Petrova believes that the lost tiebreaker was key in the US Open doubles final with the participation of Zvonareva

Olympic bronze medalist in tennis Nadezhda Petrova believes that the defeat of Vera Zvonareva and Laura Siegemund in the final of the US Open in doubles led to the hard-fought first set being lost in a tiebreaker.

Zvonareva and Siegemund lost to New Zealander Erin Routliffe and Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski in the US Open final with a score of 6:7 (9:11), 3:6.

— Zvonareva could repeat her success with Siegemund and take another Grand Slam title at the US Open, but they were almost unlucky. In the first set there was a very long tie-break – apparently, all the strength and emotions were thrown into it. Having lost the tiebreaker, the girls probably got upset and missed the start of the second set; the game didn’t go well. And the rivals, on the contrary, felt the closeness of victory and became inspired.

I think Vera and her partner are very disappointed, but still this is a very big achievement for them, they are both already mature tennis players. I am simply amazed at Vera’s resilience and her love of tennis. She became a mother, her daughter will soon go to school, but she still continues to play, travel, train, just like in the good old days,” Petrova told Gazeta.ru.