Julia Schruff def. Jie Zheng 4-6 7-6 (1) 6-4

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Oh no Jie, what happened? What a terrible loss!

Jie was up 6-4 5-3 and had a match-point.

In the third Julia was up 4-0, then Jie came back to 4-4 and had two break-points for a 5-4 lead. Choking at its best.

Jie :eek:

congrats Julia !

Super Julia :bounce:

Julia knocks out #31 seed, gets Birnerova next.

Jie was up 6-4 5-3 and had a match-point.

In the third Julia was up 4-0, then Jie came back to 4-4 and had two break-points for a 5-4 lead. Choking at its best.
nice choke, Jie :( ...should of closed the match in 2!!:(
terrible loss for Jie,though fighted well in the 3rd,just too late,Jie!:(
props to Schruff!

Meh... :(

Jie :sobbing: You were really close... so close.
Hope you can get back to your best soon!

The choke match of the day :)

great fight Julia :woohoo:

what a choke

:tape:

Jie and slams... long story... :o

awesome job baby!

Julia :hearts: Great win!

Nice work Julia. I am a big Jie Zheng fan but for some reason i am not that devastated. Julia has a very hard hitting game, she deserves this nice win. ;) She is almost as small as Jie, but hits very hard.... just her serve is weak. I hope she beats Birnerova. I would like to see Julia vs Mauresmo. ;)

Jie :weirdo: Nice choke.

Congrats Julia.

OMG what a great win for Julia, hopefully this will be a kick off into better times :)

Very unfortunate.... I left at the start of the 2nd set coz I had more important matters, but I left thinking Zheng had this in the bag.....

can't believe that julia could come from the behind and won the match

nice comeback Julia :D

Congrats Julia! :D

Great comeback Julia

Jie why do you suck so much in GS tournaments? first the loss to Rodionova @ USO and then this

:fiery:

this is the last time i am going to think about this match because all its doing is depressing me..

..but isnt it weird that jie was the first woman to get the 4th round of a slam and yet she is now reallllllly bad in them. must have jinxed her :lol:

julia - good luck against eva :D if jie can beat her at a slam then you certainly can :lol:

:weirdo:

Great choking, Jie! :o

Well done Julia!

omg Jie :o :help:

Losing to Julia :help:

Anyway congrats for your fight Julia!

Jie :smash: what a choke OMFG!

Very surprised when I saw Jie lost this one. I guess Julia likes upsetting seeded players at the AO.

Nice come back Julia :D :kiss:

too bad Jie. well come back strong but :(.

Sigh. So close yet so far. Jie better re-group and get her act together soon. These close losses to low-ranked players won't do if she has ambitions to get inside the top-20.