XXIV SNAI OPEN – Final Update

Written by: Staff on 17th July 2011

XXIV SNAI OPEN - Final Update

Anabel Medina Garrigues (back) of Spain and Alicja Rosolska (front) of Poland celebrate their victory after defeating Natalie Grandin of South Africa and Vladimira Uhlirova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the doubles competition of the Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix WTA tennis tournament, 10 July 2011, in Budapest, Hungary. EPA/TIBOR ILLYES HUNGARY OUT |

XXIV SNAI OPEN
Palermo, Italy
July 11-17, 2011
$220,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors

Results – Sunday, July 17, 2011
Singles – Final
(5) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (7) Polona Hercog (SLO) 63 62

Doubles – Final (played Saturday)
(1) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. (2) Hlavackova/Zakopalova (CZE/CZE) 75 61

Final Facts
- Medina Garrigues, who turns 29 on July 31, wins her fifth singles title in Palermo and 10th clay court title overall; with the win, the Spaniard passes Venus Williams for most WTA clay court titles among active players (Williams has nine).
– Medina Garrigues, who won at Estoril earlier this year, also has one hardcourt title (2006 Canberra). She improves to 11-6 in career singles finals.
– This level of domination of a single WTA event has only been achieved by three other active players, namely Venus Williams (at Wimbledon), Serena Williams (at the Australian Open and Miami) and Kim Clijsters (at Luxembourg). Medina Garrigues is 32-3 lifetime in Palermo, winning in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and now 2011.
– Hercog was on a nine-match winning streak, winning her first WTA title last week in Bastad and making the finals for the second straight week in Palermo. The 20-year-old is now 1-2 in WTA finals, finishing runner-up in Acapulco last year to Venus.
– Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci win their third doubles title of the season, following earlier victories at Hobart and Pattaya City. Both players now own eight WTA doubles titles, five won together.

Final Quotes
Anabel Medina Garrigues, 2011 XXIV SNAI Open singles champion:
“I think Polona was a little bit tired, because she won in Bastad last week and made the final here too, but I played a really good match. I was very serious today. I was focusing on the tactics me and my coach talked about, and it worked. I’m also just trying to enjoy playing tennis and trying not to think about winning or losing, my ranking, or anything else. I just want to play my best on the court and because of that I have been doing very well recently.”

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