For the first time in the 3rd round: Golubic with great success in Australia

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With a delay of about four hours due to rain and a marathon of five sets beforehand, Viktorija Golubic (WTA 85) can handle the cool and especially windy conditions better than Katerina Siniakova (WTA 49), who made a total of 52 unforced errors – the last two after 2:20 on the last two points.

The Czech two-time Olympic champion – in the final against Golubic and Belinda Bencic – quickly takes a 3-1 lead, but then completely loses his way. The situation turned around in the second set, which the Swiss clearly lost and then fell behind 0-2 in the deciding set, but she turned the tide again with four games won.

Ultimately, both players improve and the level of the game increases significantly. Siniakova tries to apply pressure, Golubic counters with her alternation and causes the Czech, who is four years younger than her, to make a mistake after a few long rallies. At 5:4, the woman from Zurich fends off another break opportunity before using her first match point.

Golubic never got beyond the starting round in seven previous attempts and is now in the third round for the first time. There she will meet number 19 seed Jelina Switolina on Saturday. The Ukrainian clearly won her only match so far at the Australian Open five years ago. (SDA/dti)

Source : Blick