Petra Martic upsets 3rd seed Wickmayer.
by bahamaderek on Feb.10, 2010, under Yanina Wickmayer
Croatian wild card Petra Martic upset third-seeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 Wednesday in the first round at the Open GDF Suez.
Martic broke twice and dropped serve once. She will now play Hungary’s Agnes Szavay. Wickmayer served 12 aces.
The 19 year old Martic, who possesses one of the best serves among the Women on tour, was surprisingly the equal of Wickmayer from the baseline matching the much higher ranked Belgian stroke for stroke from both sides.
Despite being taped for an upper leg strain she continued to retrive everything that Wickmayer threw at her, and was rewarded with the victory.
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