Archive: oeiras
For a second straight week there is no Masters 1000 event and this time around there is not even a 500-pointer on the menu. Monte-Carlo and Barcelona have gone by the wayside and the back-to-back stretch of Madri followed by Rome does not begin until next week.
A pretty good start to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's relationship with Martina Hingis.
This was the day's first singles match, and it resulted in the defeat of the last non-German.
Growf. All right, Daniel Brands is German. All right, he's playing very well -- at the rate he's going, he'll be Top Fifty soon.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has been working with Martina Hingis, and based on the results so far, it's looking like a good idea.
Svetlana Kuznetsova made her first appearance in Portugal in 11 years, after a 2002 qualifying loss.
A light open schedule saw Daniel Brands put out Tobias Kamke as a pair of Mermans met to start the clay event.
Portugal Open and BMW Open Singles and Doubles.