PARIS (AP)?Third-seeded Vera Zvonareva held on to beat German qualifier Sabine Lisicki 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 Wednesday in the second round of the French Open, saving a match point midway through the third set.
Lisicki had a match point while leading 5-2 in the final set, but Zvonreva held her serve and then broke to stay in the match.
Lisicki twice called for a trainer, but each time continued to play. After the match, Lisicki lay on the court sobbing.
?I started cramping at the end of the second set, and this continued in the third,? Lisicki said in a statement released by the WTA. ?From 4-2 in the third set, I began to feel dizzy and had problems seeing the ball clearly. At no point did I think of retiring and I kept fighting until the end.?
Zvonareva reached the final at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2010, and made the semifinals at this year?s Australian Open.
Lisicki missed last year?s French Open because of a left ankle injury and dropped as low as No. 218 in the rankings this year.
Source: http://feeds.tennis.com/~r/tenniscom-news/~3/mLCU_mKq7CQ/
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