Tennis: Bartoli struggles to face McHale
The top-seed struggled for a second-round win over America’s Vania King as she needed treatment on her left hip
CALIFORNIA:
Injured Marion Bartoli will need to recover in order to take on America’s Christina McHale, who lined up a quarter-final at the WTA event with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Misaki Doi. The top-seed struggled for a second-round win over America’s Vania King as she needed treatment on her left hip. The world number 10 is counting on solid hard-court performance this summer as she will be missing the London Olympics due to a longstanding feud with the national federation.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 21st, 2012.
Injured Marion Bartoli will need to recover in order to take on America’s Christina McHale, who lined up a quarter-final at the WTA event with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Misaki Doi. The top-seed struggled for a second-round win over America’s Vania King as she needed treatment on her left hip. The world number 10 is counting on solid hard-court performance this summer as she will be missing the London Olympics due to a longstanding feud with the national federation.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 21st, 2012.