Tomova Into European Semifinals

Viktoria Tomova from Bulgaria reached the semifinals of the Under 14 European Championships in Pilcen, Czech Republic as in the semifinals she defeated the tenth seed De Sutter from Belgium in straight sets 6-1 6-2. In the first round Viki defeated ukrainian Viktorya Lushkova in straight sets 6-1 6-0. In the second round she had a harder match against unseeded Karia Popovic from Croatia 6-3 6-1. After that she made a quick work against Montenegrian Vladica Babic 6-0 6-1.
In this tournament there was another bulgarian competitor in the face of Julia Terziyska who reached the third round after a hard fought victory against Sandra Savvest from Estonia 6-3 4-6 6-2 and after that lost to the fifth seed from Germany Barbara Haas in straight sets 6-2 6-4.
Julia and Tomova are showing incredible form as Viki won 19 of her 19 matches of the year on the way to victory in the 1st category tournament in Maia, Livorno and Paris(a.k.a Children Rolland Garros) and wining the under 14 nationatinal tournament of Bulgaria in Devin as in the final she defeated Julia Terziyska in straight sets. The in the doubles tournament Viki and Julia won categoricly the doubles crown also. (Julia Terziyska, Victoria Tomova and Tsveta Dimitrova) Julia was expected to reach atleast the 3rd round as she won the consolation tournament in BNP Paribas Cup (a.k.a Children Rolland Garros) after loosing in the second round of the main tournament.
In doubles Viki and Terziyska lost in a dramatical outlasting match against belgian pair of De Sutter and Benoit, who are the second seeds, 6-7(5) 6-3 10-12 and this way Tomova left the only bulgarian in all three european tournaments although it was expected Dimitar Kuzmanov the number one to 16 years to win but he lost in the third round to a player from Great Britain.

Evtimova Digs Deeper

Dia Evtimova from Bulgaria won her second round encouter against romanian Karina Goia 6-1 6-2 and reached the quaterfinal where she will meet unseeded Ioana Gasper who reached the quaterfinals after another bulgarian Tanya Germanlieva withdrew because of an injury after her doubles match yesterday. Evtimova started the match incredible well, breaking freely and making incredible shots from the baseline on the way to the quaterfinals. The number one seed in Buchurest will have to face an opponent who`s highest ranking is 258 and in the first round defeated another romanian Christina Dimitrescu in straight sets 6-4 6-3. The two girls have never met before and both have reached ranking round 250 which should tell us that this match will be very interesting.
Dia and Tanya are in the Qualifying draw in Istanbul WTA tournament and it will be nice to see them play on a big tournament.

Kostova Keeps Bulgarian Hopes

Elitsa Kostova keeps bulgarian hopes for a good performance this week as she defeated Vieviene Vierrin 6-2 6-2 at 25,000$ Mount De Marsan in France and in the next round she will face Nika Ozgerovic from Croatia who defeated number five seed Veronica Spiegel from Germany 6-2 6-2. The girl that defeated the number five seed met at the Bal 10,000$ tournament Elitsa Kostova in her debut and didn`t even gave her one game. But since then Elitsa changed alot and now is alot better player lets hope she will be able to defeat her opponent and reach her second quaterfinal at 25,000$ tournament of the year. She has reached the semifinals in Las Palmas De Gran Canaria and the quaterfinals of 2 other tournaments. She has reached 2 second round at twenty five hundred tournaments also.

In the 10,000 tournament in Turkey, Istanbul Aleksandrina Naydenova made a horrible appearence and lost in three sets to the qualifier Ofri Lankri who she defeated last year as she gave her just 3 games. Number seven seed however takes 1 point and 190 dollars from the prize money. Her next tournament will be in Rabat 10,000$ where she should be number 4 seed.

Germanlieva Injured

Today in Buchurest was the most sad day for bulgarian tennis as the only victory was achieved by Tanya Germanlieva who althought got injured in the doubles match.
Tanya faced Marta Stoyanova another bulgarian in the first round and totally demonilished her with the result 6-1 6-0. But later in the afternoon she lost in her doubles match together with Christina Mandalina Stancu from Romania to the number 4 seeds 4-6 3-6. After the match Tanya withdrew from the tournament and sended her opponent into the quaterfinals. This is bad news for Tanya who have reached semifinal and two finals in her last four tournaments.
Dalia Zafirova continued her bad strak against Alice-Andrada Radu as today she lost 6-4 6-7(6) 0-6. Later that day in another dramatic match but this time in doubles Zafirova and Hristea the number one seeds lost 6-1 2-6 10-12 and with that lose the only bulgarian left in the tournament is Dia Evtimova who double bageled her opponent in the first round.

