Well, well, well... she's my only Star still in it this week and she's kind of been flying under the radar a bit, but how 'bout that Sabine Lisicki? I am very impressed indeed!
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She just took out Marion Bartoli, the #6 seed, to reach the final in Charleston, where she'll face teen queen Caroline Wozniacki (who, incidentally, was very impressive in her takedown of top seed Elena Dementieva.) This is, unless I am very much mistaken, her first WTA-level final, and I would love, love, love for her to win it. She's got so much promise and talent and just - sass. I think that was why I originally liked her so much when I saw her at the Hopman Cup - she's got so much personality as a player. I'm pretty much over-the-moon - as much as one can be with the WTA in its current state - about her making this final.
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Actually, it's a pretty ideal set up, this final. You have Lisicki, who is a youngster brimming with promise who should make the top twenty sometime within the next year or so by my reckoning, and Wozniacki, who is one of those poised to take over now that the WTA is in its current state of demise. These two are not the type that are making the WTA so frickin' annoying at the moment. These are two of the ones that are making it worthwhile. So... yeah. Go Sabine. Go Caroline. It'll be a good one.
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We have a Rafa/Djokovic final over in Monte Carlo. Rafa took out Murray with reasonable ease (kudos to Murray, though, for making it that deep on his least favourite surface) and Djokovic had a bit more of a struggle against Stan W, but came through in the end. I'm not even going to bother tipping the final, it is so obvious who will win.
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Today's Results
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Monte Carlo Rolex Masters (Monte Carlo)
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Rafael Nadal def. Andy Murray, 6-2 7-6 (7-4)
Novak Djokovic def. Stanislas Wawrinka, 4-6 6-1 6-3
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Family Circle Cup (Charleston)
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Caroline Wozniacki def. Elena Dementieva, 6-4 5-7 7-5
Sabine Lisicki def. Marion Bartoli, 6-3 6-1
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Barcelona Ladies Open (Barcelona)
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Maria Kirilenko def. Carla Suárez Navarro, 4-6 6-1 6-2
Roberta Vinci def. Francesca Schiavone, 0-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4
Carla Suárez Navarro def. Tatjana Malek, 6-4 6-0
Maria Kirilenko def. María José Martínez Sánchez, 6-1 3-6 6-0
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Hey Jodi, what's up? I agree with you about Lisicki and Wozniacki: They're not part of the problem, they're part of the solution! I hope when they get to the top, they won't be as flaky as this current batch up there.
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