Greet Minnen (WTA 80) made a profitable begin to the primary spherical of Wimbledon on Monday. The primary of three Belgian singles representatives to take to the grass on the All England Membership, Minnen defeated Briton Heather Watson (WTA 199), who can be her doubles accomplice, in two units (7/5, 6/4). The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes.
Within the first set, Recollections led 4-1 after breaking his opponent’s serve twice and dropping his personal as soon as. However Watson gained 4 video games in a row and took a 4-5 lead after one other break. Minnen instantly broke again and gained the primary set on Watson’s subsequent serve.
After a primary set marked by seven breaks (4 for Minnen, three for Watson), each gamers corrected the scenario on their serve within the second set. A single break, within the final recreation, was sufficient for Minnen to win the match.
Minnen will meet the Italian within the second spherical Jasmine Pauliniworld quantity 7, seeded quantity 7 and up to date finalist at Roland-Garros, or the Spanish Sara Smiles Tormo (WTA 55).
