U.S.-Kazakhstan pair Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova saved a match point to win the U.S. Open women's doubles title through a third-set tiebreaker on Monday.
King and Shvedova, seeded sixth, beat second-seeded Liezel Huber of the United States and Nadia Petrova of Russia 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
The match had been postponed in the third set on Sunday due to drizzle as Huber and Petrova led 5-4 in the other pair's turn to serve.
When the match resumed with King serving in the tenth game of third set, Huber and Petrova quickly earned a match point. But King and Shvedova managed to rally back and prolonged the match into tiebreak.
Vania King (R) of the U.S. and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan pose with their trophy after defeating Liezel Huber of the U.S. and Nadia Petrova of Russia during the women's doubles final at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 13, 2010.
King and Shvedova established an advantage of 6-4 soon with two championship points before King lobbed the ball past Huber and Petrova for the victory.
It's strange," Shvedova said. "I don't feel like we won, because today was such a short day."
King and Shvedova teamed to win Wimbledon earlier this summer in the first Grand Slam women's doubles for each.
"I was nervous because I was serving and I was down a point, so I was just hoping no double fault," said King.
"After Wimbledon we did not know if we could do it again, but now we proved that we can."
Huber has won the mixed doubles here teaming up with Bob Bryan. The American, 2008 U.S. Open winner with Cara Black, holds four Grand Slam women's doubles title overall.
Huber, who was born in South Africa and became an American citizen in 2007, was seeking to become the eighth player in the Open era to win the women's doubles and mixed doubles titles in the same year at the tournament.
Vania King (L) of the U.S. hugs Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan after defeating Liezel Huber of the U.S. and Nadia Petrova of Russia during the women's doubles final at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 13, 2010.
职场英语口语:我认为它不适合你
职场英语口语:同事之间融洽相处的绝招
职场英语口语:推荐你试一下这种中药
职场英语口语:如何调动自己积极的工作情绪
职场英语口语:我会试着照你的话做
职场英语口语:也许你该找一些有意义的事做
职场英语口语:办公室午餐时间
职场社交英语:【20--我得要有动力】
职场英语口语:你是职场“橡皮族”吗?
职场英语口语:你认为我应该参加篮球队吗
职场英语口语:每天多做阅读理解试试
职场英语口语:如何管理时间提高工作效率
职场百科:大学生求职“自吹自擂”的英文如何表达?
职场英语:新官上任开场白
职场英语口语:暴饮暴食对身体不好
职场英语口语:清蒸鱼配上炝炒包心菜
职场英语口语:“上下班打卡”用英语怎么说?
职场英语口语:有关英语学习的建议
职场社交英语:【6--我可不便宜】
职场英语口语:给我推荐一下喝的茶水
职场英语口语:一些善意的忠告
职场英语口语:新车建议用高级汽油
职场英语口语:上班迟到,如何跟老板致歉?
职场英语口语:对感冒引起发烧有效的药
职场英语口语:您选的这些可都是精选菜
职场英语口语:如何巧发英语短信
职场英语口语:运动后不要马上喝冰的
职场社交英语:【11--你要知道动机何在吗?】
职场英语口语:同事之间该如何称呼?
职场社交英语:【23--我才不要分心】
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |