Madrid will have the best possible final as the world no.1 and the world no.2 will clash for the title.
Sharapova – Ivanovic 6-4 6-3
Maria won this sort of beauty contest with Ana in just 77 minutes. The Russian Beauty displayed her trade mark super aggressive tennis to blast 7 aces and commit 7 double faults on 9 service games.
Talking about her next match against Serena “Of course it’s always tough against her. I haven’t had a win against her in a long time,” Sharapova commented. “But the great thing is that I’m setting myself up in a position where I can try to change that around.”
Serena Wililams – Errani 7-5 6-2
Serena had a very good match against Sara Errani, a sticky opponent on clay. The American was particularly tenacious especially in the opening set when she recovered a break down deficit twice to then win 7-5. The second set was much easier for the American to concede only 2 games to the Italian.
Talking about her final against Maria she commented “This whole tournament I’ve only played clay-court opponents. Tomorrow will be different, more power.”
The final
Maria and Serena played 14 time. Serena leads 12-2 and Maria doesn’t beat her since 2004.