Sun falls just short vs Wimbledon finalist
- Dave Worsley
- 6 days ago
- 1 min read
Kiwi tennis pro Lulu Sun been beaten in the second round of the WTA 1000 Montreal tournament but only after taking Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova to a second set tiebreak
Sun, 24 beat Sorana Cirstea in the opening round, but lost 6-4 76-(5) to Anisimova in a contest with very little in it.
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The first set of the match between Sun and the American Anisimova was a tight battle, with a break for each player, but Sun was broken again when serving at 4-5.
The second set was also a close with a break for each player, before it went into a tiebreak.
Anisimova was able to gain the vital points in the tiebreak, to stop the match going to a deciding set.
Meanwhile, Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski suffered a surprise loss in the first round of the doubles in Montreal, going down 7-6(5) 3-6 10-7 to the American duo of Caroline Dolehide and Sofia Kenin.
It is the second week in a row that Routliffe has lost to Dolehide and Kenin. Last week when partnering with Asia Muhammad she went down 7-6(4) 6-4 in the semifinals in Washington.
