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Photos: Gisela Dulko playing Copa Colsanitas in Bogota
Photos: Gisela Dulko playing Copa Colsanitas in Bogota
Check out some tennis photos of Gisela Dulko during her participation at the Copa Colsanitas 2010 in Bogota…
Gisela Dulko reaches semifinals in Bogota
Gisela Dulko reaches semifinals in Bogota
Gisela Dulko defeated Sandra Zahlavova 6-2, 6-3 to advance the Copa Colsanitas semifinals.
Dulko has won titles in Europe, Africa and North America and came close to adding to them in last year’s Bogota final. She’s the only semifinalist who has won on the tour.
She will next play against Angelique Kerber, who beat Pauline Parmentier of France 6-1, 6-4.
“The game was very even, I had the normal errors in this altitus (2,650 meters), but I was able to fix them. I seized the opportunity, I was aggressive on my opponent´s second serve that were was not so strong and I think that was one of the keys to winn” said Dulko after the match.
Mariana Duque Marino upset Klara Zakopalova 6-0, 7-6 and will face Arantxa Parra Santonja, who knocked out Sara Errani 7-5, 6-2, in the other semifinal.
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.
Gisela Dulko wins Bogota opener
Gisela Dulko wins Bogota opener
Gisela Dulko beat Mathilde Johansson 6-4, 6-4 at the Copa Colsanitas tennis event in Bogota. Dulko was last year’s Bogota runner-up to Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. She next faces Edina Gallovits.
Ukrainian qualifier Khrystyna Antoniychuk ousted second-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday, while wild card and veteran Colombian crowd favorite Catalina Castano cut down fourth-seeded Slovenian Polona Hercog 7-5, 6-2.
Seventh-seeded Czech Klara Zakopalova avoided an upset by coming from behind to down American Lauren Albanese 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1.
Additional Day-2 wins came for Ukrainian Mariya Koryttseva, Colombia’s Mariana Duque Marino, France’s Pauline Parmentier, Paraguay’s Rossana de los Rios, Austria’s Patricia Mayr and Spaniard Silvia Soler Espinosa.
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.
