Australian Open 2010: Gisela Dulko avanzan en Australia

Gisela Dulko, que derrotó a la eslovaca Zuzana Kucová en tres mangas, por 6-0, 5-7 y 7-5, y sigue siendo la principal baza del tenis femenino argentino a nivel internacional.

En el cuadro femenino, se clasificaron la estadounidenses Serena Williams, cabeza de serie número uno, y su hermana, Venus Williams, sexta preclasificada, tras sendas victorias sobre la polaca Urzzula Radwanska y la checa Lucie Safarova, respectivamente.

Serena derrotó a Radwanska por 6-2 y 6-1, mientras que Venus casi logra un idéntico resultado ante Safarova, 6-2 y 6-2.

Por su parte, la española Carla Suárez (N.32) logró su pase a la segunda instancia de la competición tras imponerse a la japonesa Ayumi Morita.

Su compatriota Anabel Medina Garrigues y la paraguaya Rossana De Los Ríos fueron derrotadas en su debut en la competición.

Hobart International: Gisela Dulko loses in quarterfinals

Anabel Medina Garrigues advanced to the Hobart International semifinals with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 win over Gisela Dulko.

Medina Garrigues was up a set and 3-0 in the second when Dulko staged a comeback to take the second set.

“I started playing a few too many short balls which played to Gisela’s strength and allowed her back into the game,” Medina Garrigues said. “The break at the end of the second set allowed me to calm my nerves and in the end I felt I won fairly comfortably.”

Medina Garrigues will play Alona Bondarenko on Friday. Earlier, the fourth-seeded Ukrainian defeated China’s Zheng Jie 7-5, 7-5.

Sara Errani won her quarterfinal over Belgian qualifier Kirsten Flipkens 6-3, 6-4. Errani will play second-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel, who beat fifth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 in a night quarterfinal.

Moorilla Hobart International Results Thursday January 14th 2010

MOORILLA HOBART INTERNATIONAL
Hobart-AUS
January 10-16, 2010
$220,000/International
Hard/Outdoors

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Singles – Quarterfinals
(1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (8) Gisela Dulko (ARG) 61 57 61
(4) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. (7) Zheng Jie (CHN) 75 75
Sara Errani (ITA) d. (Q) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 63 64

Moorilla Hobart International Order of Play Thursday, January 14, 2010

MOORILLA HOBART INTERNATIONAL
Hobart-AUS
January 10-16, 2010
$220,000/International
Hard/Outdoors

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Centre (from 11.00hrs)
1. Alona Bondarenko vs. Zheng Jie
2. Kirsten Flipkens vs. Sara Errani (NB 12.00hrs)
3. Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Gisela Dulko
4. Carla Suárez Navarro vs. Shahar Peer (NB 19.00hrs)
5. Dulko/Zheng vs. Chan/Niculescu

Gisela Dulko reaches Moorilla Hobart International quarterfinals

Gisela Dulko made it past Tamira Paszek 6-1, 0-6, 7-6 to reach the quarters at the Hobart International tennis tournament.

Next for Dulko is Anabel Medina Garrigues, who defeated Alla Kudryavtseva 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Dulko played in very tough conditions, she was very upset about it and said tournament officials should have a policy to call off play in strong winds. Points were interrupted several times as objects blew across the court and scoreboards were weighed down.

“It was a point today, it was impossible to play tennis,” Dulko said. “At the end of the second set, and almost all of the third set it was so tough—you can’t play like this. I don’t think I’ve played tennis in worse conditions than this today.”

“It was really windy and everything was flying around on the court, I couldn’t serve, toss the ball,” Dulko said.

