Welcome to Rome, Italy! After the Premier Mandatory event in Madrid last week, it's time for another one of the string of European red clay events in Europe during the spring. The Italian Open, which is certainly one of the most prestigious non-major tournaments all year hosts an impressive line-up with the top doubles team in the world, Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta, who are also the defending champions, as the top seeds. On the bottom half, two crowd-favorite teams, Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova, the third seeds, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy, the sixth seeds, will be the biggest threats. Their path is not clear though, with teams such as Daniela Hantuchova and Agnieszka Radwanska lying in their ways. The top half is more wide open, but if Dulko and Pennetta or fourth seeds Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber are to live up to their expectations, they will have to pass some tough challenges, such as fifth seeds Maria Kirilenko and Elena Vesnina or unseeded Chinese duo Shuai Peng and Jie Zheng. With the afore-mentioned duos and many more, this week is sure to be exciting as usual. Vote now as the Internazionali BNL D'Italia kicks off in Rome!!!
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First Quarter: Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1]
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Second Quarter: Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
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Third Quarter: Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvdova KAZ [3]
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Fourth Quarter: Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA [6]
Second Round:
Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1] vs Kateryna Bondarenko UKR/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Olga Govortsova BLR vs Shahar Peer ISR/Ipek Senoglu TUR
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [4] vs Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Alisa Kleybanova RUS/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8]
Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [7] vs Nadia Petrova RUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Natassja Burnett ITA/Regina Kulikova RUS [WC] vs Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA [6] vs Klaudia Jans POL/Alicja Rosolska POL
Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Agnieszka Radwanska POL vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Olga Govortsova BLR
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Alisa Kleybanova RUS/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Nadia Petrova RUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA [6]
Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Agnieszka Radwanska POL
Srodgers
May 24th, 2011, 01:18 AM
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Olga Govortsova BLR
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Alisa Kleybanova RUS/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Nadia Petrova RUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA [6]
Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Agnieszka Radwanska POL
SARA-GOAT
May 24th, 2011, 03:58 AM
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Olga Govortsova BLR
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8]
Nadia Petrova RUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Burnett/Kulikova
Klaudia Jans POL/Alicja Rosolska POL
Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Andiyan
May 24th, 2011, 12:32 PM
Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1]
Shahar Peer ISR/Ipek Senoglu TUR
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8]
Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [7]
Natassja Burnett ITA/Regina Kulikova RUS [WC]
Klaudia Jans POL/Alicja Rosolska POL
Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1] vs Kateryna Bondarenko UKR/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 2-6 6-0 0-0
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Olga Govortsova BLR vs Shahar Peer ISR/Ipek Senoglu TUR | 6-3 4-1
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [4] vs Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN | 1-6 4-3
Alisa Kleybanova RUS/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8] | 7-5 0-2
Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [7] vs Nadia Petrova RUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS | 7-6 0-1
Natassja Burnett ITA/Regina Kulikova RUS [WC] vs Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3] | 4-6 2-2
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA [6] vs Klaudia Jans POL/Alicja Rosolska POL | 6-4 1-3
Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Agnieszka Radwanska POL beat Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2] | 6-2 6-0
Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1] vs Kateryna Bondarenko UKR/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 2-6 6-0 3-1
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Olga Govortsova BLR beat Shahar Peer ISR/Ipek Senoglu TUR | 6-3 6-3
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [4] vs Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN | 1-6 6-5 SP!
Alisa Kleybanova RUS/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8] | 7-5 2-4
Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [7] vs Nadia Petrova RUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS | 7-6 3-2
Natassja Burnett ITA/Regina Kulikova RUS [WC] vs Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3] | 4-6 3-5 MP!
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA [6] vs Klaudia Jans POL/Alicja Rosolska POL | 6-4 3-5 SP!
Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Agnieszka Radwanska POL beat Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2] | 6-2 6-0
Andiyan
May 25th, 2011, 11:00 PM
Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1]
Shahar Peer ISR/Ipek Senoglu TUR
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8]
Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [7]
Natassja Burnett ITA/Regina Kulikova RUS [WC]
Klaudia Jans POL/Alicja Rosolska POL
Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1]
Shahar Peer ISR/Ipek Senoglu TUR
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8]
Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [7]
Natassja Burnett ITA/Regina Kulikova RUS [WC]
Klaudia Jans POL/Alicja Rosolska POL
Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Steven.
May 26th, 2011, 06:23 AM
Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1]
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8]
Nadia Petrova RUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA [6]
iGOAT
May 26th, 2011, 10:44 AM
Second Round:
Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [1] beat Kateryna Bondarenko UKR/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 2-6 6-0 6-2
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Olga Govortsova BLR beat Shahar Peer ISR/Ipek Senoglu TUR | 6-3 6-3
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [4] lost to Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN | 1-6 6-7
Alisa Kleybanova RUS/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [8] | 7-5 2-6 0-2
Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [7] vs Nadia Petrova RUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS | 7-6 5-4 MP!
Natassja Burnett ITA/Regina Kulikova RUS [WC] vs Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3] | 4-6 6-6 SP!/MP!
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA [6] vs Klaudia Jans POL/Alicja Rosolska POL | 6-4 3-6 2-1
Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Agnieszka Radwanska POL beat Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2] | 6-2 6-0
Srodgers
May 26th, 2011, 12:50 PM
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE
Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Meghann Shaughnessy USA