Tennis, Fed Cup: Errani touches the enterprise with Serena, Pennetta … – The Republic

BRINDISI – will be twice decided the match between Italy and the United States, valid as the playoffs for the stay in the World Group Fed Cup. Score still tied after the second day of the two singular: Serena Williams beat Sara Errani in three sets giving the US point of 2 to 1, that advantage did not last long because then Flavia Pennetta swept with a double 6-1 Christina McHale in less than one hour. Then decide twice: in the blue field Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta and American Serena Williams and Alison Riske.

WILL MISSES THE COMPANY – For just two points the dream of Sara Errani not came true. E ‘was instead Serena Williams to assert its class, beating 4-6 7-6 (3) 6-3 in the first singles the blue of the second day of the challenge Fed Cup between Italy and the United States as valid play- off to stay in the World Group which concludes today on clay court set up at Circolo Tennis Brindisi (over 4 thousand seats capacity). It is not easy to take the field against an opponent who beat you seven times a week – both on land and on the concrete – concedendoti the misery of a set only to come on fast.

Chronicle . No wind, it is early morning and Serena seems a bit “sleepy” as well as irritated by the weather conditions. Sara instead is awake and ready to seize opportunities as the ball-break in the third game. The blue tone of the US advantage in the beginning and stretches 3-1, taking zero its service. The reaction of the American arrives in the eighth game when it hits the counter-break slipping four points in a row from 40-15 for Errani (4-4). In the ninth game with a beautiful drop-shot Sara procures a ball-break but Serena deletes with an ace. The 27-year-Romagna not flustered: slipped six points in a row, ripping service to Williams holds again to zero their innings and reaps first Set Point (6-4). Worth noting that it is only the second set lost to Serena in Fed Cup, where he is undefeated, after that granted to Belarusian Anastasia Yakimova in 2012 (even in that case it was the set opening).

All the anger of the US takes the form of a break in the second game 2-0. Sara will start immediately, and to zero, the counter-break but then on his serve is in trouble again: and the United States ahead 3-1. Williams loses another service to zero and Italy before shortens the distance and then riagguanta the US. Sara skiing and tactically not nothing wrong, Serena is on the verge of a crisis of nervi.-1-2- In the seventh game with a double fault gave Williams a delicate ball-break but cancels, anger and arrogance, with a right cross on the line. And then the United States is 4-3. In the ninth game Serena cancels a ball-break with a deadly short ball but then with a double fault sends Sara to serve for the match.
Unfortunately the blue serving against the wind and the American conquest of the five equal after the Errani was two points from victory: momentum then rises 6-5. In the twelfth game yet another ball-break for Williams – who is also a set point – is wasted by the American hunting in the network and is the reverse tiebreaker that there dominates American aggiudicandoselo for 7 points in 3 drawing the bill sets .

Festival in the hamlet decisive break that continues until Serena is unable to stretch 5-3: Sara is unable to defend their service and is the United States 6-3 after two hours and 25 minutes battlefield. And it is still standing ovation for Sara, good all the same.

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Starring:

Sara Errani

Serena Williams