Naydenova Into Second Round

Aleksandrina Naydenova from Bulgaria won her opening match in the 10,000$ in Istanbul as she defeated the wildcard from Turkey 15 year old Cemre Anil. Aleksandrina started the match perfectly and never gave even the smalest change for Anil to think about the victory as she won 6-2 6-2 and in the second round she will face qualifier Ofri Lankri who defeated Tammi Patterson from Australia 7-5 4-6 6-3. Interesting fact is that Ofri defeated Lyutfia Velieva in the second and final qualifying round 7-5 6-3.
Another important fact is that Aleksandrina already has a victory over Lankri in the juniors last year when she gave her just 3 games wining 6-1 6-2 in a South American junior tournament. Aleksandrina lost her opening round in doubles with her partner Kovarcikova losing to the number 2 seed 4-6 4-6. Sister Velieva showed incredible doubles strength against the pair of Abduraimova and Hopper defeating them 6-3 6-1. The Uzbekistan-australian pair have won 8 of they`re last 9 matches as they won the tournament in Gazianterp and lost in the semifinals of Izmir tournament. In they`re next round they will meet the executers of Naydenova`s team the number 2 seeds Schivetti and Shlomo.

Flying start for bulgarians in Buchurest

The bulgarians made a flying start at the 10,000$ tournament in Buchurest as today they won they`re 3 out of 3 matches - one single and 2 doubles amd each bulgarian scored a victory.
Fist Dia Evtimova gave a real lesson in tennis to 15 year old Ioana Daniela Bighiu as she didn`t gave her even one game on to way to the victory 6-0 6-0. In the next round Dia will have an a qualifyier for an opponent in the face of Karina Goia from romania. Dia is the number one seed in the main draw.
In one of the two doubles matches with a bulgarian bulgarian Tanya Germanlieva and Christina Mandalina Stancu (Rou) faced the all romanian duo of Platon and Dimitresco which gave a real run for they`re money. Anyway although Tanya and her partner lost the first set they won the match 3-6 7-5 10-5 and in the next round they will face another all romanian duo in the face of Danaila and Hincu who won they`re match easyly 6-1 6-1.
Dalia Zafirova and her partner Camelia-Elena Hristea, who are the number one seeds, didn`t have any problem in they`re first round and they beated the macedonian and russian duet of Porubin and Sovaeva 6-1 6-2 and now they will face another all romanian duo of Enache and Constantin in the doubles quaterfinals.

Bulgarian rush next week

Next week there will be big bulgarian invasion in the tournaments and maybe the most important is that Elitsa Kostova is going to play directly in the main draw in France at the 25,000 $ tournament. Elitsa reached the second round in Contrexeville 50,000 $ this week and lost in three sets to Bychkova who is ranked number 153 in the world.

Next there is the tournament in Buchurest, Romania where Dia Evtimova, Dalia Zafirova and Tanya Germanlyeva will be as it follows number 1, 2 and 6 seed. Dia reached the semifinals in the doubles event in Contrexeville and maybe the most important is that Dalia is on 5 match wining streak as she won the tournament in Prokuplje as in the final she beat Alexandra Krunic a very talented serbian player. Tanya has reached semifinal, 2 finals and lost one in the first round in her last 4 tournaments which is very impresive. There is a big oppurtunity for an all bulgarian final as the top 2 seeds are bulgarians. Elitsa Kostova

Then there is the tournament in Istanbul - Yelsirut in Turkey where Aleksandrina Naydenova who reached the final in Melilla and lost in the quaterfinals of Izmir tournament to number one seed 1-6 1-6 will be number 8 seed. She had bad luck in Izmir as she got in the quater with Ozgen who is the only left seed in the draw now.

In Lexington, USA 50,000 $ tournament bulgarian veteran Svetlana Krivencheva will be playing the qualifies. Lets wish them all luck as they need to get up the ranking...

