Fran wastes multiple break points and loses 2-6 6-3 6-4. A pretty abject performance, she was standing wldly deep against a player who wasn't hitting deep topspin so just exposed herself to winners being smacked or catching shorter flat balls late and making mistakes. Tactically all wrong and a real waste of an opportunity.
That's a poor result however you try to disguise it. Kotliar is the young Ukrainian player who caused an uproar back in Ukraine for shaking hands at the end of the match with a Russian player.
Fran's tennis just collapsed at 4-0 to her in the final set.
That's a poor result however you try to disguise it. Kotliar is the young Ukrainian player who caused an uproar back in Ukraine for shaking hands at the end of the match with a Russian player.
Fran's tennis just collapsed at 4-0 to her in the final set.
Kotliar is based down in Nice; has been for ages - lots of Russians there ....
