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Barcelona SF: Lucie Hradecka reaches 4th WTA final, defeats Sara Errani 6-1 7-5

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#1 ·
Will she finally win a title?
 
#2 ·
Lucie :worship:
 
#4 ·
So happy for Lucie :bigclap: She has fantastic year!
 
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No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 20 July 2008 Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Pauline Parmentier 6–4, 6–4
2. 18 May 2009 Strasbourg, France Clay Aravane Rezaï 7–6(2), 6–1
3. 2 August 2009 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Vera Dushevina 6–0, 6–1
 
#10 ·
You deserve this title, keep going and win it dear! :worship:
 
#18 ·
She had absolutely no energy in that final. All of her matches before the final were 3 setters, and her semi against Petkovic was like 3+ hours I believe. Not to say Dushevina wouldn't have won anyway, she was playing some amazing tennis, but you could just tell from the very first points that Hradecka didn't have the energy to play.
 
#14 ·
The match against Parmentier wasn't really a surprise considering where their careers where at, at that point. Lucie was just starting out on the circuit and was only ranked 237 at the time. I'd say she did well to reach the final at as qualifier. On the other hand Parmentier was ranked 53 and was the number 4 seed.

Obviously if Lucie and Pauline played now one would expect Lucie to win comfortably but three years is a long time in tennis and in 2008, Parmentier was the better player by a good margin.
 
#21 ·
As long as Lucie seizes the initiative early in the rallies, she will do just fine. :D However, if she lets Roberta extend the rallies and make use of that backhand slice, things might get complicated in a hurry. :unsure: Something tells me that Lucie will be intent on doing the former tomorrow. :armed:
 
#24 ·
Lucie:worship:
 
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