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**Hot Rod** · 04-20-2008, 09:34 AM

Eariler today Makiri completed her great week in Estoril with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Iveta to win the Estoril Open Women`s singles title.

What a great job by Makiri of playing another very good match to get her third singles title of her career and first one on clay to go along with her fourth doubles title.

I`m so proud of her for playing well and showing the toughness and spunk we`ve been wanting to see from her for a while. This is the perfect start to the clay court season for her. As for Iveta, it was a good run while it lasted, but Makiri was the better player today. Still she shouldn`t hang her head. She played well this week in making a very good run to the finals. It`s great to see another member of Team Czechoslovakia making another good run to the finals for the second straight week. Hopefully this will inspire Dani and Nikki to get their act together and improve on their play. I hope that Makiri and Iveta can built on their great runs in Estoril for the rest of the year. It`s great to see them do well after struggling for much of the year. BTW Makiri`s title sweep in Estoril is the first one by one of our favorite hotties since Masha did the same thing in Birmingham back in `04, where ironically Makiri was a part of it, teamming up with her buddy to win the doubles title.

Later on in a few minutes, Vera Z will take on Serena Williams in the finals of the Family Circle Cup. This is Vera`s third final of the year, which is tied with Masha for the most finals appearances by our favorite hotties this year. Obviously this is a very tall task for her in facing the always dangerous Serena, who has beaten Masha and Alize in the quarterfinals and semifinals in the last couple of days. However like i`ve said before, Vera is one of those players outside of the top 10 that is capable of beating a lot of the top players. So there`s a glimmer of hope for her. I really hope that she`ll go out, play hard and do her best in the finals at Charleston.

Anyway here are some pics from Makiri`s latest triumph in Estoril.

I love seeing Makiri with that really feisty look.

Another addition to the trophy for her.

Looks like someone is a little envious there.

She look so cute in this pic.