Tag: WTA Bogota

Francesca Schiavone is not done! The Italian player at 36 years of age is still very willing to win another title (her 8th), and she is just 1 step away from that in Bogota’. Francesca has reached the final in Colombia without dropping a set in...

There was not much hype this year in Bogota as the tournament was obfuscated by the Master ATP1000 in Monte Carlo and the Fed Cup semifinals. Finally, the 2016 winner was world no.96 Irina Falconi that defeated the world no. 170 Silvia Soler-Espinosa. This was great...

Today was a great day for “Garcias” (Garcia-Lopez won in Casablanca) and for Frenchwomen (Cornet won in Katowice). Of course this weird feat was possible as Caroline Garcia from France won her maiden title in Bogota. Caroline had the difficult task to beat world no....

Jelena Jankovic and Caroline Garcia will play in the final in Bogota The Serbian had good win against the South African Chanelle Scheepers in the semis in 81 minutes. "It was a tough match today and I'm glad I could close it out in the...

Another smooth win for Jelena Jankovic that reaches the final 4 in Bogota without dropping a single set. Jelena dismisses Arruabarena-Vecino in straight sets in just 82 minutes. "Lara is a hard player to play against - she has a lot of spin and variety in...

Jelena Jankovic talks about reaching the quarters in Bogota

This tournament seems to be a sort of “low hanging fruit” for Jelena Jankovic. After the early departure of Sloane Stephens the Serbian is the hot favourite to defend her title in Bogota. In her second match she has spent 89 minutes to defeat world no....

Jelena discusses her first round win agaisnt Johansson

A difficult start of the tournament for Jelena Jankovic. Seed no.1 had to play a combative Mathilde Johansson to beat the world no.147 7-5 7-5 in 2 hours and 8 minutes. From Jelena The defending champion commented "The conditions are a little bit different from what I...

Video from Jelena Jankovic practice session at Claro Open Colsanitas Bogota 2014