The Barcelona Ladies Open in Spain kicked off yesterday. Not too many seeds were in action today, but yesterday there were some surprises. Although Flavia Pennetta eased through her first round match, the number one seed, Alize Cornet was demolished by Stephanie Cohen-Aloro. It was surprising because Alize Cornet played unbelievable tennis during last year's clay court season.
Carla Suarez Navarro and Maria Kirilenko had no problem with their first round matches against wildcard, Estrella Cabeza Candela and Camille Pin. They both won their matches, 62 60. But the surprises of the day involved fourth seed, Kaia Kanepi and eighth seed, Sorana Cirstea. Kanepi was knocked out by Slovenian lucky loser, Masa Zec Peskiric after being up a set, 36 62 64. Romanian, Sorana Cirstea has been showing promise on the clay, but she was outplayed by Belarusian qualifier, Anastasiya Yakimova, 76(2) 76(5).
My favorite player in the draw is Nicole Vaidisova. Vaidisova has been struggling for the past year. Her game has fallen. Vaidisova was once ranked as high as 8 in the world. But she is slowly getting into good form. It may take her a few more years to retain a top ten ranking, but hopefully I'm wrong. But Nicole defeated Ukrainian qualifier, Yevgeniya Savranska today, 62 64.
Other Scores of Day 2:
(Q) Tatjana Malek(GER) def. (WC) Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) 63 36 61
(LL) Emilie Loit(FRA) def. (Q) Mervana Jugic-Salkic(BIH) 76(3) 36 62
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) def. Kirsten Flipkens(BEL) 62 62
Severine Bremond(FRA) def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER) 76(4) 62
Francesca Schiavone(ITA) def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP) 76(4) 64
Who I Want to Win: NICOLE VAIDISOVA
Who I Think Will Win: CARLA SUAREZ NAVARRO
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