Elitsa Kostova in the main draw of Civitechia 25,000$

The bulgarian player Elitsa Kostova won her final qualifying round in the italian city of Civitechia near rome against her opponent Shamayko from Russia. Her opponent started gutsy as she broke Kostova and held her serve untill 4:2. Then Kostova rebroke and took the first set 7:5. However her opponent continued trying as she broke again at the start of the set and held her serve doing incredible winners from the baseline that were going deep and hard to return for Kostova. However this didn`t affect the 18 year old bulgarian hope as she cruised throught the third set breaking her opponent 3 times and packing her second consecutive main draw at a 25,000$ tournament. Her last tournament ended in the first main dra match against Isable Cabeza Candella 7:5 6:4. Kostova this time took an easier draw and she will take on the out of form Marinne Giraud from Mauritius. They haven`t met before but this years results from Kostova are much better then hers as Kostova reached a semifinal at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and got throught the qualifies of 2 consecutive 25k$ tournaments. She also plays doubles with Kinnie Laisne from France as in the first round she will meet another bulgaria Dia Evtimova and Valerie Tetreault from Canada. Lets hope any of them wins the match reach atlest the semifinals.

Jankovic celebrated

Jelena Jankovic celebrated her new title from Andalucia Tennis Experience with her brother Marco and her coach in the city of Marbella. She went to the magazines and bought her a nice dress using the 110,000 to prepare celebrating her new title. This was her first title of the year as she have lost twice in second round of Indian Wells and Miami and the 4th round of Australian open. However she have reached the semifinals of Paris and this was her best appearance untill yesterday when she defeated hardly the number 4 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 7:5 6:2. Althought it didn`t look hard the two sets were incredible hard fought as the first set lasted a hour and thirty minutes while the second last fifty minutes to make the grand total of two hours and twenty minutes. In the quaters she had to fight from a set down to defeat Roberta Vinci who has defeated suprisingly Tsvetana Pironkova and Nicole Vaidisova before she pushed Jankovic to the limit losing 6:3 3:6 7:6(6). In the two previous matches Jelena didn`t have any problem destroying her opponents and finding her feat on clay against Francesca Schiavone 6:1 6:2 and against Selima Sfar 6:4 6:0. Lets hope she continues her good form and win much more tournaments.

Jankovic outlasts Navarro to take Anadalucia crown

The number two seed from Serbia Jelena Jankovic outlasted the number 5 seed from Spain Carla Suarez Navarro. The canarian didn`t start the match well and she got broken twice to lead 5:2. However Navarro returned one of the breaks but this wasn`t enought as Jankovic closed out the first set 6:3. The second set was all around as Navarro breaking through the set breaking Jankovic to close it out 6:3. The third set was a real drama as Jankovic again led 5:2. Then she had 2 match points on Suarez serve but missed them and then saved 2 game points. However at the end Jankovic lost her game and had to serve for the match. In this game the crowd had a big hope for Navarro coming back as she held 3 break points but lost them and then Jankovic used her 4th match point after missing one more at 40:30. This was the end as Jankovic packed the trophy and 110 000 dollars for home with her first title of the year. She got through a big competition in the last 2 matches and today wasn`t any different as she had to play 2 hours and 23 minutes to pack up the tournament in her backpack with a thriling 6:3 3:6 6:3 victory. For the 24 year old this was her 10th title as she won 4 last year. Ahead of her there is a big challenge defending the crown from Rome.

Cirstea stuns fauvorite

Sorana Cirstea from Romania has finished her black series of loses in Marbella as she made 3 consecutive victories. Todays match against Kaia Kanepi prooved incredibly hard for her as she won it 6:4 2:6 7:5. In the first set things were even but Sorana showed character and broke in the most important time and packed it in the pack 6:4 just under 50 minutes play. However Kanepi fought back in the second set as she started making alot winners from the baseline. Cirstea started to play much better at the end but it wasn`t enought as the estonian stopped her opponents rush as she took the second set with 2 breaks under her belt. In the third set Cirstea lead by 2 breaks and she had match points on Kanepi serve but she lost them and had to serve twice for the match. But when the important moments came she wasn`t good enought at serving and the number 3 seed who plays with a wildcard to the main draw broke back twice and putted the match into the deciding games. In them the romanian played her best tennis of the match and broke to lead 6:5. Although she had some problems being led by 15:30 she fought to pack the semifinal spot in the backpack where she will meet the number 5 seed Carla Suarez Navarro from spain who defeated Klara Zakopalova from the Czech Republic 6:1 6:2.

