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**Hot Rod** · 05-15-2008, 02:18 PM

Here`s the latest from Rome.

We got a couple of all hotties rematches today that headlined today`s matches.

First of all Masha and Caroline meet up for their second official meeting of the year. It was a much more competitive match this time with Masha coming out with a 6-4, 7-6(3) victory. Obviously the match was pretty competitive. In fact Caroline was 5-1 in the second set and it looked like she was going to win the set, but then Masha made a strong comeback to win five out of the last six games and then kept it going in the tiebreaker to clinch the match. Good job by Masha of showing her championship toughness once again.

Obviously she didn`t play her best match, but really got it going and used her experience when she needed to. As for Caroline, this is a tough loss for her.

She played very well in getting that 5-1 lead in the second set, but then her inexperience showed in the latter part of the match with her tight play. Still i hope that Caroline doesn`t let this loss stay with her. In fact i think that she has nothing to be ashamed of. She played a good match against one of the best players in the world, which shows some progress for her.

In the other all hotties rematch, Jelena defeated Makiri for the second time in a week, this with a 6-1, 6-1 rout. Good win there for Jelena.

Once again she looked very sharp. However i have to say that i`m sad to see Makiri getting blown out like this.

Obviously it looks like all those matches she played yesterday took a lot out of her.

Meanwhile in a battle of two of the cutest players in the world, Anna defeated Aggie 6-4, 1-6, 6-1. Good win for Anna.

I`m glad to see her winning two matches in a row for the first time in a while. It looks like she`s starting to regain her confidence.

Also we got a huge upset today as Alize knocked off the always tough Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-4. What a great win for Alize.

She really played very well and showed a lot of poise throughout the match, especially when she lost four straight games in the second set after going up 4-0 before getting the break and then closing out the match. I really feel that this one of those career changing wins for Alize. It`s so great to see her stepping up like this.

However it wasn`t all good news today as Vera Z was beaten by Venus Williams 5-7, 2-6.

Also in doubles, the Bondarenko sisters were beaten in straight sets by the team of Peng and Sun.

However it wasn`t all bad news in doubles as Makiri and Aggie upset the fourth seeded team of Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo and Iveta was part of another upset. Good win for those three.

I`m glad that there still is a glimmer of hope in doubles.

So in all it was another good day for our favorite hotties. Tomorrow is the quarterfinals. Masha will be in action in the evening against Patty Schnyder. This looks like another tough match for her, especially since she had a couple of tough matches against Patty last year, including the epic in the French Open. So Masha needs to improve on her play tomorrow. Also in the first match of the day, Anna will take on the surprising Tsvetana Pironkova. Obviously Anna will need to come out looking sharp against Pironkova. Then a little later, Alize will meet up again with Serena Williams. Obviously Alize is coming in with a lot of confidence after today`s big win. However she`s going to be in for a real tough one against the always dangerous Serena, who has been knocking off some of the hotties lately. Still i hope that she`ll play hard and give it her best. After that match, Jelena will take on Venus Williams. This also is going to be a tough one for Jelena, but at the same time she has been playing very well and does have a bit of an advantage of the red clay. Still she really need to come out sharp though. Also in doubles, the cute duo of Makiri and Aggie will face Iveta and Janette Husarova. As usual i hope that our favorite hotties will do well tomorrow.

Lastly i saw that Masha will again become the #1 ranked player in the world when the next rankings are released on Monday. It`s great to see Masha back on top again. Even better Ana and Jelena will be right behind her at #2 and #3 respectively.

This has been a long time coming and is another sign of hotties domination with at least three of our hotties in the top 3. As good as it is, this only makes Masha, Ana and Jelena an even bigger target for the dreaded Williams sisters and the always tough Svetlana Kuznetsova. So it`ll be interesting to see how things will go for them now that they are the top three ranked players.

Anyway here are some pics from today`s matches along with some off court pics of Masha in Rome.

Great job Alize.