Marbella QFs

Quarterfinals day in Marbella. And all of the matches excpet for one lasted longer than two and a half hours. Three out of the four matches ended in either a third set tiebreak or a third set, 7-5. The match that lasted only fifty minutes was the Carla Suarez Navarro, Klara Zakopalova match. Zakopalova came into the match after beating number one in the world, Serena Williams. But Suarez Navarro's clay court prowess was too much for Klara. Suarez Navarro smased Klara, 61 62.

The seventh seeded Romanian, Sorana Cirstea was expected to lose against third seeded Kaia Kanepi. But Cirstea is another underrated player on the clay. Although it was a titanic struggle for Cirstea, she grabbed a spot in he semifinals with a 64 26 75 win.

One of the matches lasted an amazing three hours and five minutes. The match was a fight between the Spanish fourth seed, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Italy's Sara Errani. At the beginning of the match, it seemed that Medina Garrigues would have an easy passage into the semifinals after she won the first set, 6-2. But Errani fought to get to a second set tiebreak. And Errani grabbed the second set, 7-6(4). The third set was an immense struggle for both players. But Medina Garrigues outplayed Errani in the final stages of the match to clinch a 62 67(4) 75 win.

And the main event of the day was the match between Jelena Jankovic and Roberta Vinci. I thought, before the match started, that Jelena wouldn't have a problem dismantling Vinci, but to my surprise, Roberta won the first set, 6-3. But I wasn't surprised thatjelena used her experience to come back with the second set, 6-3. The third set on the other hand was a real tussle. They both broke each other twice. And ultimately, the match led into a final set tiebreaker. And the tiebreaker was even difficult for both players, but Jelena came out on top with an 8-6 tiebreak win.

Who I Want to Win: Carla Suarez Navarro

Who I Think Will Win: Jelena Jankovic