PYW Doubles Acapulco
Welcome to Acapulco, Mexico! This week, along with the International event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is the first week of 2012 to have only International tournaments. It is also a new time slot for this long-standing Acapulco event, which has usually run simultaneously with either Dubai or Doha, and being in North America right before a hard court swing there gives this event a warm-up status despite its different surface from the upcoming Premier Mandatory in Indian Wells, USA. The top seeds here, Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci have gained quite a reputation for themselves in the past few years with continual improvement and will be looking to add another title to their repertoire on the beautiful beaches of Acapulco. However, their first round opponents could stop that quest, as Romanian Edina Gallovits-Hall partners a Wimbledon and US Open doubles champion, Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova, as an unseeded team. In the bottom half, many more exciting teams will compete but the show will likely be stolen for the third week in a row by the Argentine of Gisela Dulko and recently-retired champion Paola Suárez. With these teams in action, this tournament won't disappoint. Vote now as the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presentado por HSBC commences!!!
The Favorites:
Top Half: Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ
Bottom Half: Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suárez ARG [WC]
First Round:
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [1] vs Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ
Alberta Brianti ITA/Maria-Elena Camerin ITA vs Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Johanna Larsson SWE
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Alizé Cornet FRA [3] vs Tímea Babos HUN/Eva Birnerová CZE
Maria Kondratieva RUS/Megan Moulton-Levy USA vs Tatjana Malek GER/Jasmin Wöhr GER
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU/Stéphanie Foretz Gacon FRA vs Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suárez ARG [WC]
Ana Paula de la Peña MEX/Ivette López MEX [WC] vs Darija Jurak CRO/Mariya Koryttseva UKR [4]
Janette Husárová SVK/Katalin Marosi HUN vs Michëlla Krajicek NED/Anna Tatishvili GEO
Līga Dekmeijere LAT/Sophie Lefevre FRA vs Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [2]
Welcome to Acapulco, Mexico! This week, along with the International event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is the first week of 2012 to have only International tournaments. It is also a new time slot for this long-standing Acapulco event, which has usually run simultaneously with either Dubai or Doha, and being in North America right before a hard court swing there gives this event a warm-up status despite its different surface from the upcoming Premier Mandatory in Indian Wells, USA. The top seeds here, Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci have gained quite a reputation for themselves in the past few years with continual improvement and will be looking to add another title to their repertoire on the beautiful beaches of Acapulco. However, their first round opponents could stop that quest, as Romanian Edina Gallovits-Hall partners a Wimbledon and US Open doubles champion, Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova, as an unseeded team. In the bottom half, many more exciting teams will compete but the show will likely be stolen for the third week in a row by the Argentine of Gisela Dulko and recently-retired champion Paola Suárez. With these teams in action, this tournament won't disappoint. Vote now as the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presentado por HSBC commences!!!
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[B][U]Previous Finals:[/U][/B]
[B]2011:[/B] Olga Govortsova BLR/Melanie Oudin USA beat [B]Anna-Lena Grönefeld GER/Ipek Senoglu TUR [3][/B] | [B]7-6 7-5[/B]
Top Half: Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ
Bottom Half: Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suárez ARG [WC]
First Round:
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [1] vs Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ
Alberta Brianti ITA/Maria-Elena Camerin ITA vs Timea Bacsinszky SUI/Johanna Larsson SWE
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Alizé Cornet FRA [3] vs Tímea Babos HUN/Eva Birnerová CZE
Maria Kondratieva RUS/Megan Moulton-Levy USA vs Tatjana Malek GER/Jasmin Wöhr GER
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU/Stéphanie Foretz Gacon FRA vs Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suárez ARG [WC]
Ana Paula de la Peña MEX/Ivette López MEX [WC] vs Darija Jurak CRO/Mariya Koryttseva UKR [4]
Janette Husárová SVK/Katalin Marosi HUN vs Michëlla Krajicek NED/Anna Tatishvili GEO
Līga Dekmeijere LAT/Sophie Lefevre FRA vs Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [2]