Australian Open shock packet Katie Volynets has saved a match level and grabbed the final seven video games to beat third seed Anastasia Potapova and attain her first WTA quarter-final.
The 21-year-old American, who’s ranked 92nd, was only a level from defeat in Austin, Texas whereas trailing 5-0 within the third set and going through a break level however recovered to win 5-7 6-2 7-5.
“At 0-5, I was really like: ‘Please, not a bagel! I really don’t want to get bageled.’ And then I get that first game, and then I get more confidence rolling into the second game,” Volynets mentioned. “And honestly, it was kind of quick.”
She wound up taking 27 of the match’s final 32 factors.
“The match,” Volynets mentioned, “was definitely a roller coaster.”
In January, Volynets certified for the Australian Open then reached the third spherical at a grand slam match for the primary time.
Now Volynets will face Peyton Stearns – who gained the NCAA singles championship for the University of Texas final yr -for a spot within the semi-finals on the inaugural version of the hard-court match within the Texas state capital.
Stearns acquired previous Mirjam Bjorklund 6-3 7-5 on Wednesday night time in a match between two wild-card recipients.
The highest-seeded girl left within the area, No.4 Sloane Stephens, beat qualifier Heather Watson 6-4 6-4.
Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, will meet 88th-ranked Varvara Gracheva within the quarter-finals. It’s a rematch of a contest gained by Stephens final week in Merida, Mexico.
Gracheva, who eradicated top-seeded Magda Linette within the first spherical in Austin, superior Wednesday by defeating Anna Blinkova 6-3 6-7 (7-5) 6-1 in an all-Russian matchup.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
