16 yr old Katya won her 2nd $10k of 2004 over the weekend
doing a Romanian clean sweep in last 3 rds including both Niculescu sisters and then beating top seed Matei 61 61 in final
lets hear it for lefty Katya
not many Russian south-paws players about
Katya on beating Sara :yeah: Was this her first Top 5 win?
Simona is a new player this summer, so not surprised that Katya fell to her after her shock win over Sara. Looks like she had a set at least point, but couldn't convert. Final score, 16 67(6).
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS [24] - HERCOG, Polona SLO
JOHANSSON, Mathilde FRA - MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie USA
ORMAECHEA, Paula ARG - DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko JPN
Qualifier (Q) - LISICKI, Sabine GER [16]
Katya got a great draw. She meets Polona, who she's 2-1 against (all meetings on hardcourt last year), but Polona retired from New Haven, so Katya has to be happy with her chances.
No guarantee that Sabine will reach the third round, so getting low-ranked players will be a gift before falling to Aga in the Rd16.