Defending Champs Dulko & Pennetta Done In Rome

Alexandra Dulgheru and Jarmila Gajdosova are playing together for the first time this week at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, and what a week they’re having. They followed up their first and second round victories over unseeded teams with a shocking 76(6) 64 upset of No.1 seeds and defending champions Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals on Friday.

After dropping a tight first set, it appeared Dulko and Pennetta were mounting a comeback, as they had leads of 3-1 and 4-3 in the second set, but Pennetta’s serve was broken at 4-4 and Gajdosova served out the match. Neither Dulgheru nor Gajdosova had ever beaten a doubles team ranked so high; Pennetta is No.1 in the world and Dulko is No.2. Dulko and Pennetta have now failed to advance past the quarterfinals in the four events they have played since winning their first major at the Australian Open in January.

Dulgheru and Gajdosova will play another unseeded duo in Saturday’s semifinals, Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie.

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Tuesday, May 10th 2011

Day 2 :: The WTA Tour 2011 – Internazionali BNL d’Italia :: Rome, Italy

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Italian Open Monday Results May 9th 2011

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA
Rome, Italy
May 9-15, 2011
$2,050,000/Premier
Red Clay/Outdoors

Monday, May 9, 2011

Singles – First Round
(9) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (Q) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 62 63
Greta Arn (HUN) d. (11) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 36 76(4) 76(9)
(13) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 60 30 ret.
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (LL) Angelique Kerber (GER) 46 63 63
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (Q) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 62 62
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) d. (WC) Corinna Dentoni (ITA) 61 62
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 60 57 64
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (Q) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 64 64
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 61 06 76(4)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 62 61
Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 63 61
(Q) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 63 62
(Q) Polona Hercog (SLO) d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 61 75
(Q) Christina McHale (USA) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 63 26 76(7)

Doubles – First Round
Kops-Jones/Spears (USA/USA) d. Jans/Rosolska (POL/POL) 61 46 1412
(WC) Burnett/Kulikova (ITA/RUS) d. Kondratieva/Lefèvre (RUS/FRA) 76(6) 36 106

Italian Open 2011 Order of Play Monday May 9th

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA
Rome, Italy
May 9-15, 2011
$2,050,000/Premier
Red Clay/Outdoors

Monday, May 9, 2011

Centrale (from 12.00hrs)
1. ATP: Simon vs. Roddick
2. María José Martínez Sánchez vs. Ekaterina Makarova
3. ATP: Monfils vs. Nishikori
4. ATP: Starace vs. Dolgopolov (NB 19.30hrs)
5. Nadia Petrova vs. Ana Ivanovic (NB 21.00hrs)

Pietrangeli (from 12.00hrs)
1. Greta Arn vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
2. ATP: Fish vs. Giraldo
3. ATP: Troicki vs. Davydenko
4. Tsvetana Pironkova vs. Daniela Hantuchova (NB 19.30hrs)
5. ATP: Baghdatis vs. Tsonga

Court 10 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Christina McHale vs. Peng Shuai
2. ATP: Malisse vs. García-López
3. ATP: Hanescu vs. Stakhovsky
4. Corinna Dentoni vs. Jarmila Gajdosova

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Iveta Benesova vs. Gisela Dulko
2. Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Patty Schnyder
3. Polona Hercog vs. Alexandra Dulgheru
4. Marion Bartoli vs. Arantxa Parra Santonja
5. Yanina Wickmayer vs. Angelique Kerber

Court 2 (from 12.00hrs)
1. ATP: Andreev vs. Riba
2. ATP: Cuevas vs. Kubot (NB 13.30hrs)
3. ATP: López/Verdasco vs. Lindstedt/Tecau

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Murray/Wawrinka vs. Isner/Querrey
2. ATP: Almagro/Anderson vs. [alternate team]
3. Kops-Jones/Spears vs. Jans/Rosolska
4. Kondratieva/Lefèvre vs. Burnett/Kulikova

Court 4 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova vs. Lourdes Domínguez Lino
2. Ayumi Morita vs. Vera Dushevina
3. Tamira Paszek vs. Elena Vesnina
4. Alisa Kleybanova vs. Varvara Lepchenko

Dulko and Pennetta win Italian Open doubles title

Flavia Pennetta and Gisela Dulko scored a 6-4, 6-2 win over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Nuria Llagostera Vives to win the Italian Open doubles title in Rome.

