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‘I think I like three sets here!’ – Goerges powers past Puig into Luxembourg semifinals

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LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg — Defending champion and No.2 seed Julia Goerges of Germany notched a third straight comeback win from a one-set deficit this week, as she overcame 2016 Olympic champion Monica Puig of Puerto Rico, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, to reach the semifinals at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open.

“I think I like three sets here!” Goerges expressed after the match. “That was a pretty slow start for me today, and [Puig] hit the ball pretty big, so I’m very happy that I could mix up things in the second and third sets. I did a good job of fighting back and I actually started playing really well.”

2017 Luxembourg runner-up Puig held a 4-2 head-to-head lead coming into the clash, but World No.26 Goerges has now won their last three meetings after her one-hour and 49-minute victory.

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The German shook off a dominant opening set by World No.84 Puig to power her way to the win, firing 24 winners in the match, which doubled her unforced error count. Goerges won 83 percent of her first service points in the final two sets, and during that timeframe, she never faced a break point.

“I know [the serve] is one of my biggest weapons, and I try to use it as smart as I can,” said Goerges. “I think in the first set, I played a little bit too much into her racquet, and she’s a big ball-striker. So I tried to mix up things, and I think in the end it paid off.”

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