Out-of-sorts Bartoli reaches Paris quarter-finals
- Published: 10/02/2012 at 05:32 AM
- Online news: Sports
Home favourite Marion Bartoli shook off some first-set rustiness to defeat Croatian Petra Martic 7-5, 6-1 here on Thursday and take her place in the WTA Paris Open quarter-finals.
France's Marion Bartoli hits a return to Croatia's Petra Martic during their tennis match at the Paris' WTA tournament at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris. Bartoli shook off some first-set rustiness to defeat Martic 7-5, 6-1.
After breaks of serve were exchanged three times in the first eight games, Bartoli broke for a 6-5 lead when Martic put a forehand long and took the first set when the stretching Croatian could only find the net with a forehand.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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