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.

Gisela Dulko jugara en el torneo WTA de Hobart

Anabel Medina será la cabeza de serie número uno en el torneo WTA de Hobart que se disputará el próximo mes, anunciaron los organizadores del certamen este jueves.

La jugadora, que ocupa la 28ª posición en el circuito, participará en dicha competición junto a su compatriota Carla Suárez, la israelí Shahar Peer y las hermanas Bondarenko, Kateryna y Alona, quienes también figuran como cabezas de serie.

La canadiense Aleksandra Wozniak, la china Jie Zheng y la argentina Gisela Dulko también participarán en el evento deportivo, que reunirá a 17 de las mejores 50 jugadoras del mundo.