Roland Garros Thursday Results and 5/30 Order of Play

Roland Garros Thursday Results and 5/30 Order of Play

It was a good day at the French Open today, almost all the matches were completed and the rain anly bodered for a little while.
Three singles matches, including Maria Sharapova's, and five doubles matches were posponed for tomorrow because of darkness.

Gisela Dulko finished her match today but she was not able to close it. Cornet defeated Dulko in 3 sets.

Jelena Jankovic, 3rd seed, advanced to the next round but she had to battler a lot in the second set and she had an injury on her arm but it looks like it's nothing too serious.
Venus Williams also was a winner on day 4, she defeated qualifier Salima Sfar in 2 sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova and fellow russian Elena Dementieva won their matches in 2 sets as well.

Anna Chakvetadze in the other hand was among the losers, she failed to Kaia Kanepi in 2 close sets. Other seeded players that didn't make it inot the third round are Maria Kirilenko and Amelie Mauresmo.

Check out all the scores from Roland Garros and the order of play for Friday.


Thursday, May 29, 2008

Singles - Second Round
(3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) 62 76(5)
(4) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Vania King (USA) 64 62
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (6) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 64 76(2)
(7) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Marta Domachowska (POL) 61 64
(8) Venus Williams (USA) d. (Q) Selima Sfar (TUN) 62 64
(12) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 76(3) 63
(13) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (Q) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 60 61
(16) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 60 60
(18) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Sanda Mamic (CRO) 63 60
(19) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 60 46 64
(Q) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (21) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 46 63 62
(Q) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (22) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 63 64
(26) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 36 61 61
(27) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 60 75
(28) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Milagros Sequera (VEN) 63 60
(29) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 46 63 61
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (31) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 60 75
(32) Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (WC) Olivia Sanchez (FRA) 62 76(4)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 64 62
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d. Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 75 63
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. (WC) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 62 61
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 16 61 63
(Q) Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 64 63

Suspended or postponed due to darkness
(1) Maria Sharapova (RUS) leads (Q) Bethanie Mattek (USA) 62 23
(11) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) vs. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA)
(25) Nadia Petrova (RUS) leads Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 63 42

Doubles - First Round
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. Jans/Jugic-Salkic (POL/BIH) 63 64
(11) Peng/T.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Garbin/Vinci (ITA/ITA) 62 67(4) 60
(15) Koryttseva/Uhlirova (UKR/CZE) d. Olaru/Parra Santonja (ROU/ESP) 63 62
Loit/Parmentier (FRA/FRA) d. Erakovic/Krajicek (NZL/NED) 64 76(3)
Bacsinszky/Cornet (SUI/FRA) d. Navratilova/Paszek (CZE/AUT) 64 20 ret.
(WC) Lefèvre/Védy (FRA/FRA) d. Kustova/Zakopalova (BLR/CZE) 61 64
(WC) Coin/Huck (FRA/FRA) d. (WC) Hesse/Mladenovic (FRA/FRA) 61 63

Suspended or postponed due to darkness
(7) Bondarenko/Bondarenko (UKR/UKR) vs. Cibulkova/Hrdinova (SVK/CZE)
(14) Dechy/Likhovtseva (FRA/RUS) vs. Razzano/Wickmayer (FRA/BEL)
Hradecka/Voracova (CZE/CZE) vs. Bammer/Lisicki (AUT/GER)
Ji/S.Sun (CHN/CHN) vs. Domachowska/Rosolska (POL/POL)
(WC) Fedossova/Pichet (FRA/FRA) leads Harkleroad/Voskoboeva (USA/RUS) 64 33


Roland Garros Friday May 30th Order of Play
CHATRIER

11:00 Start 1 Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[30]v. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[2]

2 Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Maria Sharapova (RUS)[1]v. Bethanie Mattek (USA)To Finish 6-2 2-3

followed by
3 Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Simone Bolelli (ITA)v. Michael Llodra (FRA)

4 Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Eduardo Schwank (ARG)v. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)[18]


5 Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Venus Williams (USA)[8]v. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[26]



LENGLEN

11:00 Start 1 Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Serena Williams (USA)[5]v. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[27]

followed by
2 Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)[26]v. Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]

3 Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[14]v. Alize Cornet (FRA)[19]

4 Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Wayne Odesnik (USA)v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3]




Court 1

11:00 Start 1 Men's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Alejandro Falla (COL)v. Julien Benneteau (FRA)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Emilie Loit (FRA)v. Patty Schnyder (SUI)[10]

3 Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Jeremy Chardy (FRA)v. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[30]

4 Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[28]v. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[3]



Court 2

11:00 Start 1 Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Iveta Benesova (CZE)v. Petra Cetkovs.a (CZE)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)[11]v. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA)

3 Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[15]v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[22]

4 Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)v. Casey Dellacqua (AUS)



Court 4

12:30 Start 1 Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Nadia Petrova (RUS)[25]v. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)to Finish 6-3 4-2

followed by
2 Mixed Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Camille Pin (FRA)/Gilles Simon (FRA)v. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/Eric Butorac (USA)

3 Women's Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (ROU)/Aravane Rezai (FRA)v. Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS)/Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)

4 Mixed Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Tiantian Sun (CHN)/Max Mirnyi (BLR)v. Alize Cornet (FRA)/Marcelo Melo (BRA)



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Gisela Dulko in Roland Garros - Photos

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Gisela Dulko advanced in Roland Garros

Roland Garros Monday Results and 5/27 Order of Play

Gisela Dulko's match started on Monday but because of darkness it was posponed for today. Gisela started winning the first set but in the second she couldn't keep up and lost it. when they resume the match today Gisela Dulko was 3-1 down in the third set and Errani had her serve which she convert and Gisela found herself 1-4 but she was able to come back and she took the win. In the second round she will face Alize Cornet, who just made the final in Rome.

