They are the perfect couple: both are really good tennis players, driven, funny and why not… also good looking!
Gabriela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta are at the pinnacle of the WTA double ranking and they have just won an incredible final at the Australian Open.
The World Nr.1 had a difficult task against Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko and .. in fact, they were down 2-6 1-4.
But then the experience came through and they managed to fight back and to win the second set by 7-5.
The decider was an ‘easy’ task. They got an early break that put them on a 3-1 lead to win it by 6-1.
‘We were like in shock. I think a set and 4 1 down, in the changeover, we were like looking each other and saying, C’mon, we play less than an hour. We cannot finish the match playing less than an hour in the final,’ Dulko said
We just tried to go for it, don’t try to wait for them, try to play more aggressive. Because I think till this moment we couldn’t find a good way to play, to win the match. So we just keep fighting and trying.’
Pennetta commented on the fall out of the opponents:’When you have the chance, you have a ball for 5 1, it’s almost finished, then you’re starting the third set, it’s like really tough to come back in the game,’
‘I think maybe she [Azarenka] start to be a little bit more, you know, nervous and to miss more balls than in the beginning. I think they play very good in the first set. But I think most important for us that we keep fighting. In the end we believe we can turn the match, so it was good.’ She Added.
So, last year the Argentinian and the Italian won 7 titles on 9 finals. This year they look in an even better position.
