Women Who Serve: Copa BBVA Colsanitas

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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Duque Marino wins her first tour title

Mariana Duque Marino, unseeded in Bogota, defeated 5th seed Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-3 today to win the title. Kerber upset top seed Gisela Dulko in the semifinals.

Dulko and her partner, Edina Gallovits, won the doubles championship, defeating Olga Savchuk and Anastasiya Yakimova 6-2, 7-6.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Errani upset in Bogota quarterfinals

3rd seed Sara Errani made a quarterfinal exit in Bogota today. She was defeated 7-5, 6-2 by Arantxa Parra Santonja. Also upset was 7th seed Klara Zakapalova, who was beaten 6-0, 7-6 by Mariana Duque Marino.

Top seed Gisela Dulko advanced to the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Sandra Zahlavova, and Angelique Kerber defeated Pauline Parmentier 6-1, 6-4.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Suarez Navarro upset by qualifier in Bogota

Kristina Antoniychuk of Ukraine, a qualifier at the Copa BBVA Colsanitas in Bogota, upset 2nd seed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-4 today in the first round. She will play Mariana Marino Duque in the second round.

Top seed Gisela Dulko advanced to the second round with a straight sets win over Mathilde Johansson. Dulko was the finalist last year.

About the blog author

Diane Elayne Dees is a writer, a retired psychotherapist, a former speech communication instructor, and a former public relations specialist. She is also a life-long fan of women's professional tennis.

For several years, Diane published the progressive blog, The Dees Diversion, and she also contributed regularly to the Mother Jones MoJo Blog. Diane has published political essays, short fiction and creative nonfiction. For the past several years, she has concentrated on writing poetry.

A nine-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Diane has published four poetry chapbooks, Coronary Truth (Kelsay Books), The Last Time I Saw You, (Finishing Line Press), The Wild Parrots of Marigny (Querencia Press), and I Can't Recall Exactly When I Died (Kelsay Books). (See ordering information at the top of the page.)

She has also published four microchaps with the Origami Poems Project: Beach Days, Pandemic Times, Missing Amy, and Yogic Truth. Her nature poetry was read on Martha Stewart Living Radio's "The Naturalist's Datebook."