Jelena Jankovic, 3rd seed, started a bit slow in Roland Garros, she couldn't find her rhythm against Monica Niculescu, a Lucky Loser, but she was able to advanced with a 2 sets win.

Venus Williams, 8th seed, also had troubles during her first round match. Williams needed 3 sets to defeat Tzipora Obziler from Israel.
Patty Schnyder, 10 seed, had a much easier match against Ekaterina Bychkova and won in 2 sets.

The only seeded player that failed today was alona Bondarenko who was defeated by Petra Cetkovska. Bondarenko was only able to win 3 games in the whole match.

Not all matches were played today because it was raining a lot in Roland Garros so some matches will be posponed for tomorrow.

Check out all the scores from the French Open and the order of play for Tuesday.


Monday, May 26, 2008

Singles - First Round
(3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (LL) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 76(3) 62
(8) Venus Williams (USA) d. Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 63 46 62
(10) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 63 64
(12) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 61 46 64
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d. (23) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 63 60
(32) Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Martina Müller (GER) 60 64
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 64 46 75
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 16 63 63
Emilie Loit (FRA) d. Yan Zi (CHN) 16 64 86
(Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. María Emilia Salerni (ARG) 61 61
(Q) Jelena Pandzic (CRO) d. (WC) Severine Brémond (FRA) 46 63 62

Roland Garros Tuesday May 27th order of Play
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French Open: First Round Begins in Paris

French Open: First Round Begins in Paris

The Sunday start at Roland Garros provided some drama but for the most part the favorites had a successful day, as first round action began on the terre battue of the second Grand Slam event of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season.

Two of the seven seeds in action weren't still standing at the end of the day, most notably No.15 seed Nicole Vaidisova, who continued her recent slump with a 76(2) 61 defeat to qualifier and good friend Iveta Benesova. Benesova had a solid performance but the loss may have been more a function of inconsistency on Vaidisova's side, as the former Top 10 star sprayed 38 errors to just nine winners to extend her Sony Ericsson WTA Tour losing streak to six matches. It was Benesova's fourth career Top 20 win, following previous victories against Silvia Farina, Vera Zvonareva and Mary Pierce. Virginie Razzano was the other seed to fall; the No.24 seed lost to Klara Zakopalova, 46 63 62.


"Iveta played a really good match," Vaidisova said. "It's always hard to play your best friend. She started the tie-break well, and I just have to give her credit. I looked to my box for support. I always do that and I did it today."

"The key point of the first set was the tie-break; I started well and it just went from there," Benesova declared. "I knew I had to attack. I was going for the big shots, and it was working. After a difficult first game in the second set I played well again, and I don't think she was as focused in that set."

Second seed Ana Ivanovic and fifth seed Serena Williams, who are projected to meet in the quarterfinals, both began their 2008 Roland Garros campaigns with straight set wins. Ivanovic held on in the second set to beat Sofia Arvidsson, 62 75, in the first match of the day.

"I'm very happy with the victory; it was very nice to come back here to Paris and go out there and play again," Ivanovic stated. "She gave me a tough match, especially in the second set. I let my intensity go down and she used it, and she started playing much better. But toward the end I'm happy I found my game and managed to break her back, and win the second set."

Williams crushed countrywoman Ashley Harkleroad later on in the day, 62 61.

"I'm definitely happy with the result today; I could have played better but I just want to work my way into the tournament," Williams said. "I have lots of matches under my belt from the clay court season. It is better than coming in with just one or two matches, especially on the clay."

No.19-seeded French hope Alizé Cornet beat Julia Vakulenko, 75 64, No.28 seed Dominika Cibulkova dismissed Angelique Kerber, 62 62, and No.30 seed Caroline Wozniacki crushed Yvonne Meusburger, 60 62.

Winners of matches between unseeded players were Lucie Safarova, Ekaterina Makarova, Nathalie Dechy, Milagros Sequera, Galina Voskoboeva, qualifiers Selima Sfar and Anastasiya Yakimova and wildcard Mathilde Johansson. The match between Gisela Dulko and Sara Errani was suspended due to darkness, with Italy's Errani leading, 46 64 31.

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Roland Garros Doubles Main Draw

Roland Garros Doubles Main Draw

The French Open Doubles Main Draw has been released today and the top pair is:
Black/Huber, they will meet Jans/Jugic-Salkic in their first stop to the title.

