Welcome to Rome, Italy! Roland Garros is coming closer and things are heating up! The top seeds are American veterans Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, have undoubtedly been the strongest, most consistent doubles team this year but a few recent losses mean that they will need to be on their guards. Other strong seeds in the top half include Russians Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova, a weird combo in 6th seeds Julia Goerges and Vania King. Another unseeded team to watch is the Argentine tandem of Gisela Dulko and Paola Suarez who have formed this year and steadily made their way up the rankings. Finally, the second seeds, Czech Květa Peschke and Slovene Katarina Srebotnik, have had some lackluster results this year but their past history will make them a tough team to beat. Other unseeded teams to watch out for are Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza and Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone. Clearly the depth this week is very strong, so this a week not to miss! Vote now as the Internationali BNL d'Italia begins!
Previous Finals:
2011: Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Olga Govortsova BLR lost to Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Agnieszka Radwanska POL | 1-6 0-6
2010: Gisela Dulko ARG/Flavia Pennetta ITA [6] beat Alicja Rosolska POL/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ | 6-3 6-0
2009: Nadia Petrova RUS/Dinara Safina RUS beat Nathalie Dechy FRA/Mara Santangelo ITA | 2-6 6-4 6-1
The Favorites:
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First Quarter: Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND
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Second Quarter: Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG
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Third Quarter: Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
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Fourth Quarter: Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6]
First Round:
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [1] vs Bye
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND vs Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU
Nastassja Burnett ITA/Alexia Virgili ITA [WC] vs Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Janette Husarova SVK
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA vs Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7]
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [3] vs Bye
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG vs Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP vs Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ vs Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5]
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8] vs Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC] vs Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP vs Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Bye vs Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6] vs Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Jamie Hampton USA/Anna Tatishvili GEO vs Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Petra Martic CRO vs Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Bye vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS
Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN
Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Bye vs Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5]
Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS
Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN
Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Alycia.
May 24th, 2012, 06:01 AM
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND
Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Janette Husarova SVK
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5]
Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS
Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN
Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6]
Jamie Hampton USA/Anna Tatishvili GEO
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Hĺkon
May 24th, 2012, 07:02 AM
Now!
Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU
Nastassja Burnett ITA/Alexia Virgili ITA [WC]
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5]
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8]
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC]
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
ESP
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5]
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8]
Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN
Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
AYUMI-GOAT
May 24th, 2012, 10:45 AM
First Round:
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [1] vs Bye
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND vs Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU | 6-0 5-3 MP!
Nastassja Burnett ITA/Alexia Virgili ITA [WC] vs Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Janette Husarova SVK | 2-6 3-3
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA vs Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7] | 6-4 2-2
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [3] vs Bye
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG vs Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS | 6-4 1-3
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP beat Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL | 6-1 6-0
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ lost to Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5] | 2-6 0-6
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8] vs Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS | 5-7 2-0
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC] vs Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN | 6-4 1-3
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP vs Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS | 4-6 1-3
Bye vs Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6] beat Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 6-2 6-0
Jamie Hampton USA/Anna Tatishvili GEO vs Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN | 2-6 1-5 MP!
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Petra Martic CRO lost to Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 2-6 0-6
Bye vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8]
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC]
Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN
Alycia.
May 26th, 2012, 06:23 PM
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND
Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Janette Husarova SVK
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5]
Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS
Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN
Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6]
Jamie Hampton USA/Anna Tatishvili GEO
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS
Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN
Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Bye vs Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
Now!
Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU
Nastassja Burnett ITA/Alexia Virgili ITA [WC]
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5]
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8]
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC]
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
ESP
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5]
Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS
Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN
Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA
AYUMI-GOAT
May 26th, 2012, 10:13 PM
First Round:
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [1] vs Bye
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND beat Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU | 6-0 6-3
Nastassja Burnett ITA/Alexia Virgili ITA [WC] lost to Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Janette Husarova SVK | 2-6 4-6
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA vs Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7] | 6-4 4-6 1-1
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [3] vs Bye
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG vs Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS | 6-4 4-6 0-2
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP beat Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL | 6-1 6-0
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ lost to Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5] | 2-6 0-6
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8] vs Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS | 5-7 6-3 0-1
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC] vs Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN | 6-4 6-6 MP!/SP!
