Carla Suarez Navarro and Jelena Jankovic led the field on day 4 of the Andalucía Tennis Experience in Marbella, Spain. Carla Suarez Navarro was set to easily eliminate Russian qualifier, Ekaterina Ivanova. Suarez Navarro played uncharacteristically in the first set only winning thirty percent of her first serve points. Ivanova was smart to take advantage of her out of sorts opponent and take the first set, 6-0. But Suarez Navarro used her experience to take the second set, 6-3. And the third set was all Carla. She got completely comfortable and easily bageled Ivanova in the third set. The final score was 36 60 63.
Jelena Jankovic went up against what seemed to be an easy encounter with Lucky Loser from Tunisia, Selima Sfar. But it took some time for Jelena to get settled in. Sfar went up an early break at 3-2 in the first set. But Jelena put it into overdrive and won the next 10 games to mangle Selima, 63 60.
Unfortunately the hopes of young gun, Arantxa Rus were stripped away from her after a tough encounter with the third seed from Estonia, Kaia Kanepi. Kanepi is a very good clay court player and actually made it to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros last year. But the Netherlands native was no match for the Estonian. But Arantxa did put up a solid fight in the first set. Kanepi won the match in just under an hour and a half, 75 62.
Other Scores of Day 4:
Klara Zakopalova(CZE) def. Renata Voracova(CZE) 76(7) 57 60
(6) Sara Errani(ITA) def. (Q) Polona Hercog(SLO) 60 76(7)
Who I Want to Win: Carla Suarez Navarro
Who I Think Will Win: Jelena Jankovic
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