The second seeds are Srebotnik/Sugiyama , who had a great year so far and will try to take the Roland Garros title, they will start their doubles campain against Craybas/Wozniacki.

Other seeded teams are: Chan/Chuang, Molik/Santangelo, Peschke/Stubbs and Azarenka/Peer.

Gisela Dulko will play with Camerin, they have to defend quarterfinals.

Check out the complete Roland Garros Doubles Main Draw.



(1) Black/Huber ZIM/USA vs. Jans/Jugic-Salkic POL/BiH
Kleybanova/Makarova RUS vs. Dushevina/Perebiynis RUS/UKR
Kustova/Zakopalova BLR/CZE vs. Lefevre/Vedy FRA
Olaru/Parra Santonja ROU/ESP vs. (15) Koryttseva/Uhlirova UKR/CZE

(12) Raymond/Stosur USA/AUS vs. Amanmuradova/Woehr UZB/GER
Hesse/Mladenovic FRA vs. Coin/Huck FRA
Camerin/Dulko ITA/ARG vs. Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez ESP
Errani/Mattek ITA/USA vs. (5) Molik/Santangelo AUS/ITA

(4) Chan/Chuang TPE vs. Morigami/Nakamura JPN
De los Rios/Pironkova PAR/BUL vs. Sanchez/Thorpe FRA
Bammer/Lisicki AUT/GER vs. Hradecka/Voracova CZE
Chakvetadze/Jankovic RUS/SRB vs. (13) Benesova/Husarova CZE/SVK

(10) Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual ESP vs. Radwanska/Radwanska POL
Krajicek/Erakovic NED/NZL vs. Loit/Parmentier FRA
Salerni/Sfar ARG/TUN vs. Gallovits/Niculescu ROU
Kudryavtseva/Muller RUS/GER vs. (8) Yan/Zheng CHN

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(6) Azarenka/Peer BLR/ISR vs. Castano/Kanepi COL/EST
Bremond/Johansson FRA vs. Hsieh/King TPE/USA
Domachowska/Rosolska POL vs. Ji/Sun CHN
Garbin/Vinci ITA vs. (11) Peng/Sun CHN

(16) Poutchek/Rodionova BLR/RUS vs. Dzehalevich/Govortsova BLR
Dellacqua/Schiavone AUS/ITA vs. Petrova/Schnyder RUS/SUI
Vesnina/Zvonareva RUS vs. Arvidsson/Zahlavova Strycova SWE/CZE
Cetkovska/Safarova CZE vs. (3) Peschke/Stubbs CZE/AUS

(7) Bondarenko/Bondarenko UKR vs. Cibulkova/Hrdinova SVK/CZE
Bacsinszky/Cornet SUI/FRA vs. Navratilova/Paszek CZE/AUT
Cohen-Aloro/Pin FRA vs. Kirilenko/Pennetta RUS/ITA
Foretz/Savchuk FRA/UKR vs. (9) Safina/Szavay RUS/HUN

(14) Dechy/Likhovtseva FRA/RUS vs. Razzano/Wickmayer FRA/BEL
Cirstea/Rezai ROU/FRA vs. Svhedova/Tanasugarn RUS/THA
Fedossova/Pichet FRA vs. Harkleroad/Voskoboeva USA/RUS
Craybas/Wozniacki USA/DEN vs. (2) Srebotnik/Sugiyama SLO/JPN



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Gisela Dulko in action in Roland Garros on Sunday

Gisela Dulko in action in Roland Garros on Sunday

Gisela Dulko will tke the court on Sunday....

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Court 6 (11:00 Start)
1. Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) vs. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) vs. Roko Karanusic (CRO)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Sara Errani (ITA) vs. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
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Roland Garros: Gisela Dulko faces Errani

Roland Garros: Gisela Dulko faces Errani

Gisela Dulko will be playing at the French Open this week and in the first round she will face Sara Errani.

This is Gisela's Parte of the Draw...

(14) Radwanska, Agnieszka (POL) vs Koryttseva, Mariya (UKR)
Bremond, Severine (FRA) vs Pandzic, Jelena (CRO)
Errani, Sara (ITA) vs Dulko, Gisela (ARG)
Vakulenko, Julia (UKR) vs (19) Cornet, Alize (FRA)


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Gisela Dulko loses to Cibulkova in Rome

Gisela Dulko loses to Cibulkova in Rome

It was a rainy day in Rome on Tuesday, and as such only four matches were completed, with over 15 matches being suspended or postponed to Wednesday's schedule. Among the players who made it through their first round matches were teenaged stars Victoria Azarenka and Dominika Cibulkova.

Cibulkova, who recently cracked the Top 30, beat former Top 30 player Gisela Dulko in much tighter fashion, 76(1) 64. Dulko, who recently won her third career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title at the Tier IV event in Fès, Morocco, was up 5-3 in the first set before the Slovak youngster rallied her way back into it, cruising through the tie-break then hanging on for a competitive second set win. She is now 2-0 lifetime against the Argentine No.1, having beaten her at Prague just over a year ago.