Information via Women’s Tennis

MOORILLA HOBART INTERNATIONAL Order of Play Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Centre (from 11.00hrs)
1. Alona Bondarenko vs. Alizé Cornet
2. Tamira Paszek vs. Gisela Dulko
3. Peng Shuai vs. Zheng Jie
4. Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Alla Kudryavtseva (NB 19.00hrs)
5. Dokic/Molik vs. Chan/Niculescu

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Benesova/Hradecka vs. Kondratieva/Lefèvre
2. Gallovits/Pelletier vs. Mirza/Ruano Pascual (NB 15.00hrs)

(1)Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP v Iveta Benesova CZE
Q v Ekaterina Makarova RUS
Tamira Paszek AUT v Q
Melinda Czink HUN v (8)Gisela Dulko ARG

(4)Alona Bondarenko UKR v Sybille Bammer AUT
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU v Alizé Cornet FRA
Sorana Cirstea ROU v Shuai Peng CHN
Kaia Kanepi EST v (7)Jie Zheng CHN

(6)Aleksandra Wozniak CAN v Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
Q v (wc)Sophie Ferguson (AUS)
Melanie Oudin USA v Sara Errani ITA
Lucie Safarova CZE v (3)Kateryna Bondarenko UKR

(5)Carla Suarez Navarro ESP v Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ
(wc)Alicia Molik AUS v Sania Mirza IND
Jelena Dokic AUS v Q
(wc)Olivia Rogowska AUS v (2)Shahar Peer ISR

Gisela Dulko will play at the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International

The 2010 Moorilla Hobart International announced that Anabel Medina Garrigues is the top seed for the tournament and will be joined by Carla Suarez Navarro, Shahar Peer and Kateryna and Alona Bondarenko.

Aleksandra Wozniak, Jie Zheng and Gisela Dulko round out the seeded players for the event, which boasts 17 of the world’s top 50 women.

“Our event has the world’s lowest player cut-off for an international level tournament meaning it is still the hardest tournament to be accepted into for its level on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. The 2010 field has a good mix of returning crowd favourites and new faces and boasts one of the most even fields I’ve seen in my seven years.” said Moorilla Hobart International Tournament Director Michael Roberts.

The Australian contingent will be led by Jelena Dokic and wildcard recipient Alicia Molik with two wildcards still to be awarded by Tennis Australia.

“The draw will provide a fantastic opportunity for Aussies like Jelena and Alicia to have a real chance at taking out the title,” Roberts said.

“With the two remaining wildcards we hope to boost the quality of the field ever further.”

Source Women’s Tennis

US Open 2009 Order of Play Wednesday September 2nd

Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start
Amelie Mauresmo(FRA)[17] vs. Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)
Not Before:13:00
Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA) vs. Venus Williams(USA)[3]
Richard Gasquet(FRA) vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[3]

Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00 Start
Roger Federer(SUI)[1] vs. Simon Greul(GER)
Not Before:20:30
Melinda Czink(HUN) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[2]

Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 Start
Sania Mirza(IND) vs. Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[10]
Jurgen Melzer(AUT) vs. Marat Safin(RUS)
Marion Bartoli(FRA)[14] vs. Kim Clijsters(BEL)
Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[6] vs. Juan Monaco(ARG)

Grandstand 11:00 Start
Gael Monfils(FRA)[13] vs. Jeremy Chardy(FRA)
Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[7] vs. Anna Chakvetadze(RUS)
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[8] vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)
Not Before:15:30
This match may be moved to Ashe Stadium.
Samantha Stosur(AUS)[15] vs. Vania King(USA)
Not Before:17:00
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG) vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)[31]

Court 4 11:00 Start
Kai-Chen Chang(TPE) vs. Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK)
Kirsten Flipkens(BEL) vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[20]
Stefanie Voegele(SUI) vs. Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[26]
Alberto Martin(ESP) vs. David Ferrer(ESP)[18]
Martin Damm(CZE)[11] /Robert Lindstedt(SWE)[11] vs. Sebastian Prieto(ARG) / Sergio Roitman(ARG)

Court 5 11:00 Start
Alisa Kleybanova(RUS)[13] / Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)[13] vs. Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) /Ioana Raluca Olaru(ROU)
Ryan Harrison(USA) /Kaes Van’t Hof(USA) vs. Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)[6] /Marcin Matkowski(POL)[6]
Alexa Glatch(USA) /Carly Gullickson(USA)vs. Polona Hercog(SLO) / Roberta Vinci(ITA)
Sarah Borwell(GBR) /Jill Craybas(USA)vs. Camille Pin(FRA) /Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP)

