Australian Open 2016: great battle and defeat in WD

In the 32-minute first set the first seed pair led 2:1, but after that came the “nightmare”...They lost four games in a row, and after that they broke the opponent in vain. At 5:3 the Hungarian-Slovenian double lost again their service game, and they lost the set.

The 39-minute second set brought a true battle. Both double hold their service game to 4:4, without a single break point. Then Timi and Srebotnik led 40-0 as a receiver, and finally they lived with the fourt chance.

In the next game the Hungarian-Slovenian pair led 40-0, and they hold that service game to 30.

At the beginning of the third set, Hsieh and Kalashnikova saved a break point, then they put the opponent constantly under pressure as a receiver. In the tenth game Timi and Srebotnik saved a match ball, but they couldn’t won the next service game, at 5:6, 40-30.

Unfortunately, the Taiwanese-Georgian pair equalized to 40-40, then they had the next match point. And it was crucial, Hsieh and Kalashnikova celebrated a surprise victory against the fourth seed.

So, Timi finished her appearance in the Australian Open: in singles and doubles she reached the second round. According to the plans, her next WTA tournament will be the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, in February in Russia.