One day after breaking into the Top 20 for the first time in her career, Azarenka got the better of a player that only recently dropped out of the Top 20, beating Sybille Bammer comprehensively, 61 63. World No.19 Azarenka used her deep, penetrating groundstrokes to overpower No.26-ranked Bammer, even fending off a 3-0 second set deficit with six straight games of her own to clinch the victory in an hour and 23 minutes. Azarenka is a wildcard at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia; Bammer was the No.19 seed.

Rounding out Tuesday's winners were Tsvetana Pironkova and Roberta Vinci. Pironkova beat fellow qualifier Klara Zakopalova, 64 62; wildcard Vinci was a 64 46 60 winner over another qualifier, Kaia Kanepi.

The last six first round matches plus all 16 second round matches - including those of the tournament's four highest seeds, Ana Ivanovic, Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Jankovic, are on the Wednesday schedule.

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Rome Internazionali BNL d'Italia Main Draw

Rome Internazionali BNL d'Italia Main Draw

Rome Internazionali BNL d'Italia Main Draw

[1]Ana IVANOVIC vs BYE
SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
AZARENKA, Victoria BLR vs [14]SAFINA, Dinara RUS

[12]RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs VINCI, Roberta ITA
BONDARENKO, Kateryna UKR vs GARBIN, Tathiana ITA
BYE vs [6] CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS

Svetlana KUZNETSOVA [3] vs BYE
GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR vs KNAPP, Karin ITA
DUSHEVINA, Vera RUS vs QUALIFIER
SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE vs [15]PEER, Shahar ISR

[11]SZAVAY, Agnes HUN vs YAN, Zi CHN
PETROVA, Nadia RUS vs ERRANI, Sara ITA
SANTANGELO, Mara ITA vs BONDARENKO, Alona UKR
BYE vs [5]WILLIAMS, Serena

[7]WILLIAMS, Venus USA vs BYE
KRAJICEK, Michaella NED vs STOSUR, Samantha AUS
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN vs [10]ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS

[16]MAURESMO, Amelie FRA vs KIRILENKO, Maria RUS
MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP vs QUALIFIER
SREBOTNIK, Katarina SLO vs PENNETTA, Flavia ITA
BYE vs [4]JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB

[8]BARTOLI, Marion vs BYE
VAKULENKO, Julia UKR vs RAZZANO, Virginie FRA
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs [9]SCHNYDER, Patty 56

[13]VAIDISOVA, Nicole vs BAMMER, Sybille AUT
PASZEK, Tamira AUT vs WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN
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Rome Internazionali BNL d'Italia Doubles Main Draw

Rome Internazionali BNL d'Italia Doubles Main Draw

(1) Black/Huber ZIM/USA vs. Bye
Craybas/Kudryavtseva USA/RUS vs. Poutchek/Rodionova BLR/RUS
Peng/Sun CHN vs. Amanmuradova/Vesnina UZB/RUS
Navratilova/Rosolska CZE/POL vs. (7) Bondarenko/Bondarenko UKR

(3) Peschke/Stubbs CZE/AUS vs. Bye
Hradecka/Krajicek CZE/NED vs. Petrova/Shvedova RUS
Dushevina/Likhovtseva RUS vs. Garbin/Vinci ITA
Koryttseva/Uhlirova UKR/CZE vs. (5) Chan/Chuang TPE

(6) Raymond/Stosur USA/AUS vs. Ji/Sun CHN
Benesova/Husarova CZE/SVK vs. Kleybanova/Voskoboeva RUS
(WC) Errani/Knapp ITA vs. Kirilenko/Radwanska RUS/POL
(4) Molik/Santangelo AUS/ITA vs. Bye

(8) Safina/Szavay RUS/HUN vs. (WC) Dentoni/Wozniacki ITA/DEN
Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual ESP vs. Camerin/Dulko ITA/ARG
Yan/Zheng CHN vs. (WC) Chakvetadze/Vaidisova RUS/CZE
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Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Thursday Results and 5/9 order of Play

Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Thursday Results and 5/9 order of Play

Justine Henin, world number 1, was defeated todat at the Qatar Telecom German Open. Dinara safina surprised Justine coming back from 1 set down.
Other top seeded that failed today is Svetlana Kuznetsova who lost to Alona Bondarenko.
Ana Ivanovic had to work extra hard today to make it inot the quarterfinals. Ivanovic defeated Sybille Bammer in 3 sets. Jelena Jankovic, Serena Williams and Elena Dementieva all advanced with 2 sets wins.

Gisela Dulko could not keep her winning momentum and lots in singles and doubles.

Check out all the results from the Qatar Telecom German Open and Friday's order of play.


