The French Kristina Mladenovic, 22, created a new sensation in the first round of the International of France on Tuesday, eliminating Eugenie Bouchard, seeded No. 6, in two sets (6-4, 6-4). The Canadian, who seemed listless much of the game, had played a semifinal Porte d’Auteuil in 2014.
Mladenovic, 44th world, could complete the deal in less than a hour. But his hand trembled in concluding, at 5-0 on serve. His opponent has stepped into the breach, gluing the score at 4-5. “Kiki” has finally managed to fight his nerves to win on his service.
Bouchard just completed a great season by reaching the final at Wimbledon and the semifinals at the Australian Open. But since early February, she appeared as a shadow of itself. The second set of confirmed when, led 5-0, she threw her despite racket. Arrival trust Paris Saturday after playing a final in Strasbourg Mladenovic took the opportunity strafing his rival powerful shots.
The Northerner was eliminated in the third round at Roland Garros in 2014 after have already shown the first dominating China’s Li Na, who won in Paris in 2011 and then World No. 2. Born into a family of Serbian athletes, Kristina Mladenovic is the daughter of a former Yugoslav international handball goalkeeper and a volleyball player. It has been slow to take the destiny promised by its title of world junior champion in 2009 with a victory at Roland Garros.
Mladenovic will next opponent Czech Klara Koukalova, 77th, or Montenegrin Danka Kovinic, 89th.
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