Archive: paula-ormaechea
Third Paula Ormaechea of Argentina made a winning start at the new event as she defeated American Nicole Gibbs 6-2, 6-1. But Italy's Nastassja Burnett upset sixth seed Maria Teresa Torro of Spain 7-5, 6-4 at the relatively weak event on a week in which many top women prefer playing in Dubai halfway around the world.
Jelena Jankovic had really struggled in some of her earlier matches here. But -- those weren't finals. In this match, she had the advantage of experience
Now I'm going to break down the women's draw - or at least the first round of it. I won't pretend like I'm incredibly knowledgeable about the WTA tour.