Jankovic outlasts suprise Vinci

Jelena Jankovic, the number two seed from Serbia continued her wining streak in Marbella as she defeated the suprise of the week Roberta Vinci from Italy. Jankovic started well the match as she held her two service games. But then the slice of Vinci`s backhand prooved to spiny for Jelena as she lost the first set 3:6. However the second set was all the way around as Jankovic reduced her unforced errors and started to play much better meanwile the italian`s game fell dramaticly down and she made 5 errors more than Jankovic but much more less winners.The third set was a real drama as Jankovic led 2:0. Then Vinci had some break points but didn`t convert then and Jelena lead 3:1. However Vinci came back and pushed things into an interesting tiebreak in the third set for the crowd. In it Jankovic was making always one minibreak but lost it on her service game. After she missed a match point already in the tiebreak she won Vinci`s service point at 7:6. Jankovic continues to the semifinals with a win 3:6 6:3 7:6(6) where she will meet the number four seed Anabel Medina Garrigues from spain who defeated Sara Errani again in 3 sets 6:2 6:7(4) 7:5.

Garrigues wins match of survival

Anabel Medina Garrigues and Sara Errani have made the longest match of the tournament as Medina fought for the victory with 6:2 6:7(4) 7:5 in 3 hours and 4 minutes. The match started evenly as both players held untill 2:2. Then Anabel`s game started to vibrate and she won the next 4 games to close out the first set 6:2. The second set started very well for Errani as she broke twice to lead 3:0. But then Garrigues started to play her game and made things 4:3 for her. Fighting back Sara made sure she leads with another break but Medina again evened and then the tiebreak came. There Errani led 6:1 points. But the spaniard got power from the crowd and took 3 consecutive points. However an unforced error into the net from Garrigues closed out the set in a tiebreak for the italian 6 seed. But the fourth seed wasn`t about to give up as she led a break up in the second but it was not enought as Errani broke back and she evened things at 5:5. But then the spanish homegirl won two straight games to book her spot in the semifinals of the first edition of the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella.

Duo`s fight for semifinal spots

Anabel Medina Garrigues and Medina Ruano Pascual have outlasted the unseeded duo of Francesca Schiavone and Roberta Vinci to reach the semifinal of they`re home tournament in Andalucia. The italian duo looked for win in three sets after they easyly lost the first 6:2. Then in the second the spaniards who clashed in the second round of the singles main draw served for the match at 6:5. But they got broken and then in the tiebreak it was a real cat fight with powerfull volleys into the bodies of they`re opponents. At the end the team that prevailed in it was the italian duo 7:6(6). In the match tiebreak it was all the spaniards with they`re vocals the crod as they prevailed 10:5.


The number two seed from Poland, Jans and Rosolska were much more concentrated in both sets and they crushe the ukrainian duo of Beygelzimer and Kapshay 6:4 6:1. The first set was a catfight between the girls as a break at 5:4 in the game 40:40 deciding point a ball sent to the net by Kapshay gave the first set to the easteren europeans. The second set was onesided as the polish players dominated the clay courts and winning games freely securing they`re semifinal spot where they will meet most probably the number 3 seed Ani and Voracova the Estonian-czech combination.

Next on court was the duo of Hercog and Uhlirova against the romanian duo of Olaru and Cirstea. Although Hercog lost her second round match earlier in the day when se had set points in the second set she didn`t seem to be affected. Cirstea and Olaru were playing badly and the rookie team used it to win easyly the match 6:0 6:1 just shy of the one hour mark. This was Uhlirova`s second win after she had 11 straight loses in the doubles. Cirstea defeated Olaru in the first round of the main draw in singles and after that she ousted Andreja Klepac from Slovenia. Hercog now had the slovenian revenge defeating her in the doubles match and entering the semifinals together with her new partner. Next they will meet he number one seeds from spain Medina Garrigues and Ruano Pascual.

Zakopalova and Kanepi continue wining streak

Klara Zakopalova won the czech clash in the second round of the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella against Renata Voracova with 7:6(7) 5:7 6:0 and continued todays tradition in every match there should be a bagle. Just after Klara stuned the number one seed Serena Williams she made her second win this week prevailing in the head to head now leading 2:1 plus one junior victory against her opponent. The first and second set were tight afairs as both players played well. However this didn`t afect the winner as she dominated the third with strong baseline shots and powerfull smash. In the next round she will meet Carla Suarez Navvaro who had a shacky match against qualifier Ekaterina Ivanova where she had to ``rebagle`` in the third set as she lost the first 6:0. Zakopalova will have to face not only Carla but the spanish crowd too.

