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 | Difficult victories for the favorites at Roland Garros26-05-2015 |
The champion from 2009 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) launched with a difficult victory of France at the US Open tennis.
The number 18 Kuznetsova prevailed over Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) with 6:1, 4:6, 6:2.
The Russian started strongly in the first set and in the second part up and breach liability with 2:5 to 4:5, but again lost his submission and mixes.
In the decisive third, Kuznetsova took five straight games to lead with 5:1 in the third part, which proved enough for success.
The Champ from Wimbledon Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) also had problems at the start.
The fourth-seeded Kvitova had over Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) with 6:4, 3:6, 6:4.
The Czech allowed 47 unforced errors, but managed to make the decisive break in the ninth game of the third set, then closed the match with his own submission.
In the second round, she will meet Silvia Soler-Espinosa (Spain), which dealt with the Finnish hosts Pauline Parmentier with 6:4, 6:3.
The former World No 1 Karoline Voznacki (Denmark) started convincingly at Roland Garros after a landslide victory over the Italian Karin Knapp with 6:3, 6:0.