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**Hot Rod** · 05-14-2008, 08:54 AM

Okay here`s an update on the early matches in Rome today.

First of all Makiri finished her match against Nadia Petrova and won the third set 6-4 to complete the win. Good job from Makiri.

In the other suspended match, Nikki won the second set 6-4, but unfortunately lost the third set 2-6 to complete the match. This is getting really bad for Nikki.

I felt that she had a good chance of winning this match, but instead it`s another early exit for her.

On the much more positive note, Alize routed Vera Dushevina 6-1, 6-3. Very good showing there from France`s cutest player.

Also Kat defeated Tathiana Garbin 7-5, 6-4. Very good win there over a hometown favorite by Kat.

Speaking of hometown favorites, Flavia defeated Olga Savchuk 6-7(9), 6-3, 6-1. A much tougher match than expected for Flavia. She really did a good job of turning it up after losing the first set.

We got another all hotties matchups between Vera Z and Iveta. It was a very tight match with Vera coming out with the win 7-5, 4-6, 7-5. I`m very pleased that we got a nice competitive between a couple of our favorite hotties. Vera did a good job of coming out with the win.

As for Iveta, tough loss for her.

Meanwhile Caroline got a measure of revenge against Ekaterina Makarova with a 6-3, 6-4 win. Good win there for the Danish cutie.

Unfortunately it wasn`t all good news in the early second round matches.

First of all Alona was crushed by Serena Williams 2-6, 0-6. I felt that she had a chance in this match, but instead she got beatdown badly.

Then in a more shocking match, Ana was upsetted by Tsvetana Pironkova 4-6, 7-5, 2-6. What a stunning loss for Ana.

From what i`ve read in the report, her serve looked bad and she had a lot of unforced errors in the match. This is a very disappointing performance from Ana. She hasn`t played that well so far in the clay court season. I really felt before it started that she had a chance to win a tournament and then the French Open, but so far for whatever reasons, she hasn`t looked that good. Hopefully Ana can get it together before the French Open.

So that`s the update with the early matches in Rome. Currently we have a couple of all hotties matches between Anna and Kat and Flavia and Jelena. Also Makiri is playing Anabel Medina Garrigues and has just finished the match with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 win. Very good win there for Makiri over a pretty good clay court player.

Also Justine Henin surprisingly announced her retirement today. This means that Masha and Ana will now battle for the #1 ranking. Unfortunately it also makes them an even bigger target for the dreaded Williams sisters. So we`ll see how that will play out.

Anyway here are a couple of pics from Ana`s match.

This obviously illustrates how the match went for Ana.