Kaia Kanepi has continued her recent good form as the number 3 seed ousted her Netherland opponent in 1 hour and 24 minutes 7:5 6:2. Arantxa Rus who came from the qualifies started the match very gutsy but this wasn`t enought to stop the inform Estonian as she won the third set with great fight 7:5. The second set Rus just capitulated as she was broken twice and she was down 0:4. She just took her 2 service games and didn`t put even a fight trying to break. Kanepi closed it out 7:5 6:2. In the next round she will meet the searching form romanian Sorana Cirstea. The seventh seed defeated Andreja Klepac 4:6 6:1 6:1 just shy of the 2 hours mark.

Jankovic bagles, Navarro rebagles

Jelena Jankovic continued her excelent form on the clay courts of Andalucia with an easy victory over tunisian Selima Sfar 6:3 6:0. Jankovic started confusingly and got broken in her first service game and sfar led 2:0. Jelena tried to comeback imediatly but her entusiasm was stoped by Sfar as she used short balls to suprise her opponent and win her next service game as she led 3:1. But then the serbian tennis player started playing amazing tennis using her backhand and forehand very aggresively and making alot winners. She didn`t waste much time as she made 5 consecutive games to win the first set 6:3. This prooved vitaly as Sfar didn`t have nay will to continue allowing Jankovic to bagle her for the second set and win it 6:0. Jelena secured a quaterfinal spot against italian spoiler Roberta Vinci. She has defeated in the first round Tsvetana Pironkova from Bulgaria in 3 sets 6:7(4) 6:2 6:4 and then she continued with the suprises defeating Nicole Vaidisova 6:3 6:3.


Carla Suarez Navarro won her second round match against gutsy russian qualifier Ekatetirna Ivanova 0:6 6:3 6:0. Ivanova started very aggresively and broke freely to bagle the homegirl infront of the spanish crowd. She used her forehand very well and done alot winners. Navarro then got on bigger tempo and started play much more aggresively and started catching those short balls that were horrifying for her in the first set. The second set was an onesided afair although it was the set with the most games of the whole match. Ekaterina started making alot mistakes from both swings and that proved vitaly as Suarez Navarro won it 6:3. In the break Ivanova called her coach and seemingly she was disapointed with her game in the second but he said that she must not be sad if she loses as Navarro is in great form. Ivanova then started playing freely but it was just not her match as she got baggled and let Navarro go infront.

Uhlirova and Hercog win in Marbella, polish duo wins

Vladimira Uhlirova from the Czech Republic and Polona Hercog from Slovenia defeated Ekaterina Ivanova and Masa Zec Peskiric 6:3 6:4. This was Uhlirova first victory from the last 11 matches she has played in doubles. Her last victory was in 100,000+H in Krakow, Poland together with Ipek Seneglo from Turkey. Hercog who suceeded to qualify and then she reached the second round of the main draw defeating Stephanie Cohen-Aloro from France 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 for first time with Vladimira and this duo seems to have big sucess.

Other duo had big sucess too. The polish team of Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska defeated Andreja Klepac and Selima Sfar 6:4 6:2 and ensured second round clash with Beygelzimer and Kapshay from Ukraine. They have defeated he russian-french duo of Kondratieva and Lefevre 5:7 6:2 10:6. Jans and Rosolska are the number 2 seeds of the tournament.

Zakopalova stuns Serena

Klara Zakopalova from the Czech Republic made the bigest upset in the tournament as she defeated the number one in the world Serena Williams. The world number 95 showed character from the start of the match against her opponent to who se lost twice in they`re two meetings.
The match started shaky from both sides as the breaks were falling from the sky untill 3:2 where Zakopalova consolidated for 4:2. Then Serena and Klara held as the czech closed the first set 6:4. Here we saw incredible points from Zakopalova who was aggresive from both swings but especially from the backhand.
Serena fought back in the second set as she ralied for 4:1 lead. Then again the two sides held all they`re serve untill Serena packed it up 6:3 to put things into a desider.
Seemingly not in her best form Serena held her first service game but her will for fight ended here as Zakopalova was breaking freely and easyly to pack up her first victory over the american. In the next round she will meet her compatriot Renata Voracova. They`re head to head is 1:1 as Voracova wining once in Bratislava in 3 sets while Klara wining in Sydney 2003 in straight sets. Zakopalova however has a victory in the Czech junior open in 1999 again in straight sets.

