Cincinnati 2014: Western and Southern open

[Moxie]

HUGE hold for Ivanovic, just when she was looking like she might let Maria back in. 5-2.

 

[golds girl]

Yes Moxie...I was beginning to think I talked too soon because we have been here with Ana in the past, haven't we?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Masha gets back into the match, behind 5-2, she scored 2 games and will now serve to tie things up.
Can Ana break and win the match?

 

[golds girl]

Deja vu

 

[Moxie]

Oh, dear. Ivanovich is getting tight and fearful. Wake up, Ana, and appreciate that you have the lead still.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Wow Ana making a mess of this.

 

[Moxie]

"Mess" was exactly the word I was coming her to post, SMG. She was playing one of the best and cleanest matches of her career, and she's coming undone. Maria smells blood in the water, and she will capitalize. All Ana had to do was keep holding serve.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

I bet tomorrow will be a giant mess too no matter who plays Serena.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

3rd set will decide it.
Masha clearly has the momentum. Ana will serve first.

 

[Moxie]

Ana has to regroup. This service game will tell a lot.

 

[Moxie]

She needed that solid hold.

 

[Moxie]

Well, this is frightening.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

I hope Ana is OK. They are taking her blood pressure.

 

[golds girl]

Wow Maria seems really psyched that she broke a physically compromised opponent.... :/

 

[Moxie]

And the break. This is going to be a spectacular collapse, if Ana can't pull it back together.

 

[golds girl]

2-2... Come on Ana

 

[Moxie]

This is a wild and wooly one. And Ana duffs a gimme shot at the net!!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Wow Maria seems really psyched that she broke a physically compromised opponent.... :/

Maria has grit, if she sees you down, she will beat u until she wins.

Ana seemed so fragile for a while, she seems to have her composure back.

 

[golds girl]

^ yes I also think Maria desperately needs this one. She has not done well at all this hard court season and needs some momentum into the Open

 

[Moxie]

But her shots are starting to look tired, and Maria gets another break. Sharapova has more than grit…she has an "I will not be denied" attitude. A friend on the boards says that the fiercest competitors in the game are Serena, Sharapova and Nadal. I agree with that.