Lucic-Baroni turns back clock but looks to future


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 30 Aug 2014

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A teary Mirjana Lucic-Baroni turned back the clock with a stunning upset win over second seed Simona Halep at the U.S. Open on Friday but was focussed on the future.

The last time the 32-year-old beat a top five ranked player her name was Monica Seles while it was Steffi Graf who ended the Croatian's U.S. Open bid in 1998 knocking her out in the third round.

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