The Andalucía Tennis Experience held in Marbella, Spain is another women's tournament that just started a few days ago. This is the first year this tournament is held, and some big names such as Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic entered the draw. Day 1 consisted of only one minor upset. The eighth seed from Bulgaria, Tsvetana Pironkova was ousted by Italy's Roberta Vinci. Vinci defeated Pironkova, 67(4) 62 64.
Throughout the plethora of matches throughout the entire day, not one seeded player lost. The main match of the day consisted of second seed, Jelena Jankovic. Jankovic had a very strong clay court season last year, and she will probably do the same this time around. She started off on the clay with a mutilating win over Italy's Francesca Schiavone, 62 61. The other seeds that passed the first round test were fourth seed from Spain, Anabel Medina Garrigues, fifth seed also from Spain, Carla Suarez Navarro, and the sixth seed from Italy, Sara Errani.
Anabel Medina Garrigues has been very consistent in the rankings for many years, but she is very unnoticed. And she easily dismantled her opponent from Belarus, Anastasiya Yakimova, 61 63.
Carla Suarez Navarro made her mark in the rankings after she reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros last year. Since then, she surprised Venus Williams at the Australian Open en route to another grand slam quarterfinal. She should come out with some brilliant results this season. She started off well with a 75 75 win over her Estonian opponent, Maret Ani.
And Sara Errani has been playing on tour for a while now and she has maintained a solid ranking for a few years now as well. She has good results coming from all surfaces. And she played a solid match against Germany's Julia Schruff yesterday, pulling off a 75 76(6) win.
And I must say that I am a fan of Qualifier Arantxa Rus from the Netherlands. She is young, and there is a lot of good tennis that will come from her in the future. She defeated Spanish wildcard, Maria Teresa Torro-Flor 46 62 60.
Other Results from Day 2:
Renata Voracova(CZE) def. Pauline Parmentier(FRA) 76(8) 46 64
(Q) Ekaterina Ivanova(RUS) def. (Q) Masa Zec Peskiric(SLO) 60 64
Andreja Klepac(SLO) def. Severine Bremond(FRA) 57 62 62
(Q) Polona Hercog(SLO) def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro(FRA) 36 76(4) 62
Virginia Ruano Pascual(ESP) def. Tathiana Garbin(ITA) 61 26 61
(Q) Selima Sfar(TUN) def. (WC) Estrella Cabeza Candela(ESP) 63 76(4)
Who I Want to Win: Carla Suarez Navarro
Who I Think Will Win: Jelena Jankovic
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