Good News for Maria!
Maria got her 1st win in the red group at the WTA Tour Championships in Madrid as she defeated world #9 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 6-4 7-5 in 1 hour and 48 minutes.
The match was close and it was particularly impressive as Maria only started to practice serving a week and a half ago and this is only Maria's 2nd match since early September.
Maria got the early break in the 1st game of the 1st set as Hantuchova double-faulted but Hantuchova did the same to Maria and the match was back on serve. All the games were held on serve until Maria broke Hantuchova to lead 5-4 when Hantuchova hit a backhand into the net. Maria won the set 6-4 on an unreturnable serve in 44 minutes.
Maria got the break to lead 2-1 in the 2nd set when she hit a return into the corner. The next games were held on serve until Maria was broken while serving for the match at 5-4 after having some matchpoints. Maria managed to get the break back to lead 6-5 to serve for the match and won the match on a strong serve down the tee.
Maria has 2 more matches to play against Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova and will play again on Thursday.
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