Singles - Third Round
(13) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (1) Justine Henin (BEL) 57 63 61
(2) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 75 46 64
(15) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 16 62 62
(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 62 64
(5) Serena Williams (USA) d. (11) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 63 61
(7) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 75 63
(10) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. (8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 75 75
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 61 63

Doubles - Quarterfinals
Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) d. Poutchek/Rodionova (BLR/RUS) 75 61

Doubles - Second Round
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. Dushevina/Likhovtseva (RUS/RUS) 63 61
(2) Peschke/Stubbs (CZE/AUS) d. Ji/S.Sun (CHN/CHN) 63 75
(5) Bondarenko/Bondarenko (UKR/UKR) d. Dulko/Jozami (ARG/ARG) 75 63
(6) Safina/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) d. (WC) Dellacqua/Schnyder (AUS/SUI) 60 63
Peng/T.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. (WC) Lisicki/Woehr (GER/GER) 64 60

Qatar Telecom German Open Friday Order of Play
Friday, May 9, 2008

Steffi Graf Stadium (from 12.00hrs)
1. A.Bondarenko vs. Azarenka
2. Safina vs. S.Williams
3. Dementieva vs. Jankovic
4. Szavay vs. Ivanovic

Court 1 (from 12.00hrs)
1. Black/Huber vs. Peng/Sun
2. Azarenka/Peer vs. Bondarenko/Bondarenko (after suitable rest)
3. Safina/Vesnina vs. Peschke/Stubbs (after suitable rest)

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Gisela Dulko scores another win

Gisela Dulko scores another win

It looks like Gisela Dulko has find her form and motivation again.
The argentine added another win to her profile after defeated Caroline Wozniaki in Berlin.
Now Dulko is in the third round and will face Victoria Azarenka who defeated Anna Chakvetadze in 3 sets.

Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 62 75

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Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Wednesday Results and 5/8 order of Play

Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Wednesday Results and 5/8 order of Play

Ten seeded players were in action for the second round of the Qatar Telecom German Open. Eight of the ten made it through the next round.

Justine Henin, top seed, runned over Chan Yung-Jan losing only 2 games in the match.
Ana Ivanovic had a hard first set against lucky loser Akgul Amanmuradova winning the set in tie break but then it was all Ivanovic in the second were she claimed the victory.
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic and Agnes Szavay were other seeds that advanced.

Anna Chakvetadze, 6th seed, can not find her way into winning and lost against Victoria Azarenka... I wonder what it's wrong with her... a while ago I read that she said that after the robbery she suffered in Russia she was not the same but I'm not sure if that has to do anything with her tennis.
The other seed that lost today is Nadie Petrova who failed to Kirilenko.

Check out all the results from the Qatar Telecom German Open and the order of play for Thursday.


Singles - Second Round
(1) Justine Henin (BEL) d. (Q) Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 60 62
(2) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (LL) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 76(0) 62
(3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (Q) Catalina Castaño (COL) 63 62
(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 75 60
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (6) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 16 76(1) 64
(10) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. Yan Zi (CHN) 61 61
(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (Q) Angelika Bachmann (GER) 61 61
(13) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (Q) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 64 63
(15) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 75 06 63
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (16) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 63
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. (WC) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 63 16 76(5)
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 62 75
Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. (Q) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 62 46 63

Doubles - Second Round
(4) Azarenka/Peer (BLR/ISR) d. Jans/Rosolska (POL/POL) 67(3) 62 107

Doubles - First Round
Dushevina/Likhovtseva (RUS/RUS) d. Krajicek/Müller (NED/GER) 46 76(2) 104
Ji/S.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Garbin/Voracova (ITA/CZE) 63 62
Dulko/Jozami (ARG/ARG) d. Craybas/Grandin (USA/RSA) 61 61


Qatar Telecom German Open Thursday Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadium (from 12.00hrs)
1. Henin vs. Safina
2. A.Radwanska vs. S.Williams
3. Kirilenko vs. Jankovic
4. Bammer vs. Ivanovic

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Dementieva vs. Dushevina
2. Kuznetsova vs. A.Bondarenko
3. Bartoli vs. Szavay
4. Black/Huber vs. Dushevina/Likhovtseva

Court 2 (from 12.30hrs)
1. Dulko vs. Azarenka
2. Peng/T.Sun vs. Lisicki/Woehr
3. Dulko/Jozami vs. Bondarenko/Bondarenko

Court 3 (from 12.30hrs)
1. Ji/S.Sun vs. Peschke/Stubbs
2. Safina/Vesnina vs. Dellacqua/Schnyder (after suitable rest)

TBA
1. [Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez or Kirilenko/A.Radwanska] vs. Poutchek/Rodionova




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Gisela Dulko - Morocco 2008 Champion - Photos

Gisela Dulko - Morocco 2008 Champion - Photos


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Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Tuesday Results and 5/7 order of Play

Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Tuesday Results and 5/7 order of Play

The first round at the Qatar Telecom German Open is complete. The 2 seeded players that were begining their competition today failed to advanced.
First Patty Schnyder, 9th seed, could not find her way into the match and lots in 2 sets against Vera Duschevina. Nicole Vaidisova, 12th seed, was defeated in 3 sets by Morocco's Champion, Gisela Dulko.

Three second round matches were played today as well and the 3 seeded players on action were victorious.
Serena Williams, 5th seed, had no problems against Francesca Schiavone and won in 2 sets.
Elena Dementieva, 7th seed, defeated Kateryna Bondarenko very easily with a 61 and 62 score.
The last top seed to advace was Marion Bartoli who sent Lucie Safarova home in 2 sets.

