Bojana Jovanovski Upsets Caroline Wozniacki At 2013 Internazionali BNL d’Italia; Laura Robson Falls To Serena Williams

Bojana Jovanovski

I am sticking with Caroline Wozniacki through thick and thin. I just didn’t think it would get this thin. The former world #1 played an exciting, but ultimately losing, match against Bojana Jovanovski in the first round of the 2013 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, 2-6 6-4 7-6 (5). Bojana is a player, still young at 21, from whom big things have been expected. That said, she hasn’t won a main draw match since January. Let me repeat that…JANUARY! Caroline has to win this match. No excuses. Wozniacki was up a set and a break. She was up 4-0 in the 3rd set. She was up 5-2 in the tiebreak. Dropping a match like this is worrisome. I still think there is great tennis left in Caroline…and one day maybe a Major. But I’ve been wrong before.

Laura Robson (click to enlarge)

The big Serena Williams vs Laura Robson match went pretty much as I thought. Laura has major talent, but is not ready for Serena at this stage of her career. 6-2 6-2 is about right for this contest. Laura shouldn’t feel down about this. She will learn. I think she turned a corner in Madrid and just was snakebitten by drawing Serena in the second round at Rome. If Robson can get a decent draw at Roland Garros she can make some noise.

SINGLES – SECOND ROUND
[1] Serena Williams (USA) d Laura Robson (GBR)	\| 6 – 2 \| 6 – 2 \|
[8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) d Sabine Lisicki (GER)	\| 6 – 4 \| 0 – 6 \| 7 – 5 \|
Simona Halep (ROU) d [4] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)	\| 6 (2) – 7 \| 6 – 1 \| 6 – 2 \|

SINGLES – FIRST ROUND
Julia Goerges (GER) d Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)	\| 2 – 6 \| 6 – 4 \| 6 – 4 \|
Christina McHale (USA) d Karin Knapp (ITA)	\| 7 – 5 \| 6 – 2 \|
[12] Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)	\| 6 – 3 \| 6 – 3 \|
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)	\| 6 – 4 \| 6 – 2 \|
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d [15] Ana Ivanovic (SRB)	\| 6 – 3 \| 2 – 6 \| 6 – 2 \|
Jie Zheng (CHN) d Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)	\| 7 – 6 \| 6 – 3 \|
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d [10] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	\| 2 – 6 \| 6 – 4 \| 7 – 6 (5) \|
[13] Roberta Vinci (ITA) d Elena Vesnina (RUS)	\| 6 (2) – 7 \| 7 – 5 \| 6 – 4 \|
[16] Sloane Stephens (USA) d Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	\| 6 – 3 \| 6 – 3 \|
Romina Oprandi (SUI) d Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	\| 6 – 2 \| 6 – 0 \|
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d [11] Nadia Petrova (RUS)	\| 3 – 6 \| 6 – 2 \| 7 – 6 (1) \|
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)	\| 6 – 4 \| 6 – 0 \|
[14] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	\| 1 – 6 \| 6 – 2 \| 6 – 2 \|