Pennetta’s win gave the home crowd something to cheer about in a match which proved to be a bridge too far for Martinez Sanchez, coming as it did a few hours after her win over Jelena Jankovic in the singles final.

Whatever the circumstances behind the final, Dulko and Pennetta’s title was nevertheless the result of some hard work in the previous rounds, including a super tie-break win the night before in the semi-finals over top seeds Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova.

The match was a close affair in the opening exchanges but it was the unfortunate Martinez Sanchez whose tiring serve was broken first in the seventh game, and that was enough to give the Italo-Argentinean pairing the first set. Breaks were exchanged to open the second set, but Martinez Sanchez was broken for a third time and Pennetta and Dulko coasted home comfortably, to the delight of the Foro Italico fans.

This is the second WTA Premier title of the season for the pairing after their win in Miami over Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur, and is particularly impressive in that they defeated both the No.1 seeds and last year’s Sony Ericsson Year-End Championships winners Martinez Sanchez and Llagostera Vives to take the trophy.

Gisela Dulko y Flavia Pennetta ganan titulo de dobles del Abierto de Roma

Gisela Dulko y Flavia Pennetta ganaron el titulo de dobles del Abierto de Roma tras vencer a Nuria Llagostera Vives y María José Martínez Sánchez 6-4 y 6-2 en un partido que se prolongó por espacio de 66 minutos.

El de este sábado representó el duodécimo título que gana Dulko en dobles y el tercero que se lleva en la presente temporada haciendo pareja con Pennetta.

La dupla ya había conquistado los títulos de Miami (ante Nadia Petrova-Samantha Stosur) y Stuttgart (frente a Kveta Peschke-Katarina Srebotnik).

La tenista nacida en Tigre logró este año el Abierto de Bogotá, pero haciendo pareja con la rumana Edina Gallovits.

El Abierto de Italia repartió 2.000.000 de euros en premios, de los cuales 100.000 quedaron en manos de Dulko-Pannetta, quienes además se hicieron acreedoras de 900 puntos para el ránking de la WTA.

Rome Tuesday May 4th Order of Play

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA
Rome-ITA
May 2-8, 2010
$2,000,000/Premier
Red Clay/Outdoors

Center Court (from 13.00hrs)
1. Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Roberta Vinci
2. Venus Williams vs. Patty Schnyder
3. Serena Williams vs. Timea Bacsinszky
4. Maria Elena Camerin vs. Caroline Wozniacki (NB 20.30hrs)
5. Kondratieva/Uhlirova vs. Hlavackova/Savchuk

Pietrangeli (from 13.00hrs)
1. Alexandra Dulgheru vs. Dinara Safina
2. Francesca Schiavone vs. María José Martínez Sánchez
3. Lucie Safarova vs. Flavia Pennetta
4. Ana Ivanovic vs. Victoria Azarenka

Court 4 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Polona Hercog vs. Shahar Peer
2. Andrea Petkovic vs. Petra Kvitova
3. Peschke/Srebotnik vs. Dulgheru/Marosi (after suitable rest)

Court 5 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Nadia Petrova vs. Katarina Srebotnik
2. Yanina Wickmayer vs. Aravane Rezai
3. Errani/Vinci vs. Raymond/Stubbs (after suitable rest)
4. Hercog/Peer vs. Amanmuradova/Kustova (after suitable rest)
5. Chuang/Govortsova vs. Rosolska/Shvedova (NB 18.00hrs; after suitable rest)

Court 6 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs. Jelena Jankovic
2. Elena Dementieva vs. Yaroslava Shvedova
3. Dominika Cibulkova vs. Alberta Brianti
4. Dekmeijere/Schnyder vs. Mattek-Sands/Yan (after suitable rest)

Court TBA (NB 18.00hrs)
1. Bacsinszky/Garbin vs. Dulko/Pennetta (after suitable rest)

Italian Open 2010 Results May 3 Monday

ROME INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA
May 2-8, 2010
$2,000,000/Premier
Red Clay/Outdoors

Singles – Second Round
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 62 36 64

Singles – First Round
(11) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (Q) Karolina Sprem (CRO) 63 16 64
(12) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (Q) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 62 63
(13) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 36 62 62
(16) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (WC) Corinna Dentoni (ITA) 62 61
Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. (Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN) 64 62
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (LL) Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 61 36 75
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. (Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 62 62
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 67(9) 63
Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 26 61 64
Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 67(5) 62 76(5)
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Sandra Zahlavova (CZE) 60 64
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 61 63
Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 76(6) 76(5)
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. (Q) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 67(2) 75 63
(Q) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 61 63

