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 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)

Photos: Gisela Dulko and Zheng Jie visiting the Peak before the Hong Kong Tennis Classic

Today, Gisela Dulko and Zheng Jie, along with Paradorn Srichaphan and Yevgeny Kafelnikov, visited the Peak during a promotional event for the upcoming Hong Kong Tennis Classic 2010….

Photos Getty Images/Reuters

Tennis Results: Toray Pan Pacific Tennis Open Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Singles – Second Round
(Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (3) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 62 67(3) 61
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 50 ret. (viral illness)
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (6) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 36 64 62
(8) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Zheng Jie (CHN) 61 61
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (12) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 60 61
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (13) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 62 62
(14) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 64 62
(15) Li Na (CHN) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 75 60
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 76(6)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 63 36 64
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 63 46 64

Doubles – First Round
(2) Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (ESP/ESP) d. Dushevina/Makarova (RUS/RUS) 36 75 106
Kirilenko/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) d. Groenefeld/Schnyder (GER/SUI) 64 75
Dulko/Petrova (ARG/RUS) d. Chan/Date Krumm (TPE/JPN) 75 36 107