| Yuliana Fedak (UKR) |
6 |
6 |
6 |
| Lilia Osterloh (USA) |
3 |
7(3) |
3 |
Lilia Osterloh of the United States put up a spirited fight, but ended up losing her second-round qualifying match at the Acura Classic to Yuliana Fedak of the Ukraine, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3.
The match, which took 2 hours and 13 minutes, did not start out well for Osterloh as she lost her serve twice and found herself down 5-1. After holding serve, she broke Fedak for the only time in the set to make the score 5-3.
The Ukrainian, who hit strong service returns throughout the match, took a 40-0 lead and would go on to break Osterloh’s serve to win the first set in 35 minutes.
Osterloh took a 3-2 advantage in the second set when she broke Fedak’s serve with a cross court forehand winner at 0-40.
After the American held serve for a 4-2 lead, Fedak lost only four points in winning the next three games to take a 5-4 lead.
Serving to stay in the match, Osterloh saved two match points and went on to hold serve to tie the set at 5-5. Both players easily held serve to send the second set into a tiebreak.
Osterloh took command of the tiebreak as she hit two aces on her way to a 5-1 lead. She went on to win the tiebreak and knot the match at a set apiece when Fedak sent a backhand wide on set point.
In the third set with the score tied 3-3, Fedak won 12 of the last 17 points and broke Osterloh’s serve twice in the last three games to close out the victory and qualify for the main draw.
- Fedak is making her second Acura Classic appearance. She lost in the second round of qualifying in 2005.
- Fedak reached the third round of the 2007 Italian Open as a qualifier.
- Fedak is ranked 120 in the world. She has been ranked as high as 63 (Sept. 2006).
- Fedak turned professional in 1998.
- Fedak reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Canberra in 2005.
- Fedak played on the 2004 Ukrainian Fed Cup team.
- Osterloh is ranked 106 in the world.
- Osterloh was making her eighth career Acura Classic appearance. She reached the second round of the main draw in 2001 and 2004.
- Osterloh reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and US Open in 2000.
- Osterloh has been ranked as high as 41 in the world (April 2001).
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