Petra Kvitova got a rare win this year after Camila Giorgi imploded in Dubai winning only two games in the match 2-6 0-6.
Camila Giorgi does not possess a lot of variety in her game which allows players and fans to quickly understand how the match will go. Either she plays superly and wins rather easily or she does what she did today in Dubai, implode. The Italian complicated things early by missing a lot of balls and giving Kvitova an early break.
The Czech player confirmed it with a solid service game to make it 2-0. After that, she kept playing well and increasing her confidence as the Italian became more and more frustrated. As it tends to go, Giorgi continues slamming the ball with much tactic or reason which accumulate the mistakes and gave Kvitova a double break.
She finished it off with 6-2 in the first set. Kvitova has been abysmal so far this season but got helped today by Giorgi quite a bit. As the match went on, Kvitova became sure of herself and showed glimpses of what she could do when things work. Eventually, she completely smashed Giorgi in the 2nd set serving up a parting bagel for the Italian who never wavered from her style.
It lost her another match as Kvitova moves on to the 2nd round.