Welcome to Barcelona, Spain! After a few South American red clay events in the spring and a North American green day event last week, the 2012 red clay season will finally truly kick off in this exciting Spanish city. Leading the charge this week will be the powerful Italian duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci who have steadily been picking up titles and ascending the rankings in the past few seasons to establish themselves as a force that will be extremely tough to touch this week. However, the second seeds, Spaniards Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja may have less to speak for in terms of accomplishment but they are no slouches either and should the final align these two tandmens, it will surely provide plenty of excitement. Many new pairings will make their debuts this week as well, such as Belorussian Olga Govortsova and Czech Vladimíra Uhlířová (the third seeds), Israeli Shahar Peer and Argentine Paola Suárez (unseeded), and Czech duo Petra Cetkovská and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, the later of whom is a defending champion at this event (unseeded as well), while Italian veterans, Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone, who just began their partnership this year, (also unseeded) will surely be a team to watch this week. With some more experienced teams in action as well as many new surprises waiting to happen, the clay season is kicking off in style in the very stylish backdrop of Barcelona. Vote now as the Barcelona Ladies Open commences!!!
Previous Finals:
2011: Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [4] beat Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci ITA [2] 6-3 6-0
The Favorites:
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Top Half: Petra Cetkovská CZE/Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová CZE
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Bottom Half: Shahar Pe'er ISR/Paola Suárez ARG
First Round:
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [1] vs Darya Kustova BLR/Olga Savchuk UKR
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino ESP/Sloane Stephens USA vs Simona Halep ROU/Jannette Husárová SVK
Nina Bratchikova RUS/Darija Jurak CRO [4] vs Petra Cetkovská CZE/Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová CZE
Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP/Carla Suárez Navarro ESP [WC] vs Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP/Inés Ferrer Suárez ESP [WC]
Sorana Cîrstea ROU/Klára Zakopalová CZE vs Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Shahar Pe'er ISR/Paola Suárez ARG vs Olga Govortsova BLR/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [3]
Elena Bogdan ROU/Alexandra Cadanţu ROU vs Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP
Mervana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Sandra Klemenschits AUT vs Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [2]
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [1]
Simona Halep ROU/Jannette Husárová SVK
Nina Bratchikova RUS/Darija Jurak CRO [4]
Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP/Carla Suárez Navarro ESP [WC]
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Olga Govortsova BLR/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [3]
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP
Mervana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Sandra Klemenschits AUT
iGOAT
Apr 26th, 2012, 02:58 AM
First Round:
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [1] vs Darya Kustova BLR/Olga Savchuk UKR | 6-4 2-1
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino ESP/Sloane Stephens USA vs Simona Halep ROU/Jannette Husárová SVK | 4-6 0-3
Nina Bratchikova RUS/Darija Jurak CRO [4] vs Petra Cetkovská CZE/Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová CZE | 3-6 2-2
Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP/Carla Suárez Navarro ESP [WC] vs Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP/Inés Ferrer Suárez ESP [WC] | 6-1 3-3
Sorana Cîrstea ROU/Klára Zakopalová CZE vs Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 7-5 0-1
Shahar Pe'er ISR/Paola Suárez ARG vs Olga Govortsova BLR/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [3] | 7-5 0-1
Elena Bogdan ROU/Alexandra Cadanţu ROU vs Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP | 6-7 0-0
Mervana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Sandra Klemenschits AUT vs Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [2] | 3-6 2-2
MAKE SURE YOU ARE VOTING HERE (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=457441&page=2) AS WELL!!! I want Charleston first round to finish before I start second round here.
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Olga Govortsova BLR/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [3]
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [2]
iGOAT
Apr 28th, 2012, 02:43 AM
First Round:
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [1] vs Darya Kustova BLR/Olga Savchuk UKR | 6-4 5-4 MP!
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino ESP/Sloane Stephens USA lost to Simona Halep ROU/Jannette Husárová SVK | 4-6 2-6
Nina Bratchikova RUS/Darija Jurak CRO [4] vs Petra Cetkovská CZE/Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová CZE | 3-6 6-3 0-1
Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP/Carla Suárez Navarro ESP [WC] beat Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP/Inés Ferrer Suárez ESP [WC] | 6-1 6-4
Sorana Cîrstea ROU/Klára Zakopalová CZE vs Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 7-5 3-4
Shahar Pe'er ISR/Paola Suárez ARG vs Olga Govortsova BLR/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [3] | 7-5 2-5 SP!
Elena Bogdan ROU/Alexandra Cadanţu ROU vs Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP | 6-7 1-5 MP!
Mervana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Sandra Klemenschits AUT vs Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [2] | 3-6 6-2 1-1
MAKE SURE YOU ARE VOTING HERE (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=457441&page=2) AS WELL!!! I want Charleston first round to finish before I start second round here.
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [1] beat Darya Kustova BLR/Olga Savchuk UKR | 6-4 6-4
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino ESP/Sloane Stephens USA lost to Simona Halep ROU/Jannette Husárová SVK | 4-6 2-6
Nina Bratchikova RUS/Darija Jurak CRO [4] vs Petra Cetkovská CZE/Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová CZE | 3-6 6-3 0-4
Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP/Carla Suárez Navarro ESP [WC] beat Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP/Inés Ferrer Suárez ESP [WC] | 6-1 6-4
Sorana Cîrstea ROU/Klára Zakopalová CZE beat Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 7-5 6-4
Shahar Pe'er ISR/Paola Suárez ARG vs Olga Govortsova BLR/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [3] | 7-5 3-6 0-1
Elena Bogdan ROU/Alexandra Cadanţu ROU lost to Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP | 6-7 1-6
Mervana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Sandra Klemenschits AUT vs Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [2] | 3-6 6-2 1-4
MAKE SURE YOU ARE VOTING HERE (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=457441&page=2) AS WELL!!! I want Charleston first round to finish before I start second round here.