http://www.wtatennis.com/schedule/tournamentId/3823/title/bucharest-open--bucharest-romania
Bad Gastein schedule of play:
http://www.wtatennis.com/schedule/tournamentId/1340/title/nurnberger-gastein-ladies
Match focus:
Petra Cetkovska vs. Alexandra Cadantu
Surprisingly, Cadantu has only won a grand total of one match on clay this season. For someone who thrives on this surface, it's baffling to see that statistic. Her sole win was against a lowly ranked wildcard, which makes it even shocking. Looks like Petra can avenge her Czech Republic's (Koukalova) loss to Romania (Niculescu) here.
Pick: Cetkovska in 2 sets
Andrea Petkovic vs. Jana Cepelova
Talk about losing steam. Cepelova went into a downward spiral after Charleston, winning only 1 match since. Looks like the youngster couldn't handle the pressure of defeating the world number 1, and just lost her belief. She will face another uphill task as Petkovic is fresh of her semi-final appearance in Paris and won their last encounter right there in Charleston. The German was a former champion here, and I believe she will be the firm favourite while Cepelova continues to sink further.
Pick: Petkovic in 2 sets
Jovana Jaksic vs. Paula Ormaechea
Another one hit wonder, Jovana Jaksic found it hard to back up her run in Monterrey. Although she had a great eun, I thought that Jaksic was just lucky to reach the finals. Her game is just not good enough to be in the top 100. Paula is an experience dirt-baller, so she should capitalise on this kind draw easily. Unless Paula is bothered by Jovana's banshee shrieks.
Pick: Ormaechea in 2 sets
Sure win bets: Karin Knapp, Carla Suarez Navarro, Sara Errani
Upset alert: Katarzyna Piter, Chanelle Scheepers
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