On March 16, Beijing time, the Indian Wells Crown began the third round of women's singles competition, and the defending champion Bardoza defeated Fernandez 6-4, 6-4, expanding his winning streak in the station to 9 games.
At the Indian Race last October, Bardoza won one of the most weighty titles of his career. Back in the blessed land, the Spaniards are still in good shape.
After beating last year's U.S. Open runner-up, she became the second player since Halep to reach at least the quarterfinals the year after winning the Indian Championship the previous year. Halep won the Indian Championship in 2015 and reached the quarterfinals in 2016, losing to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals.
"Can you host an event here once a week?" I loved everything here so much. Speaking to reporters at the scene, Bardoza said, "It's fantastic to come back here and play, I feel good to play here. However, today's game was actually very difficult, the opponent was a great player, she hit the ball very fast, I had to do the serve and attack. I was in good shape throughout the game and I was really proud to be able to reach the quarter-finals again. ”
The reason why the opponent's performance is so highly praised is because the former US Open runner-up has also been in a very brave state this season. Before their meeting, each of them had won consecutive victories.
Among them, Bardoza won six consecutive wins in Indian Wells last year, having won eight consecutive games here before the match, while Fernandez won the title in the previous Monterrey tournament with five consecutive wins, and before the match, the two won seven consecutive wins, the two can be said to be almost the same.
In the end, from the statistics of this game, Bardoza's 23 winning points are one less than Fernandez, but the unforced error is 28-37, 9 less. It can be said that the Spaniards won the game by relying on a more calm attack.
Someone asked after the game what was Bardoza's satisfaction with his performance in this game? She replied.
"I saw that the attack was very ferocious, so I chose to serve well at the beginning and try to strengthen the attack when the ball was returned. I stayed calm in important moments, like when there was a break point in the second set 4-3, which I think was crucial. ”
Waiting for Bardoza in the quarter-finals was club no. 21 seed Kudmetova, who reached the quarter-finals 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-5.
It is worth mentioning that Kudmetova led Bardoza 3-0 in the previous meeting record, and the last meeting between the two sides was in the semi-finals of Charleston 11 months ago, when the Russians won 6-3, 6-3. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)