Court 6 11:00 Start
Max Mirnyi(BLR)[5] /Andy Ram(ISR)[5]vs. Eric Butorac(USA) /Scott Lipsky(USA)
Not Before:13:00
Shenay Perry(USA) /Lisa Raymond(USA)vs. Virginie Razzano(FRA) /Agnes Szavay(HUN)
Philipp Petzschner(GER) vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR)
Shenay Perry(USA) /Scoville Jenkins(USA)vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)[8] /Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)[8]

Court 7 11:00 Start
Evgeny Korolev(RUS) vs. Andreas Beck(GER)
Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[32] vs. Steve Darcis(BEL)
Cara Black(ZIM)[1] /Liezel Huber(USA)[1]vs.Christina McHale(USA) / Asia Muhammad(USA)
Ashley Fisher(AUS)[14] /Jordan Kerr(AUS)[14]vs. Rik De Voest(RSA) / Rajeev Ram(USA)
David Martin(USA) /Donald Young(USA)vs. Michael Kohlmann(GER) /Rogier Wassen(NED)

Court 8 11:00 Start
Benjamin Becker(GER) /Igor Kunitsyn(RUS)vs.Robert Kendrick(USA) / Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)
Tatjana Malek(GER) / Andrea Petkovic(GER)vs. Mariya Koryttseva(UKR) / Tatiana Poutchek(BLR)
Pablo Cuevas(URU) vs. Chris Guccione(AUS)
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) vs. Angelique Kerber(GER)

Court 10 11:00 Start
Yung-Jan Chan(TPE) /Katarina Srebotnik(SLO)vs. Kristina Barrois(GER) / Tathiana Garbin(ITA)
Michael Llodra(FRA) vs. Nicolas Kiefer(GER)
Wayne Odesnik(USA) /Michael Shabaz(USA) vs. John Isner(USA) /Sam Querrey(USA)
Brendan Evans(USA) /Alex Kuznetsov(USA) vs. Dusan Vemic(SRB) /Mischa Zverev(GER)

Court 11 11:00 Start
Jill Craybas(USA) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)[31]
Not Before:13:00
Juan Carlos Ferrero(ESP)[24] vs. Fabrice Santoro(FRA)
Robby Ginepri(USA) vs. Andrei Pavel(ROU)
Timea Bacsinszky(SUI) vs. Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[22]

Court 12 11:00 Start
Petra Kvitova(CZE) /Olga Savchuk(UKR)vs. Gisela Dulko(ARG) /Shahar Peer(ISR)
Klaudia Jans(POL) / Alicja Rosolska(POL)vs. Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) / Darya Kustova(BLR)
Thomaz Bellucci(BRA) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE)
Alize Cornet(FRA) /Simon Aspelin(SWE)vs. Raquel Kops-Jones(USA) / Jeff Coetzee(RSA)

Court 13 11:00 Start
Na Li(CHN)[18] vs. Michelle Larcher De Brito(POR)
Maria Kirilenko(RUS) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[12]
Marcos Daniel(BRA) vs. Jose Acasuso(ARG)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP) vs. Gilles Simon(FRA)[9]
Jesse Levine(USA) /Ryan Sweeting(USA) vs. Johan Brunstrom(SWE) /Jean-Julien Rojer(AHO)

Court 14 11:00 Start
Bruno Soares(BRA)[8] /Kevin Ullyett(ZIM)[8]vs. Jeff Coetzee(RSA) / Jonathan Erlich(ISR)
Frank Moser(GER) / Florent Serra(FRA)vs. Frantisek Cermak(CZE)[10] /Michal Mertinak(SVK)[10]
Daniel Koellerer(AUT) vs. Rui Machado(POR)
Virginia Ruano Pascual(ESP) /Stephen Huss(AUS) vs. Alisa Kleybanova(RUS) /Bruno Soares(BRA)