Doubles – Second Round
(2) Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) d. Poutchek/Senoglu (BLR/TUR) 62 60

Doubles – First Round
(8) Chuang/Govortsova (TPE/BLR) d. (WC) Brianti/Camerin (ITA/ITA) 62 76(4)
Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. Kudryavtseva/Zalameda (RUS/USA) 62 61
Kirilenko/Pavlyuchenkova (RUS/RUS) d. Azarenka/Zvonareva (BLR/RUS) 62 75
Rosolska/Shvedova (POL/KAZ) d. Borwell/Kops-Jones (GBR/USA) 75 62
Dushevina/Jans (RUS/POL) d. (WC) Dentoni/Oprandi (ITA/ITA) 64 57 103

Rome 2010 Order of Play Monday May 3rd

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA
Rome-ITA
May 2-8, 2010
$2,000,000/Premier
Red Clay/Outdoors

Monday, May 3, 2010

Center Court (from 13.00hrs)
1. Sara Errani vs. Alexandra Dulgheru
2. Maria Kirilenko vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
3. Akgul Amanmuradova vs. Flavia Pennetta
4. Ana Ivanovic vs. Elena Vesnina (NB 20.30hrs)
5. Chuang/Govortsova vs. Brianti/Camerin

Pietrangeli (from 13.00hrs)
1. Roberta Vinci vs. Alisa Kleybanova
2. Francesca Schiavone vs. Daniela Hantuchova
3. Yanina Wickmayer vs. Karolina Sprem
4. Gisela Dulko vs. Patty Schnyder

Court 3 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Ayumi Morita vs. Aravane Rezai
2. Poutchek/Senoglu vs. Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (NB 15.00hrs)

Court 4 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Yaroslava Shvedova vs. Bojana Jovanovski
2. Sandra Zahlavova vs. Timea Bacsinszky
3. Rosolska/Shvedova vs. Borwell/Kops-Jones

Court 5 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Corinna Dentoni vs. Shahar Peer
2. Pauline Parmentier vs. Dominika Cibulkova
3. Dushevina/Jans vs. Dentoni/Oprandi
4. Kudryavtseva/Zalameda vs. Errani/Vinci

Court 6 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs. Melanie Oudin
2. Lucie Safarova vs. Olga Govortsova
3. Varvara Lepchenko vs. Katarina Srebotnik
4. Azarenka/Zvonareva vs. Kirilenko/Pavlyuchenkova (NB 17.00hrs)

Rome Internazionali BNL d’Italia Main Draw

[1]Ana IVANOVIC vs BYE
SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
AZARENKA, Victoria BLR vs [14]SAFINA, Dinara RUS

[12]RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs VINCI, Roberta ITA
BONDARENKO, Kateryna UKR vs GARBIN, Tathiana ITA
BYE vs [6] CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS

Svetlana KUZNETSOVA [3] vs BYE
GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR vs KNAPP, Karin ITA
DUSHEVINA, Vera RUS vs QUALIFIER
SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE vs [15]PEER, Shahar ISR

[11]SZAVAY, Agnes HUN vs YAN, Zi CHN
PETROVA, Nadia RUS vs ERRANI, Sara ITA
SANTANGELO, Mara ITA vs BONDARENKO, Alona UKR
BYE vs [5]WILLIAMS, Serena

[7]WILLIAMS, Venus USA vs BYE
KRAJICEK, Michaella NED vs STOSUR, Samantha AUS
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN vs [10]ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS

[16]MAURESMO, Amelie FRA vs KIRILENKO, Maria RUS
MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP vs QUALIFIER
SREBOTNIK, Katarina SLO vs PENNETTA, Flavia ITA
BYE vs [4]JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB

[8]BARTOLI, Marion vs BYE
VAKULENKO, Julia UKR vs RAZZANO, Virginie FRA
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs [9]SCHNYDER, Patty 56

[13]VAIDISOVA, Nicole vs BAMMER, Sybille AUT
PASZEK, Tamira AUT vs WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN
CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK vs DULKO, Gisela ARG
BYE vs [2]SHARAPOVA, Maria RUS