Worldet! #AllezPopo #EOB15 pic.twitter.com/ZrIAgs6tog 7.18pm BSTFirst set: Azarenka 1-1 Halep* (*denotes next server)Two quick points by Halep on the serve of Azarenka,who is sporting two long white sleeves. Halep then misses a backhand from the baseline long and it’s 15-30. An Azarenka backhand sails long past the baseline and Halep will fill two chances to smash lawful back. Vika saves the first, but overcooks another backhand and they’re back on serve. Probably won’t be the final smash we see today if the 17 service breaks in the Halep-Lisicki match is any indicator. 7.13pm BSTFirst set: *Azarenka 1-0 Halep (*denotes next server)Azarenka wins toss and chooses to receive. Sharply struck serve by Halep that Azarenka can’t return in the court. Short rally that ends when Halep misses the seventh stroke long and it’s 15-all. Azarenka goes for a winner on a forehand but misses wide, or then Halep misses a running backhand after Vika runs her ragged from corner to corner along the baseline. A fault by Halep at 30-all,allowing Azarenka to pounce on the second serve and hit a winner early in the point. It’s 30-40 and Halep will face a smash point in her first service game. Azarenka converts it with an angles forehand into the corner. 7.08pm BSTJust a few more minutes before were off and going. Here’s a watch at how today’s tale of the tape.
Azarenka v Halep
20 WTA ranking 2
26 Age 23
0 2015 singles titles 3
17 Career singles titles 11
32-9 Career US Open record 11-5
30-11 2015 record 44-11
381-141 Career record 186-99
$953006 2015 prize money $2771675
$25176712 Career prize money $9331083 7.02pm BSTHello and welcome to today’s women’s quarter-final between Victoria Azarenka and Simona Halep. While the two-times grand slam champion Azarenka has won both their previous meetings, it’s been nearly three years since they final faced off. Vika was ranked No1 and fresh off the first of two Australian Open titles entering both those matches, or while Halep was ranked No63 for the first (a 6-3,6-1 loss in Doha) and No48 for the second (a 6-1, 6-1 loss in Linz). Now the 23-year-veteran Romanian has climbed to No2 in the world, or while the 26-year-veteran Belarusian is down to No20 after a pair of injury-racked seasons. Related: US Open: Week One – in pictures 6.33pm BSTBryan will be here shortly. meanwhile here’s a watch at how Azarenka and Halep reached today’s quarter-final clash.
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Source: theguardian.com