Check out all the results from the Qatar Telecom German Open and the order of play for Wednesday.


Singles - Second Round
(5) Serena Williams (USA) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 62 63
(7) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 61 62
(8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 60 63

Singles - First Round
Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. (9) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 62 63
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (12) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 46 61 62
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 62 62
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 26 75 62
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 36 75 22 ret. (left thigh strain)
Yan Zi (CHN) d. (WC) Martina Müller (GER) 62 63
Peng Shuai (CHN) d. (Q) Jill Craybas (USA) 76(4) 57 60
(Q) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 60 60
(Q) Catalina Castaño (COL) d. (Q) Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 62 62
(LL) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 75 75

Doubles - Second Round
Poutchek/Rodionova (BLR/RUS) d. (3) Chan/Chuang (TPE/TPE) 63 64

Doubles - First Round
(5) Bondarenko/Bondarenko (UKR/UKR) d. Camerin/Petrova (ITA/RUS) 64 61
(6) Safina/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) d. Amanmuradova/Voskoboeva (UZB/RUS) 62 61
Kirilenko/Radwanska (RUS/POL) d. Dzehalevich/Govortsova (BLR/BLR) 62 36 106
Jans/Rosolska (POL/POL) d. Jidkova/Niculescu (RUS/ROU) 62 26 107


Qatar Telecom German Open Wednesday Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadium (from 12.00hrs)
1. Peng vs. Jankovic
2. Amanmuradova vs. Ivanovic
3. Henin vs. Chan
4. Kuznetsova vs. Castaño

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Azarenka vs. Chakvetadze
2. Lisicki vs. Bammer
3. Petrova vs. Kirilenko
4. Yan vs. Szavay

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kleybanova vs. Dushevina
2. Dulko vs. Wozniacki
3. Radwanska vs. Bachmann
4. Lisicki/Woehr vs. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kanepi vs. Safina
2. Medina Garrigues vs. A.Bondarenko
3. Krajicek/Müller vs. Dushevina/Likhovtseva
4. Ji/S.Sun vs. Garbin/Voracova
5. Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez vs. Kirilenko/Radwanska

Court 4 (NB 13.00hrs)
1. Azarenka/Peer vs. Jans/Rosolska (after suitable rest)
2. Dulko/Jozami vs. Craybas/Grandin

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Watch Berlin Qatar Telecom German Open Live Online and Free Video Streaming

Watch Berlin Qatar Telecom German Open Live Online and Free Video Streaming

Tuesday 5/6
Qatar Telecom German Open

06:00am ET to 11:30 ET
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Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Monday Results and 5/6 order of Play

Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Monday Results and 5/6 order of Play

It was a day full of tennis in Berlin.
Six seeded players were in action and all of then ecxept 1 made it inot the next round.
Shahar Peer, 14th seed, was the only one who did not make it trough, she lost to wild card Sabine Lisicki in 2 sets.
Agnes Szavay, 10th seed, defeated Milagros Sequera after Sequera retired from the match in the second set.
Agnieszka Radwanska's opponent, Angelique Kerber, also retired with a rifht wrist injury giving Radwanska, 11th seed, her ticket to the second round.
Other seeded players that were winners on day 1 are: Dinara Safina, Alona Bondarenko and Nadia Petrova.

Gisela Dulko will be on court against Nicole Vaidisova.

Check out all the scores from the Qatar Telecom German Open and the order of play for Tuesday.


Singles - First Round
(10) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. Milagros Sequera (VEN) 62 30 ret. (right neck injury)
(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (WC) Angelique Kerber (GER) 60 53 ret. (right wrist injury)
(13) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (WC) Julia Goerges (GER) 63 64
(WC) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. (14) Shahar Peer (ISR) 75 61
(15) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 64 16 76(9)
(16) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 76(5) 36 76(2)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 75 46 63
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Michaella Krajicek (NED) 61 62
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 76(4) 62
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 64 75
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 64 63
(Q) Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) 60 61
(Q) Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 75 26 64
(Q) Angelika Bachmann (GER) d. (Q) Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR) 76(7) 36 63

Postponed due to darkness
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) is tied with Elena Vesnina (RUS) 26 75

Doubles - First Round
Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) d. (7) Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) 61 62
Peng/Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Molik/Stewart (AUS/AUS) 64 76(8)
Poutchek/Rodionova (BLR/RUS) d. Hrdinova/Navratilova (CZE/CZE) 62 63
(WC) Dellacqua/Schnyder (AUS/SUI) d. Koryttseva/Uhlirova (UKR/CZE) 63 64

Singles Qualifying - Final Round
(4) Jill Craybas (USA) d. (12) Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 26 76(2) 76(3)

Qatar Telecom German Open Tuesday Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadium (from 12.00hrs)
1. Bartoli vs. Safarova
2. Müller vs. Yan
3. Schiavone vs. S.Williams
4. Vaidisova vs. Dulko

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Castaño vs. Voskoboeva
2. Kirilenko vs. Vesnina (tbc)
3. Dementieva vs. K.Bondarenko
4. Dushevina vs. Schnyder
5. Garbin vs. Medina Garrigues

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Govortsova vs. Kleybanova
2. Peng vs. Craybas
3. Poutchek/Rodionova vs. Chan/Chuang
4. Camerin/Petrova vs. Bondarenko/Bondarenko
5. Goerges/Kerber vs. Jans/Rosolska

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Amanmuradova vs. Rezai
2. Azarenka vs. Dellacqua
3. Safina/Vesnina vs. Amanmuradova/Voskoboeva
4. Dzehalevich/Govortsova vs. Kirilenko/A.Radwanska



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Gisela Dulko beats Medina Garrigues for Grand Prix SAR title

Gisela Dulko beats Medina Garrigues for Grand Prix SAR title

Gisela Dulko of Argentina won her first title this season and third of her career by beating top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) Sunday at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem.

