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On Grandstand, Ruse and Krejcikova have exchanged breaks at 1-1, while Dimitrov breaks Hijikata at the first time of asking for a 2-0 lead. There’s a real calmness about how he conducts himself in rallies, but I just can’t see a way he beats one of the top three over five.
Already, Townsend is giving Badosa something different to what she usually gets, loopy lefty forehands at varying pace. But at 1-1 0-15, Badosa misses an overhead with almost the whole court at which to aim … then makes amends by drilling a forehand winner, and when Townsend nets a forehand, there are two break points on the agenda. And Badosa only needs one, dominating the rally with some sizeable groundstrokes and responding to another loopy one by upping the pace of her own shot; her opponent can’t respind and the Spaniard leads 2-1.
