Follow Simona Halep vs Sabine Lisicki at the U.S. Open, a fourth round encounter at the 2015 US Open. This match is scheduled to be played first at Louis Armstrong Stadium at Queens, New York, not before 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time. Follow here for live stream, commentary and result on VAVEL.
These two players have met four times before with the Romanian leading the head-to-head 3-1. The German won their first ever meeting back in 2011 in Stanford, but the Romanian has won the last three. Their last meeting was on the Wimbledon grasses in the quarterfinals last year where Halep won 6-4, 6-0.
Simona Halep vs Sabine Lisicki Live Stream Result US Open 2015
Lisicki didn't have too many problems in her opener when she defeated a qualifier in her opening round match. The 24th seed, who was aided by the upset of Timea Bacsinszky, took out fellow grass-court specialist Camila Giorgi in the second round. She would face Bacsinszky's opening round conqueror in Barbora Strycova in the third round. The German pulled off a miracle win as she stormed back from a 1-5 deficit in the third to win.
The German's playstyle has something to with her success on grass. She has a big serve and uses the drop shot very well. Most women with big serves, and forehands for a matter of fact, have done well on grass and hard courts, but the simple fact that she hits flat makes her more dangerous on grass because of how low the ball can get.
Simona Halep vs Sabine Lisicki Live Stream Commentary US Open 2015
For only the second time in her career, Sabine Lisicki has made it to the fourth round of the US Open. She made it this far back in 2011 and is now looking to take it one step further. The German is not known for her game on hard courts. She has struggled most of the time when playing on the hard courts, as she has put up her best results at Wimbledon on the grass. At Wimbledon, she has made it to the quarterfinals or better, five times. Anywhere else, she's never made it past the fourth round.
After a couple of early exits in Slams, Halep has gotten it back together with this fourth round showing at the US Open. Like we said earlier, she's been all business these first three matches. Her first round opponent Marina Erakovic retired down 3-0 in the second after dropping the first. Next up was Kateryna Bondarenko. The Ukrainian looked solid at points in the match, but it was still another impressive display by the Romanian to move on. Her last opponent was American Shelby Rogers. The American looked a but overwhelmed playing on Ashe in a night session as Halep cruised to a three and two victory.
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Halep would make it more difficult on herself by getting in trouble early on in Cincinnati before making the final. She was pushed to three by now first-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist Kristina Mladenovic and then Andrea Petkovic. After that, she'd cruise to the final where she ran into world number one Serena Williams. The Romanian put up a strong fight but lost in three sets in the end.
Lisicki herself played Bencic as well in her lead-up to the Rogers Cup final. The German posted the shock result of the first round by taking out former world number one Venus Williams 6-0, 6-3. Bencic took out the former Wimbledon finalist in three sets, losing in the final set tiebreak.
Simona Halep vs Sabine Lisicki Live Result Stream Commentary
In the final, she faced off against Belinda Bencic, the 18-year-old teen sensation from Canada. Despite being the older of the two finalists, Halep didn't play like at times squandering leads and playing much faster when she was in those tight moments. Bencic however cracked under pressure a bit herself getting broken when serving out for the match but managed to win in three as the Romanian retired.
For the first time since Wimbledon, we saw Halep play in Toronto for the Rogers Cup. Her path to the final was not easy in taking out Jelena Jankovic, Angelique Kerber, Agnieszka Radwanska, and Sara Errani to get to the final. Her match againstKerber was extremely memorable for the amount of physically punishing rallies they had as back and forth they went before the world number two finally took command late. Against Radwanska, it looked like those long rallies against Kerber had taken it's toll on the Romanian as she was handed an opening set bagel before righting the ship.
Simona Halep vs Sabine Lisicki Live Stream Commentary
Romanian Simona Halep has had a more business-like performance in getting to this point of the US Open. However, it seems like what she has done leading up to the tournament was a bit under appreciated as well for a player who is world number two.
Hello everyone! This is Max Gao and I will be covering this fourth round match live between world number two Simona Halep and German Sabine Lisicki. I'll be here to give you live updates as well as point-by-point commentary. Stay tuned for a preview to the match.
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