The error-plagued match had 10 service breaks—five by each player.

“I took my opportunities and went for my shots,” Dulko said. “That probably made the difference today.”
Medina Garrigues looked stronger in the first set, taking a 2-0 lead and serving for the opener at 6-5, but the Spaniard was let down by her serve.
“Anabel is a great player, especially here on clay,” Dulko said. “It was a really physical match.”
Medina Garrigues saved a match point to force the tiebreaker, then saved another in it before losing.

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Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Main Draw

Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Main Draw

The Qatar Telecom German Open Main Draw was released today and the top seed is Justine Henin, world number 1.
Henin has a Bye in the first round. Other seeded player that received a Bye are:
Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anne Chakvetadze, Jelena Jankovic, Elena Dementieva, Marion Bartoli and Ana Ivanovic.

Gisela Dulko will meet Nicole Vaidisova in the first round.

This tornament has a Prize Money of $1,340,000 and the 2007 champion is Ana Ivanovic who won a great 3 set match against Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Check out the complete Maind raw for the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin.


1 HENIN, Justine BEL vs BYE
PARMENTIER, Pauline FRA vs QUALIFIER
KNAPP, Karin ITA vs QUALIFIER
wc-GOERGES, Julia GER vs SAFINA, Dinara RUS

RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL vs wc-KERBER, Angelique GER
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA vs CORNET, Alize FRA
BYE vs WILLIAMS, Serena USA

KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
GARBIN, Tathiana ITA vs MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP
CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK vs BONDARENKO, Alona UKR

VAIDISOVA, Nicole CZE vs DULKO, Gisela ARG
WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN vs GOLOVIN, Tatiana FRA
AZARENKA, Victoria BLR vs DELLACQUA, Casey AUS
BYE vs CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS

DEMENTIEVA, Elena RUS vs BYE
BONDARENKO, Kateryna UKR vs PASZEK, Tamira AUT
GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR vs QUALIFIER
DUSHEVINA, Vera RUS vs SCHNYDER, Patty SUI

PETROVA, Nadia RUS vs SREBOTNIK, Katarina SLO
KIRILENKO, Maria RUS vs VESNINA, Elena RUS
PENG, Shuai CHN vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB

BARTOLI, Marion FRA vs BYE
RAZZANO, Virginie FRA vs SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE
wc-MULLER, Martina GER vs YAN, Zi CHN
SEQUERA, Milagros VEN vs SZAVAY, Agnes HUN

PEER, Shahar ISR vs wc-LISICKI, Sabine GER
BAMMER, Sybille AUT vs KRAJICEK, Michaella NED
MAURESMO, Amelie FRA vs REZAI, Aravane FRA
BYE vs IVANOVIC, Ana SRB




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Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Doubles Main Draw

Berlin, Qatar Telecom German Open Doubles Main Draw

The doubles main draw was released and the top pair is Black/Huber they have a Bye in the first round.
The second seeds are Peschke/Stubbs who also have a Bye.
Other top seeds with that will play directly in the second round are Azarenka/Peer and Chan/Chuang.

Giseal Dulko will play with Betina Jozami and they will face Craybas/Grandin.

Check out the complete doubles draw for the Qatar Telecom German Open.


(1) Black/Huber ZIM/USA vs. Bye
Krajicek/Muller NED/GER vs. Dushevina/Likhovtseva RUS
Peng/Sun CHN vs. Molik/Stewart AUS
(WC) Lisicki/Woehr GER vs. (8) Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual ESP

(4) Azarenka/Peer BLR/ISR vs. Bye
(WC) Goerges/Kerber GER vs. Jans/Rosolska POL
Dulko/Jozami ARG vs. Craybas/Grandin USA/RSA
Camerin/Petrova ITA/RUS vs. (5) Bondarenko/Bondarenko UKR

(7) Yan/Zheng CHN vs. Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez ESP
Dzehalevich/Govortsova BLR vs. Kirilenko/Radwanska A. RUS/POL
Hrdinova/Navratilova CZE vs. Poutchek/Rodionova BLR/AUS
(3) Chan/Chuang TPE vs. Bye

(6) Safina/Vesnina RUS vs. Amanmuradova/Voskoboeva UZB/RUS
(WC) Dellacqua/Schnyder AUS/SUI vs. Koryttseva/Uhlirova UKR/CZE
Ji/Sun CHN vs. Garbin/Voracova ITA/CZE
(2) Peschke/Stubbs CZE/AUS vs. Bye




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Fes Morocco Final Results: Gisela Dulko Champion

Fes Morocco Final Results: Gisela Dulko Champion

Gisela Dulko was able to take her third career Title today in Morocco.
Dulkobattle during 2 hard sets to defeate top seed, Anabel Media Garrigues.

