A year ago, Alesandra Dulgheru came out of nowhere as a qualifier and won the Warsaw Open, her first Sony Ericsson WTA tour tournament. This was an unusual feat, and was followed by months of near-obscurity for the Romanian. But all she needed was for clay season to come around again. In Barcelona, Dulgheru reached the semifinals, and she defeated both Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva, in Rome and Madrid, respectively.
Yesterday, the unseeded Dulgheru upset 3rd seed Li Na in the semifinals of the Polsat Warsaw Open, and today she upset 5th seed Zheng Jie, 6-3, 6-4, to win her second consecutive Warsaw title. Along the way, Dulgheru defeated Kateryna Bondarenko, Timea Bacsinszky and Tsvetana Pironkova.
The unseeded team of Virginia Ruano Pascual and Meghann Shaughnessy won the doubles title. They defeated top seeds Cara Black and Yan Zi 6-3, 6-4. This is Ruano Pascual's 43rd doubles title, and Shuaghnessy's 16th.
Showing posts with label Polsat Warsaw Open. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Polsat Warsaw Open. Show all posts
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Bondarenko out of Warsaw
Alona Bondarenko, 6th seed and last year's finalist, was defeated 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in the Warsaw Open quarterfinals today by Greta Arn. Top seed Caroline Wozniacki retired, and defending champion Alexandra Dulgheru advanced to the semifinals.
In Strasbourg, play was interrupted by rain. Earlier in the day, 7th seed Anastasija Sevastova was defeated 6-1, 7-5 by Kristina Barrois.
In Strasbourg, play was interrupted by rain. Earlier in the day, 7th seed Anastasija Sevastova was defeated 6-1, 7-5 by Kristina Barrois.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Dementieva upset in Warsaw
It took her almost three hours, but qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova upset 2nd seed Elena Dementieva today in Warsaw. Pironkova's 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 victory came, at least in part, with the aid of 59 unforced errors from Dementieva.
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki had to go three sets with Palona Hercog, but she did advance to the next round.
In Strasbourg, both Lucie Hradecka and 8th seed Elena Baltacha retired during their 2nd round matches--Hradecka with a left wrist injury, and Baltacha with a lower back problem.
There were also upsets in Strasbourg. Sofia Arvidsson defeated 3rd seed (and wild card) Virginie Razzano and Julie Goerges defeated 6th seed Sybille Bammer.
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki had to go three sets with Palona Hercog, but she did advance to the next round.
In Strasbourg, both Lucie Hradecka and 8th seed Elena Baltacha retired during their 2nd round matches--Hradecka with a left wrist injury, and Baltacha with a lower back problem.
There were also upsets in Strasbourg. Sofia Arvidsson defeated 3rd seed (and wild card) Virginie Razzano and Julie Goerges defeated 6th seed Sybille Bammer.
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