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Second set: Pironkova 6-4, 3-6 Williams

Williams goes down Love-15, then 15-30. But the American called his 14th, 15th and 16th aces to back up the break and close the set out of style. We are moving towards a turning point.

Williams broke in the eighth game of the second set!

Second set: Pironkova 6-4, 3-5 Williams *

Pironkova drops her three quick points to give Williams three chances at break points. He saves first with a forehand volley winner. Then an annoying 24-stroke baseline rally erupted – the longest in the afternoon – ending when Pironkova loses a shot shot. Williams gets a break and he will be forced to make a decision!

Second set: * Pironkova 6-4, 3-4 Williams

Williams goes down Love-15 and 15-30, but Pironkova is out of trouble once again with the ball not coming back to play the rest of the way.

Second set: Pironkova 6-4, 3-3 Williams *

Pironkova desperately needed a direct service game and that is what she produced, bouncing four quick points after a foul on a forehand volley for Love-15. They’re on to serve in another.

Second set: * Pironkova 6-4, 2-3 Williams

Williams blows the wind through his third service game in the set, closing the love affair with another service winner of 99 mph and wide mph mph.

Second set: Pironkova 6-4, 2-2 Williams *

Pironkova feels that for her second straight service game to push the serve and save the break point before it gets out of grip. Viroliams is neutralizing more effectively than the first set in baseline rallies, while Pironkova won all five exchanges of nine or more shots.

Second set: * Pironkova 6-4, 1-2 Williams

Williams is forced and forced to catch up on a 12-point game, but the American has once again been helped powerfully by his service: she has made ninth, tenth and 11th day slots. He has begun to give the court a ball-deep entry into rallies, and denied Pironkova the time and space he enjoyed in the first set.

Williams broke in the second game of the second set!

Second set: Pironkova 6-4, 1-1 Williams *

Pironkova flicked in her first service game in the second set to fall behind Prem-15, Then 15-30, Then 30-40 gave Williams his first appearance at the break point all day. And when Pironkova works incorrectly on the forehand at baseline, Williams turns it around.

Pironkova broke in the first game in the second set!

Second set: * Pironkova 6-4, 1-0 Williams

Williams crushed his eighth ace po 15-ol after lowering the starting point, then Pironkova would get backhand-backhand exchange from the baseline then be pushed to 30-ol. Pironkova then hits the backhand winner for a break point … and he turns it around when Williams misuses the forehand for his 13th day incredible error. An upset warning continues as Williams sets and the break goes down.

First set: Pironkova 6-4 Williams

Serving three points from 15-love and set, Pironkova chose a weaker time for her first double fault of the first day. But it responds nicely, to the 110 mph S, service winner and backhand winner set off. Williams will need to bridge the gap if he hopes to continue his quest to keep the 24th major title alive.

First set: * Pironkova 5-4 Williams

Unforced errors are starting to creep into Williams ’game at the wrong time. It pushes towards the 30-all by pairing the backhand side. Pironkova wins the next point with a sharp backhand from the baseline for a set point, but Williams saves it in open court with a forehand winner. He comes forward with a service winner but another unfounded error of the baseline at the next point, giving him the edge to rewind. Pironkova then slots the highlight-reel lobe winner for the second set point, but spoils it with an overcooked forehand. From there Williams holds on, closing it down to 103 mph in the middle. Pironkova will serve for the first set after the transformation.

First set: Pironkova 5-3 Williams *

Pironkova falls behind the Love-15 and is pushed to another service at 30-all, but she stays comfortably from there, holding it at 109 MPF width. Williams will now serve to stay in the first set.

First set: * Pironkova 4-3 Williams

Williams is in love, closing the grip with his eighth winner (against five vague errors). The American service has been beating him so far by winning 10 out of 13 first-service points (77%), but he will need to improve his first-service percentage (54%), especially if Pironkova maintains this level.

First set: Pironkova 4-2 Williams *

Pironkova runs through another service game. She has lost just two of the 14 points on her serve. Williams is looking to avoid backhand-to-backhand exchanges by playing heavily on the front of his opponent, but Pironwoka’s movement and point-making have so far thwarted the tactic.

Pironkova broke in the fifth game of the first set!

First set: * Pironkova 3-2 Williams

Pironkova got her teeth into the Williams service game, ripping the forehand winner from the baseline for a 30-all. Williams then blew into his first double fault to give Pironkova a break-point chance of his first day. The American saves it with 104 mph below the middle, but an unforced backhand error at the next point gives Pironkova a second look at the break. This time it converts, Pounding the backhand winner below the line From a step inside the baseline for an initial break.

First set: Pironkova 2-2 Williams *

A promising start for Pironkova, who is in love. Williams, who did not get a single ball back in the game, has trouble reading the Bulgarian service, who won eight of nine points on his racket.

First set: Pironkova 1-1 Williams *

Pironkova, surprisingly, opens with an ace: below 108 MPF. It follows with a forehand winner from the baseline to settle a 15-shot rally, followed by a 40-love service winner. Pironkova presents Williams back with a forehand error, but Williams catches up with the forehand pass winner at the next stage when the net comes out.

First set: * Pironkova 0-1 Williams (* indicates next server)

Williams is serving to start the match and is quick to follow the service winner with back-to-back aces: 108 mph wide and 115 mph below medium. Pironkova finally gets a ball back into the game and on the accompanying board Drop Shot / Lob Combo Winner, Then pushes to 40-30 when Williams works incorrectly on the forehand. But Williams responds with his third ace to close the grip of his opening service game.

The players have emerged from the tunnel at Arthur Ashe Stadium for today’s first quarter-final. Virolius has included a pair of straight-sets in his two hard-court matches in the previous four meetings with Pironkova. The second straight result will be a quick reshuffle before the women’s semi-finals tomorrow for the benefit of the Americans.

Hello and welcome to Arthur Ashe Stadium for Wednesday’s Daytime Twinbill The quarter-final pair is on the menu while Serena Williams faces Bulgaria’s Tsveta Pironkova, followed by Russia’s Andrei Rublev and Daniel Medvedev.

Today’s opener is a match between two of the nine mothers in this year’s draw. Third-seeded Williams, who lost more than a year after giving birth to a daughter in 2017, will continue to prepare for the 24th major title by setting a record against Unseed Pironkova, playing her first tournament after a three-year hiatus. Gave birth to a son. The winner advanced to the semifinal match on Thursday against either 16th Alice Mertens or Unseed Victoria Azarenka, who faces off at 7 p.m., local time.

Brian will be here soon, meanwhile Kevin Mitchell is here about Serena Williams’ campaign:

No one in tennis suffers for art like Serena Williams – except for her one-time doubles partner Andy Murray. On the Women’s Tour, under no pressure, external and self-motivated, so completely free from the chrysalis emerging like a butterfly, does not retreat into its own world.

As long as he’s at Flushing Meadows this week, the greatest player of his generation will be more introspective, annoying, monosyllabic and explosive in his quest for a 24th Grand Slam title. If she wins the final point of the tournament to move on with Margaret Courtney after nearly three fruit asons Tuo, she will smile, thank the absent crowd and catch her anxiously in the first set of the win against Sloane Stephens. Saturday.

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