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After
yesterday's shocking defeat to Belgian's Kim Clijsters,
Jelena will have her chance to make things a little bit
better buy playing a doubles match with her doubles partner
Russian's Nadia Petrova later today in Miami.
Their opponents are two Italian players, Silvia Farina- Elia
and Tathiana Garbin. These two, playing for an important
number of years for their national Fed team are an
interesting doubles player indeed. This is the second
tournament this year where you can see Silvia and Tathiana
playing together, and so far it wasn't that good run for
them at all.
One of the reasons can be Tathiana's injury from February
this year where she injured her shoulder, so for her it is
very important to get some matches under her belt, and to
continue where she stopped few months ago.
Currently at No.60 in Doubles Chase Ranking, with only one
tournament under their belts, with Career-High Doubles (as
of Nov. 17, 2002): No. 24 (June 21-July 4, 1999) for Silvia
Farina- Elia, and Career-High Doubles (as of Nov. 17, 2002):
No. 25 (Aug. 27-Sept. 9, 2001) for Tathiana Garbin and with
their Doubles history
you can get a picture that they can play some good matches,
but then that wasn't the case in last few matches.
Silvia and Tathiana seems like a good combination on the
court. They are players of feel and touch. They need to play
few more matches to get that feeling, so the question is,
did they have enough of matches this season? They have their
weapons, but the question is can they use it and how often?
Can they fight against pressure that Jelena and Nadia will
apply with every new shot? Silvia and Tathiana have no
powerful shots, but they can play some great angles, they
run a lot from one part of the court to another, they can
mix it up, and they can change their service game strategy
which is very important.
What can be problem to them is, can they keep momentum going
if they start winning, and how to make it happen?
The only thing that looks good for them is to play on their
best card, and that is to run for every ball, to mix it up
as much as possible, to pray Jelena and Nadia will have a
bad day, and to just go out there and try to play one more
shot.
Jelena and Nadia should have enough firepower to outstroke
Silvia and Tathiana. Jelena and Nadia are not great runners,
but they have shown themselves to be a better big match
players, and that matters. Silvia and Tathiana cannot match
their power, so they'll have to go all out when they can
with their solid shots and also change the pace of the
rallies.
To conclude: Jelena and Nadia have too much firepower and
will control play, keeping Silvia and Tathiana on the run at
all times. While Silvia and Tathiana upset wouldn't be
shocking, take Jelena and Nadia in two sets.
I pick: Jelena and Nadia takes full advantage of their
power, winning 6-3, 6-3.
The Schedule ( local time ):
Court 2 - 12 noon
1. Kohlmann/Schuettler vs Federer/Mirnyi
2. Dokic/Petrova vs Farina Elia/Garbin
3. Damm/Suk or Etlis/Rodrigues vs Gonzalez/Robredo
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Tathiana
Garbin: Winner (7): Canberra (w/Loit); 2002 - Hobart
(w/Grande), Bol (w/Widjaja); 2001 - Bogota (w/Husarova),
Budapest (w/Husarova), Palermo (w/Husarova); 2000 - Warsaw
(w/Husarova). Finalist (2): 2002 - Brussels
(w/Sanchez-Vicario), New Haven (w/Husarova). Semifinalist
(8): 2002 - Paris (w/Schiavone), Dubai (w/Grande); 2001 -
Estoril (w/Husarova), Hamburg (w/Husarova); 2000 - Bogota
(w/Canepa), Palermo (w/Husarova), Tokyo [Princess Cup]
(w/Husarova); 1999 - