(14)Alexandra Panova v Margarita Gasparyan
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Su Jeong Jang v Nigina Abduraimova
Paula Kania v (28)Allie Kiick
All-Russian opener for Sasha. She's 1-0 against Margarita, but not sure what Sasha's fitness is; she hasn't played since Baku. She also has a third-round position to defend.
Saw a lot of this match. It went almost three hours. Margarita has more variety, but Sasha has the experience. She's a tall girl, with a good serve and speed, but her weapon is her fitness, which was great. She just wears you down. She's almost like a robo-player!
Bit of a scare when she was serving gor the match at 5-2 and holding a match point, but kept her cool when serving at 5-4 again and facing some break points. Well done, Sasha :yeah:. Though last qualifying match against Friedsam though