Six of seven favs win, with one retirement and Kuz upsetting Henin.
A very encouraging performance from Pova! Been waiting patiently for 18 months since her comeback from injury for signs of a revival and there were a lot of good things to admire about her win over Goerges. I nickname her the Whirlwind because she has this extra gear when she goes into a sort of berserker mode that just blows her opponents away. I'd say she's probably 70% of the way back to her peak here 3 years ago.
The Kuz Henin match was a bit of a mugfest and sad to see so many errors and howlers from two of the best players of the last 5 or 6 years. Henin has the excuse of her elbow injury, wonder what Kuzzy's is? ;-)
Also sad to see Venus having to retire. What a stupid Aussie crowd, booing her. Maybe the last time she plays Melbourne?
Not a bad evening's work. Hadn't originally intended to get involved in Pova's match, but had to have a dabble when I saw she was playing quite well and dived in after the first set. The one blot was the Sevastova match. The market collapsed so quick at the start that I was tempted into a lay, thinking Manasieva can't be that bad. Unfortunately she was.
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