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Dulko reconocio que la altitud por poco le hace perder el partido
Gisela Dulko reconoció que la altitud por poco le hace perder el partido
Gisela Dulko ratificó hoy su favoritismo al título en la Copa Colsanitas, aunque reconoció que la altitud de 2.640 metros sobre el nivel del mar de Bogotá por poco mina su desempeño frente a Edina Gallovits.
Dulko se adjudicó el primer set por 6-2, pero luego padeció los rigores de la altitud y del elevado calor en la capital colombiana hasta el punto de sufrir para imponerse por 7-5.
“Creo que fue un partido difícil, el primer set lo jugué muy bien, sin muchos errores y haciendo la mayoría de las cosas bien. Se fue dando fácil con un 6-2 para mí pero después con la altura, uno se desconcentra cinco minutos y se te van tres ‘games’ seguidos. Eso fue lo que me pasó en el segundo set”, comentó Dulko.
“Cometí varios errores al principio y eso me costó un 1-4 abajo, pero, bueno, tuve que remontar y concentrarme mucho en el partido. No fue fácil y más aquí, con la altura. Pero al final lo pude sacar sin irme al ‘tie break’”, agregó.
Dulko recordó con agrado su victoria frente a la serbia Ana Ivanovic en el pasado Abierto de Australia y dijo estar preparada para enfrentar a la checa Sandra Zahlavova (6), quien hoy venció por doble 6-2 a su compatriota Petra Cetkovska.
WTA Copa Colsanitas Bogota Preview
WTA Copa Colsanitas Bogota Preview
The Latin American swing kicks off this week with the XVIII Copa BBVA Colsanitas, and headlining the draw is the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s No.1 South American player, Gisela Dulko.
Dulko, currently ranked No.35 in the world, has enjoyed a solid start to 2010, most notably upsetting Ana Ivanovic en route to the third round of the Australian Open. She has also done nicely at this tournament in the past, her 7-3 record including a run to the finals here last year (where she was a runner-up to María José Martínez Sánchez). The No.1 seed this year, she will take on France’s Mathilde Johansson in her first round match.
The only other South American currently in the Top 100 is No.99 Rossana de los Ríos of Paraguay (who is also here but unseeded).
Spanish rising star Carla Suárez Navarro is the No.2 seed. Suárez Navarro, who in her green career has already been to two major quarterfinals – the 2008 French Open and the 2009 Australian Open – opens against a qualifier.
Check out the draws from Dubai, Memphis and Bogotá right now!
Rounding out the seeds are Sara Errani, Polona Hercog, Angelique Kerber, Sandra Zahlavova, Klara Zakopalova and Arantxa Parra Santonja.
Australian Open: Gisela Dulko Photos Second Round
Australian Open: Gisela Dulko Photos Second Round
Check out some tennis photos of Gisela Dulko during her second round win over Ana Ivanovic at the 2010 Australian Open… Dulko played a great much, she had some ups and downs, the same for Ivanovic, was was able to prevailed in 3 sets….
Australian Open: Gisela Dulko upsets Ana Ivanovic in Melbourne
Australian Open: Gisela Dulko upsets Ana Ivanovic in Melbourne
Just when Ana Ivanovic insisted it is time for tennis to be fun and rewarding for her again, the former world No 1 suffered the most agonizing of set-backs as she was pitched out of the Australian Open in only the second round.
Optimism was supposedly the order of the day for the photogenic Serb who looked a world beater just 18 months ago by winning the French Open. Not only has she recently found love with Australian golfer Adam Scott but she maintains her repeated injury problems are a thing of the past, and with renewed fitness she stressed a determination to return to women’s tennis elite.
However Gisela Dulko, Argentine and equally suited to monopolizing the photographers’ attention, has developed a reputation for ruining the comebacks of those tennis stars who are perfectly at home on the front page of a glossy magazine. Last year at Wimbledon she sent Maria Sharapova home in the second round and the story was the same for Ivanovic as the 2008 Australian Open finalist suffered her earliest exit at the tournament in six attempts.
Dulko required six match points to finish the job as tension pervaded after the unseeded player from Buenos Aires had allowed a double break of serve in the concluding set before finally rounding out her victory 6-7, 7-5, 6-4.
