Romania's Alexandra Cadantu and Hungary's Timea Babos advanced to their first WTA career final after semifinal victories at the Monterrey Open Saturday.
Cadantu defeated Hungary's Greta Arn 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, after Timea Babos had defeated the second seed Sara Errani of Italy 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4 in almost two and a half hours in the first semifinal at the Sierra Madre Tennis Club.
After trading the first two sets, Cadantu made the decisive break in the 11th game of the third set and held her nerve on her next service game to advance to Sunday's final.
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February 24, 2012
Sara Errani breezed into the semifinals of the Monterrey Open with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Luxembourg's Mandy Minella on Friday.
The second-seeded Italian has lost only 12 games across three matches at the tournament, and progressed to a semifinal against Hungary's Timea Babos. Babos beat Austria's Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-4, 6-2.
Another Hungarian, Greta Arn, also moved...
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February 25, 2012
Romania's Alexandra Cadantu and Hungary's Timea Babos advanced to their first WTA career final after semifinal victories at the Monterrey Open Saturday.
Cadantu defeated Hungary's Greta Arn 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, after Timea Babos had defeated the second seed Sara Errani of Italy 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4 in almost two and a half hours in the first semifinal at the Sierra Madre Tennis...
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February 25, 2012
Sara Errani breezed into the semifinals of the Monterrey Open with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Luxembourg's Mandy Minella on Friday.
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February 26, 2012
Monterrey, México
February 20-26, 2012
Hard/Outdoors
Results – Saturday, February 25, 2012
Singles – Semifinals
Timea Babos (HUN) d. (2) Sara Errani (ITA) 64 67(3) 64
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. (6) Greta Arn (HUN) 62 46 75
Doubles – Semifinals
(1) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. (WC) Dulko/Suárez (ARG/ARG) 63 63
(2) Date-Krumm/Zhang (JPN/CHN) d. (3) Bratchikova/Jurak (RUS/CRO...
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February 25, 2012
Monterrey, México
February 20-26, 2012
$220,000/International
Hard/Outdoors
Results – Friday, February 24, 2012
Singles – Quarterfinals
(2) Sara Errani (ITA) d. Mandy Minella (LUX) 61 62
(6) Greta Arn (HUN) d. Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 61 76(6)
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. (8) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 62 60
Timea Babos (HUN) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 64 62
Order Of...
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February 25, 2012
Results Saturday from the Monterrey Open, a $220,000 WTA event on outdoor hard-courts at the Sierra Madre Tennis Club (seedings in parentheses):
Singles Semifinals Timea Babos, Hungary, def. Sara Errani (2), Italy, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
Alexandra Cadantu, Romania def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
Doubles Semifinals Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Zhang Shuai (2), China, def....
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February 26, 2012
Hungary’s Timea Babos won her first WTA by defeating Romania’s Alexandra Cadantu 6-4, 6-4 to claim the Monterrey title on Sunday.
“I was actually surprised because it was my first final and I wasn’t nervous or tight. I just tried to play my tennis and stay aggressive. I was also trying to keep my serve all the time, and she didn’t have a break point, which was really positive...
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February 25, 2012
Sara Errani breezed into the semifinals of the Monterrey Open with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Luxembourg's Mandy Minella on Friday.
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