Court 15 11:00 Start
Julie Coin(FRA) /Marie-Eve Pelletier(CAN)vs. Laura Granville(USA) /Vladimira Uhlirova(CZE)
Sorana Cirstea(ROU) /Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)vs. Sybille Bammer(AUT) / Julia Schruff(GER)
Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER)[9] / Patty Schnyder(SUI)[9]vs. Maret Ani(EST) /Kaia Kanepi(EST)
Jarmila Groth(AUS) / Janette Husarova(SVK)vs. Edina Gallovits(ROU) /Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK)
Lisa Raymond(USA)[3] /Marcin Matkowski(POL)[3] vs. Sybille Bammer(AUT) /Lukasz Kubot(POL)

Court 16 11:00 Start
Vera Dushevina(RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) vs. Raquel Kops-Jones(USA)[15] / Abigail Spears(USA)[15]
Liga Dekmeijere(LAT) / Julie Ditty(USA) vs. Alicia Molik(AUS) /Meghann Shaughnessy(USA)
Sara Errani(ITA) /Flavia Pennetta(ITA) vs. Zi Yan(CHN)[11] /Jie Zheng(CHN)[11]
Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE)[7] / Shuai Peng(CHN)[7]vs. Chia-Jung Chuang(TPE) / Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)

US Open 2009 Womens Singles Main draw

Dinara Safina [1] vs. Rogowska
Urzula Radwansak v Kristina Barrois
Tathiana Garbin v Mallory Cecil
Kvitova v Alisa Kleybanova

Patty Schynder v Lucie Safarova
Sara Errani v Arantxa Rus
Shuai Peng vs. Jarmila Groth
Yanina Wickmayer vs. Virginie Razzano

Ana Ivanovic v Katya Bondarenko
Q vs. Monica Niculescu
Q vs. Lourdes Domingues Lino
Aravane Rezai vs. Sabine Lisicki

Alona Bondarenko v Alla Kudryatseva
Gisela Dulko v Makarova
Yaroslava Shvedova v Masa Zec-Peskiric
Roberta Vinci v Jelena Jankovic

Elena Dementieva v Q
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Melanie Oudin
Polona Hercog v Mc.Hale
Tsevana Pironkova v Maria Sharapova

Jie Zheng v Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Alize Cornet v Q
q v Julie Coin
Katarina Srebotnik v Nadia Petrova

Caroline Wozniacki vs. Galina Voskoboeva
Q v Severine Bremond
Mladenovic v Stephanie Dubois
Morita vs. Sorana Cirstea

Agnes Szavay v Shahar Peer
Varvara Lepchenko v Carla Suarez Navarro
Tammy Tanasugarn v Anastasia Sevastova
Julia Goerges vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova

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Vika Azarenka v Alex Dulgheru
Q v Q
Alberta Brianti v Stephanie Vogele
Q v Francesca Schiavone

Li Na v Ioana Raluca
Michelle Larcher de Brito v Mathilde Johansson
Maria Kirilenko v Q
Patricia Mayr v Aga Radwanska

Marion Bartoli v Rosanna Neffa de los Rios
Vika Kutuzova v Kim Clijsters
Kirsten Flipkens v Jelena Dokic
Brodsky vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues

Kaia Kanepi v Q
Rybarikova v Q
Bethany Mattek Sands v Iveta Benesova
Vera Dushevina v Venus Williams

Vera Zvonareva v Nuria Llagostera Vives
Q v Anna Chakvetadze
Q v Jill Craybas
Lucie Hradecka v Elena Vesnina

Amelie Mauresmo v Malek
Aleksandra Wozniak v Laura Granville
Olga Govortsova v Sania Mirza
Edina Gallovits vs. Flavia Pennetta

Sam Stosur v Ai Sugiyama
Vania King v Anastasia Yakimova
Timea Bacsinszky v Q
Meghann Shaughnessy v Daniela Hantuchova

Sybille Bammer v Maria Jo Martinez Sanchez
Q v Petkovic
Melinda Czink v Maria Elena Camerin
Alexa Glatch v Serena Williams