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First set: Barty 6-6 Kvitová* (* denotes server) Off to a tie-break we go after Kvitová benefits from a net cord and wraps up another service game. 59 minutes on the match clock.
First set: Barty* 6-5 Kvitová (* denotes server) Commentator’s curse! Barty gives an inch, maybe even two, as she falls to 15-40 and gives Kvitová a glorious chance to break at a crucial point. But the Czech fails to capitalise – again. That’s been nine break points she has had so far today, and she’s managed to take just one – an 11% conversion rate, by my calculations. And she is made to rue that particular stat as Barty holds.
Written by Mike Hytner
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