I was playing a little more aggressive at the end of the match and that is what made the difference.”īy contrast, Peng, half of this year’s French Open women’s doubles winning pair, quietly went about her business, taking 96-minutes on a sun-baked Louis Armstrong Stadium court to claim the biggest scalp of the tournament so far. “In the fourth set, I tried to focus more on my game. “He started to play better and it started to be a really tricky match. “I was trying to keep the focus you know when you drop your level against Bellucci, it is tough,” Wawrinka said in a courtside interview.
The Australian Open champion would, however, quickly regain his composure as the set moved to a tiebreak, which he dominated 7-1. With the tension building and the score locked at 5-5 after the Swiss had broken back in the sixth game, Wawrinka’s mumblings turned to open rage as he screamed at one heckler to “shut up man”. In the third set, Bellucci charged 5-1 ahead to keep the match alive and then secured an early break in the fourth as a frustrated Wawrinka muttered to himself. The day got off to an explosive start with Chinese doubles specialist Peng Shuai upsetting fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3 6-4 and finished under the floodlights in the early morning hours with Wawrinka losing his cool and snapping at the rowdy crowd before escaping with a testy win.Īfter cruising through the opening two sets, Wawrinka had appeared set for a routine victory but the Swiss suddenly found himself in a titanic struggle with both the 95th-ranked Brazilian and some spectators. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 27, 2014. Peng Shuai of China celebrates after defeating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their match at the 2014 U.S.
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