page_title: 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions
section_title: Day 3
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions / Round robin / Day 3
caption_attribution_description: Vera Dushevina returns against Venus Williams on the opening day of the 2009 U.S. Open (cropped)
context_page_description: The 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions was a singles-only tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and was part of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Bali International Convention Centre in Bali, Indonesia, from November 4 through November 8, 2009.
context_section_description: The first match was between two doubles players Samantha Stosur and María José Martínez Sánchez who was competing for a semifinal berth. Martínez Sánchez had quite a battle as she struggled to beat Samantha Stosur 7–6, (7–4), 7–5 to win Group B. The first set went with serve, although Stosur had to save two break points at 2–2 and another at 3–3. In the second set, Stosur broke for 1–0 but dropped her own serve in the next game. Martínez Sánchez then broke again to lead 4–2, held for 5–2, and then held two match points. But Stosur wasn’t going down without a fight. She hit a couple of forehand winners to escape that crisis, and then pulled the set back to 5–5 to leave her opponent worried about going to a third set. That didn’t happen though, as Martínez Sánchez broke again for the match with a smash. Stosur served a 208 km/h, which is the fastest serve on the women's game, but is still to be reviewed. The second set also saw Stosur serve 5 double faults in 2nd set, which was costly for the Australian.
  The second match featured Sabine Lisicki and Melinda Czink who was fighting only for points as Rezaï has already advance in their Group. The first set looked good for the 4th seed German as she won the set 6–2 serving 3 aces, However, in the second set even though serving 4 aces, she also served 4 doubles and only serve 44% of 1st serve, she eventually lost the set at a tie-break 7–1. The third set saw Lisicki came back and dominate as she serve an impressive 8 aces in the set alone and convert 2 of 7 break opportunities to win the set 6–4 and then the match.
  The third match saw Marion Bartoli trying to advance with a second victory over Shahar Pe'er in 8 meeting. The first set Marion Bartoli cruising through the first set breaking the Pe'er serve twice in the first set and did not face a single break point. The second set saw the same feature as Bartoli raced through a 3–0 lead breaking Pe'er in the second game, from then on the two players held there serve for four consecutive games up until the last game, where Bartoli broke for the match at 0–40. This win is only Bartoli's second win against the Israeli player.
  The last match, which featured Wickmayer's replacement Vera Dushevina and Anabel Medina Garrigues, also didn't have an effect in the semifinals as Date-Krumm advanced to the semifinals by virtue of Wickmayer's withdrawal and her win over Medina Garrigues. At first it looked like Medina Garrigues was going to run away with the match as she broke the Dushevina serve in the first game and then held off two break points to secure a 2–0 lead. Then in the 5th game Medina Garrigues broke at her second chance to lead 4–1. Medina Garrigues then served out the set after cancelling another 3 break points to win the set 6–2. However the second set was a total reversal as Dushevina broke the Medina Garrigues serve twice at the 4th and 6th game, and improved her 1st serve percentage in virtue did not face a single break point to win the set 6–1. The deciding set was a lot more competitive than the other two as they both held serve at the first 6 games up until the 7th game, when Dushevina broke to lead 4–3. When it was 5–4, Dushevina was serving for the match but got broken by Medina Garrigues. But it didn't rattle Dushevina as she won the next two games to win the match at her 2nd match point.
caption: Vera Dushevina victorious over Medina Garrigues
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