blue stronger side, tearing her opponent in the opening service game, then keep it in the second. The tarantina game is very effective, forcing the Belgian error on several occasions. Wickmayer is in fact the total mercy of the driver of the Bel Paese, stretching on 5-1 conquering a new break. Roberta at this point handles the situation, gives a game, but closes the set 6-2.The recovery is as spectacular as balanced.
The two tennis players fail in fact to conquer the turn batting for almost all partial, arriving on 5-5 after an extraordinary recovery of the 32 year-old from Taranto, able to cancel two balls set. The turning point came precisely during the eleventh game, when the finalist of the last US Open rips the first break of the hamlet, the two accomplices unforced errors of the Belgian. It seems to be made, but Wickmaker proves tenacious and retrieves the service immediately, impacting on 6-6. It goes well in the tie-break, won easily 7-2 dall'azzurra.A success thus deserved, as it emerges from the statistics. Puglia is indeed appeared more lucid in turn batting, converting as much as 72% of points available. Roberta in the quarter-final will face the Romanian Monica Niculescu and Hungarian Timea Babos, who will cross tomorrow.

Source: WTA Tennis