On Day 3 of the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, four singles matches took place. Now the story of the week was youngster, Madison Keys. She went up against the number one seed, Nadia Petrova. Now I thought that Petrova was going to wipe Keys out. But although the match was pretty one-sided, Madison Keys played well under the circumstances. Petrova won the match 63 62. But for a fourteen year old, Keys has not a bright, but a flourescent future.
The slovakian, Dominika Cibulkova, seeded third in the tournament won her match as well. She is a magnificent player on all surfaces, but she seems to be most comfortable on the slow clay. Cibulkova defeated Russian qualifier, Anastasia Rodionova, 61 63. I met Dominika at this year's US Open and she was very sweet. And up close, she is very small, but she packs a lot of strength. I'm starting to think that Cibulkova has a chance to possibly win Ponte Vedra.
The seventh seeded Ukrainian, Alona Bondarenko took out her sister Kateryna on Day 3. I was expecting a straight set win for Kateryna because Alona's game has slumped for the past couple of months and Kateryna pulled off the upset over Radwanska at the Australian Open this year. But Alona showed off her clay court skills to come from behind and defeat her sister, 46 64 63.
And the Russian beauty, Elena Vesnina looked to be upset by her Austrian opponent, Patricia Mayr after Elena dropped the first set, 1-6. But Elena persevered to win the second set, 6-3. And the momentum stayed with Vesnina until the end of the match. The final score was 16 63 62, Vesnina.
Who I Want to Win: Daniela Hantuchova
Who I Think Will Win: Dominika Cibulkova
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