Carla Suarez is used to run into players on the concrete cache of Melbourne Park courts. The Canary Islands, after passing on his debut in Australia’s Open Irina-Camelia Begu, will intersect with Petra Kvitova, current world No. 2 for a ticket in the third round. For its part, lost to Silvia Soler Sloane Stephens.
Carla Suárez surprised the world in the 2009 edition of the Australia Open by reaching the quarter-finals after leaving the road to big names like Roberta Vinci, Venus Williams, Maria Jose Martinez and Anabel Medina. That Canary 20 years, who had featured in Roland Garros last season, appeared as a player resource terrain to play one on one against any opponent on any surface. Since then injuries have prevented him from progressing as it should, but now seems to have returned to enjoy a level necessary given regularly. Carla debuted at Melbourne Park in 2012 with a victory over Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1, 7-5 after one hour and thirty-three minutes at the meeting that opened the track 11. After a tentative start in which both players struggled against the wind and gave his service, was the Canaries who took the reins of exchanges and imposed his rule to flick of the wrist, closing the first set in just half an hour of action after sign five consecutive games. The second act was a set without control, where the rest clearly beat the service and where the hot temper at times was the appearance that upset the balance. Thus came the eighth break for Carla in the twelfth game, avoiding the tie-break and seal their place in the second round in Australia, where it was apeada last year.
In the second round, Karla will be crossed with a potential number 1 as the Czech Petra KvitovaThat got rid of the Russian Vera Dushevina by an aggregate score of 6-2, 6-0 in one hour and two minutes of play in the crash that opened the day at the Rod Laver Arena. After giving the first two games of the match, the powerful left-handed Kvitova was activated from the bottom of track. Hit hard and well to move your opponent and prove that it was just a bad start. Signed twelve games in a row to win the first set and close the match with a ‘bagel’. The Czech known to have the number 1 ranking within range (100 points will separate On the Caroline Wozniacki) And has the experience to know what is to taste the sweetness of success in a Grand Slam (Wimbledon 2008). In Australia defends the quarterfinals, but has proved its racketeering tennis to overcome this barrier. Carla and Kvitova have been measured to date twice (Fed Cup 2009, Linz 2009), with victory in both of Bílovec duels.
Silvia Soler became another player last year when, after passing the pre-Roland Garros, in Paris contesting his first final table in a Grand Slam. They reached the second round, even made out of Li Na -To the eventual winners of the tournament-performance that helped him to believe his potential and enter the ‘Top-100′ worldwide. After repeated landmark in New York prior to the third round. This year in Melbourne has not needed before, as its ranking (78) and lets you rub shoulders with the biggest. However, the Elche were eliminated at the first change to the U.S. Sloane Stephens by a score of 6-4, 6-2 after an hour and a half of play in a match played on Track 5. In the second round, Stephens will face Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova, Who needed three sets (6-3, 3-6, 6-0) and one hour and fifty-seven minutes to beat South Africa’s Chanelle Scheepers.
Lourdes Dominguez could not defend the second round last year, achieved his best result in Australia, he fell to the first change to the Serbian Ana Ivanovic by a score of 6-0, 6-3 in a clash played at the Melbourne Park Tennis 2. “I have can not wait to compete again,” said Lourdes on Twitter before its debut on Australian land. The Galician was not competing in the final table of a tournament since Cincinnati (last August) due to a stress fracture and a benign tumor in his right eye forced him to terminate prematurely last season. After conceding a ‘donut’ in the first set showing a lack of match fitness, the Galician was more competitive in the second act, while taking the white flag over to the Balkan power. Ivanovic will need to check now to the Dutch Michaella Krajicek, Who won the German Kristina Barrois by a score of 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a duel fought on Runway 11.