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Lucie Safarova was the story Thursday at the CT Open in Westville.
The Czech tennis player with the three-digit mile-per-hour serve ended up in the hardest-fought women’s singles match of the day on the stadium court, pitting citizens of two countries that were once one.
It went three sets. Safarova lost the first 7 – 6 to Slovak Dominika Cibulkova , eked out the second 6 – 4 …
… and went into overtime to win the final, deciding set, 7 – 5 …
… then bask in adulatory questions from the press as she prepares to advance to the semifinals.
Watch her press conference here.