Sydney: defeat in the QF

Unfortunately, the quarter-final was more smooth, than We hoped and expected...The double Grand Slam winner and last year’s double semifinalist played very well with Olaru. They gave no chance for the opponent, after the first period of the opening act.

At the beginning of the 32-minute first set Srebotnik and Timi saved abreak point, then led 3:2 and 40-15, as a receiver. And without success...

The Romanian-Kazakh pair came back, and after that they broke the opponent twice...Olaru and Shvedova won the opponent’s service game to 30 and 15...

The second set was also one-sided. The World No6 Shvedova and Olaru (WTA-54) played well, they broke Timi and Srebotnik in the fourth game, then they jumped to a 5:1 lead. Thanked to the next break...

After that, Timi and her partner won the opponent’s service game to 30, but the next game was the last game of the quarter-final. Olaru and Shvedova broke to 40, they finished the match.