September 10, 2008
Currently ranked WTA 57, Marta Domachowska became the 1st player to secure a place in quarter-final of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic on this Wednesday afternoon at the Grand Hyatt, Nusa Dua, Bali. In her third visit to this prestigious tourney as part of Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, 22 years old from Warsaw, Poland made her best result in Bali this time . In 2004, as qualifier, she lost immediately in 1st round then in 2005 again she had an early exit in 1st round. In today's 2nd round, her opponent was very familiar indeed, the oldest player in top 100s - the one and only Jill Craybas of USA who is 34 years old and at present is ranked WTA 76. Coming to this match, Domachowska had reason to be confident since she has won 4 times over Craybas in all their four meetings. Their last battle was at Wimbledon this year and Domachowska prevailed as the winner in three sets.
As the 1st match of the day on center court, Domachowska was able to take early control in 1st set and she closed it out 6-3. Then in 2nd set, the intensity of the match got tighter as both players fought point by point closely. This year's runner-up of Pattaya Open, Craybas eventually had stronger mental toughness to win 7-6(5) and forced her nemesis into 3rd set. In the final set, Craybas kept on challenging her younger opponent but in the end, Domachowska secured her own game to defeat Craybas 6-4 after 2 hours and 24 minutes. In this grueling long fight, Domachowska had 5 aces and 11 double faults, while Craybas had 10 double faults.
It is indeed Domachowska's 1st quarter-final of this season. Her best performance this year, as qualifier she managed to reach 4th round at Australian Open when she bowed out to Venus Williams. Meanhwile, it is Craybas' best result by reaching 2nd round in Bali. After all she had 1st round losses in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007.
Photo is courtesy of Aussie Open.com
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