Medina Garrigues wins spanish derby

Anabel Medina Garrigues has defeated her compatriot Virginia Ruano Pascual infront of the spanish crowd.
Homegirls started the match evenly with both holding they`re serves untill 2:2. There Garrigues earned an oppurtunity to break and used it. She consolidated and then broke again. When she was serving for the set she had some problems but suceeded to serve out the set.
The second set looked like an open book as Anabel broke and led 3:0. Then after 11 deuces Pascual won her service game. Then she lost 2 games in a roll but didn`t want to leave so soon and she returned with 2 games in a roll. When Medina served for the match Virginia led 0:30 but lost her advantage as Medina made 4 consecutive points and packed up the match 6:2 6:3.

Cirstea finds form

Sorana Cirstea from Romania has finally found her form and won second straight match after loosing her all 6 previous matches in the season. Her opponent was Andreja Klepac from Slovenia who really made her work for this victory.
The first set was a dream for Klepac as she broke twice. Cirstea didn`t wait much and attacked using her first break opurtinity. Bur she couldn`t do much and Klepac closed it out 6:4.
The second and third set were all diferent story. Cirstea using her forehand and backhand perfectly to break freely. In both sets she led 5:0. In the second Andreja held to make things better at 5:1 but Cirstea served it out easy. The third set Sorana had an opurtinity to baggle her opponent but got broken at 5:0. But she took her break back in the next game and closed out the match in 2 hours.
In the next round she will meet the winner of the match between Kaia Kanepi from Estonia who beat Silvia Soler Espinosa from spain 6:4 6:2 or Arantxa Rus who defeated spanish big tennis hope, 16 year old Maria-Terresa Torro-Flor 4:6 6:2 6:0.

Spaniards to clash in second round of Marbella

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Anabel Medina Garrigues will clash in the second round of the 500,000 dollar tournament of Marbella in Spain.
The unseeded Pascual won in three sets against Tathiana Garbin from Italy 6:1 2:6 6:1 for 1 hour and 48 minutes. In the first set Virginia cruised breaking freely to win it 6:1. However Garbin fought back breaking twice to win the second set 6:2. The third again was an onesided afair when Ruano Pascual broke twice to win it 6:1 and mark her place in the round of 16.
Her opponent was decided in the next match. For it the stadium court got very big audience. The first set was quick for both players but in it Medina Garrigues destroyed her opponent 6:1. In the second set Medina broke for 2:0 but Yakimova didn`t want to leave so soon and rebroke. Then she led by 2:3 but that was all she could do against the number 3 seed. Anabel wining the next 4 games in a roll to win against Anastasya Yakimova from Belarus 6:1 6:3.

Jelena Jankovic cruises in Marbella

The new world number 4 Jelena Jankovic has cruised through her opening round in Marbella defeating Francesca Sciavone 6:2 6:1 in just over an hour. This is her first victory in the last 3 tournaments she has played.
The first set started very well for the number 2 seed when se raised to 3:0 leed for just 13 minutes. But Schiavone wasn`t about to give it without a fight and broke back to 3:2. But she couldn`t do anything more and with beatifull winners from backhand and forehand Jankovic closed it out 6:2.
The third set was all Jankovic as she raised into a 5:0 leed quite easy. However the wind showed again and she couldn`t break her opponent to win the match. But when it came to her serve it all ended and she closed it 6:1.
In the next round she will meet the winner of the match between Selima Sfar from Tunisia and Estrella Cabeza Candella from Spain.

Pironkova makes pathetic showing in Marbella

Tsvetana Pironkova lost to Roberta Vinvi from Italy 7:6(4) 2:6 4:6. She showed horrible forehand slices and made alot of unforced errors from backhand and forehand.
The first set began with a break from Vinci for 1:0 but Pironkova fought back and made it 1:2. But yet again Vinvi broke and made thing 4:2. However Pironkova made things go to a tiebreak which she won with three nice shots for the last three points. The second set was a tragedy. Vinci played calm and she broke twice Tsvetana and won it easy 6:2. The third set Tsvetana showed a comeback breaking in the first game, but after that she got rebroken and it was all she could do. At 5:2 the bulgarian won her serve and then broke. But she again showed pathetic service and got broken with the first oportunity that her opponent had...
Now she lost her first match as a seed in WTA. I hope she reaches atleast 2nd round in Barcelona ..