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP lost to Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS | 4-6 3-6
Bye vs Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6] beat Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 6-2 6-0
Jamie Hampton USA/Anna Tatishvili GEO lost to Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN | 2-6 2-6
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Petra Martic CRO lost to Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 2-6 0-6
Bye vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8]
Tennisfan06
Jun 2nd, 2012, 07:00 AM
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8]
AYUMI-GOAT
Jun 6th, 2012, 05:29 AM
First Round:
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [1] vs Bye
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND beat Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU | 6-0 6-3
Nastassja Burnett ITA/Alexia Virgili ITA [WC] lost to Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Janette Husarova SVK | 2-6 4-6
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA vs Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7] | 6-4 4-6 3-3
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [3] vs Bye
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG vs Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS | 6-4 4-6 3-3
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP beat Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL | 6-1 6-0
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ lost to Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5] | 2-6 0-6
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8] vs Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS | 5-7 6-3 3-2/B]
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC] beat Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN | [B]6-4 7-6
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP lost to Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS | 4-6 3-6
Bye vs Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6] beat Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 6-2 6-0
Jamie Hampton USA/Anna Tatishvili GEO lost to Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN | 2-6 2-6
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Petra Martic CRO lost to Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 2-6 0-6
Bye vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Dorien.
Jun 6th, 2012, 05:22 PM
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8]
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8]
AYUMI-GOAT
Jun 9th, 2012, 10:19 AM
First Round:
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [1] vs Bye
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND beat Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU | 6-0 6-3
Nastassja Burnett ITA/Alexia Virgili ITA [WC] lost to Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Janette Husarova SVK | 2-6 4-6
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA lost to Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7] | 6-4 4-6 3-6
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [3] vs Bye
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG lost to Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS | 6-4 4-6 3-6
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP beat Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL | 6-1 6-0
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ lost to Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5] | 2-6 0-6
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8] vs Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS | 5-7 6-3 5-3 MP!
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC] beat Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN | 6-4 7-6
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP lost to Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS | 4-6 3-6
Bye vs Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6] beat Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 6-2 6-0
Jamie Hampton USA/Anna Tatishvili GEO lost to Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN | 2-6 2-6
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Petra Martic CRO lost to Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 2-6 0-6
Bye vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Chilenaitor
Jun 9th, 2012, 11:23 AM
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8] GSM
AYUMI-GOAT
Jun 9th, 2012, 11:33 AM
First Round:
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [1] vs Bye
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND beat Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU | 6-0 6-3
Nastassja Burnett ITA/Alexia Virgili ITA [WC] lost to Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Janette Husarova SVK | 2-6 4-6
Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Alberta Brianti ITA lost to Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [7] | 6-4 4-6 3-6
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [3] vs Bye
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG lost to Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Jarmila Gajdosova AUS | 6-4 4-6 3-6
Iveta Benesova CZE/Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP beat Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL | 6-1 6-0
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ lost to Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [5] | 2-6 0-6
Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [8] beat Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS | 5-7 6-3 6-3
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Karin Knapp ITA [WC] beat Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN | 6-4 7-6
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP lost to Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS | 4-6 3-6
Bye vs Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [4]
Julia Goerges GER/Vania King USA [6] beat Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 6-2 6-0
Jamie Hampton USA/Anna Tatishvili GEO lost to Su-Wei Hsieh TPE/Jie Zheng CHN | 2-6 2-6
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Petra Martic CRO lost to Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 2-6 0-6
Bye vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]