Begu beats No. 3 seed Alexandrova in Cleveland first round
3 years, 4 months ago

Begu beats No. 3 seed Alexandrova in Cleveland first round

The Hindu  

Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania beat third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 7-6, 6-3 on Sunday in the first round of Tennis in the Land. “I was aggressive as much as I could and my serve was really good today.” Alexandrova displayed frustration in the second set, throwing her racket after Begu held serve at 2-2. READ: Begu kept her composure throughout the 1 hour, 53-minute contest, even smiling when a passing boat blew its horn on the Cuyahoga River just before a serve. Thanks for the hospitality.” Alexandrova and Vera Zvonareva were later knocked out of the doubles draw in the first round by Julia Lohoff and Renata Voracova, 6-0, 4-6, 10-6.

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