Singles - Final
(2) Gisela Dulko(ARG) d. (1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 76(2) 76(5)

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Medina Garrigues vs. Dulko in SAR final

Medina Garrigues vs. Dulko in SAR final

Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues will face Gisela Dulko in the final of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem.

Medina Garrigues defeated Greta Arn 6-3, 7-6 (3) Saturday to reach her first final of the year. Dulko stopped fourth-seeded Aravane Rezai of France 7-6 (6), 6-3 to stay on course for her first title of the year.

Medina Garrigues broke Arn in the fourth game of the first set, and the Spaniard saved three break points in the sixth game of the second set as her opponent briefly rallied.


In a match with 10 service breaks, the fourth-seeded Rezai missed the opportunity to take control when serving for the opening set at 5-4.

In the second set, Dulko took a 3-0 lead after two straight breaks before Rezai broke, then lost serve to trail 4-1.

Dulko served for the match at 5-2 but double-faulted. Rezai led 40-15 on her service game, before Dulko rallied and converted her second match point.

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Videos- Gisela Dulko vs Maria Elena Camerin - Morocco 2008

Videos- Gisela Dulko vs Maria Elena Camerin - Morocco 2008

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Fes Morocco, Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Friday Results and 5/3 Order of Play

Fes Morocco, Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Friday Results and 5/3 Order of Play

The top 2 seeds keep rolling in Morocco.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, top seed, defeated Olga Savchuk in 2 sets, she lost only 2 games.
Gisela Dulko, second seed, bagle Sorana Cirstea in the first set and it look like she would do the same in the second set when she was serving 5-0 but Sorana reacted and won 3 games in a row, that was not enough and Dulko closed the match at 6-3 in the second.
The other 2 semifinalist are Aravane Rezai who battle hard during 3 sets to send home Alisa Kleybanova and Greta Arn had a nice win over Petra Cetkovska.

Check out all the scores from Morocco and the other of play for the semifinals on Saturday.


Friday, May 2, 2008

Singles - Quarterfinals
(1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Olga Savchuk (UKR) 61 61
(2) Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (7) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 60 63
(4) Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. (6) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 57 75 75
Greta Arn (HUN) d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 62 62

Doubles - Semifinals
(3) Kleybanova/Makarova (RUS/RUS) d. Larsson/Rodionova (SWE/RUS) 61 63
Cirstea/Pavlyuchenkova (ROU/RUS) d. Kondratieva/Lefèvre (RUS/FRA) 46 64 1614

Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Saturday Order of Play
Saturday, May 3, 2008

Court M'Jid (from 11.00hrs)
1. Rezai vs. Dulko
2. Medina Garrigues vs. Arn
3. Doubles Final: Cirstea/Pavlyuchenkova vs. Kleybanova/Makarova


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Gisela Dulko, Second Seed, Advances; Quarterfinal Line-Up Set

Gisela Dulko, Second Seed, Advances; Quarterfinal Line-Up Set

Gisela Dulko followed top seed Anabel Medina Garrigues into the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem with a straight set win over one of her nemeses on Thursday afternoon.

Dulko, the No.2 seed at the Tier IV stop, overcame crafty Frenchwoman Emilie Loit for the first time in three career encounters in somewhat of a rout, requiring just 67 minutes to prevail, 63 62. In the pair's two previous meetings Loit went in as the underdog and won both times, in straight sets at Acapulco in 2006 and in three at the same stop in 2007. But the rankings held true to form this time as the 62nd-ranked Argentine broke the world No.102 four times en route to victory.


Also moving through to the quarterfinals Thursday afternoon were No.6 seed Alisa Kleybanova, who downed qualifier Arina Rodionova, 67(3) 63 64, and No.7 seed Sorana Cirstea, who bounced junior phenom Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, also a qualifier, 64 62. In the last match of the day, No.4 seed Aravane Rezai took out Rossana de los Ríos, 76(2) 60.

The first four quarterfinalists were determined Wednesday. Top-seeded Medina Garrigues had the toughest match, warranting off a match point to beat Sesil Karatantcheva in a nail-biter, 36 76(4) 61. Olga Savchuk, Petra Cetkovska and Greta Arn also secured berths in the round of eight.

The last doubles quarterfinal took the court on Thursday with Johanna Larsson and Rodionova taking out Catalina Castaño and Anne Kremer, 75 76(3). The first three doubles quarterfinals all took place Wednesday.

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Gisela Dulko advances to quarterfinals in Morocco

Gisela Dulko advances to quarterfinals in Morocco

Second-seeded Gisela Dulko defeated Emilie Loit 6-3, 6-2 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem.

The Argentine will play seventh-seeded Sorana Cirstea, who defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-2.

Alisa Kleybanova rallied to defeat Arina Rodionova 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4.

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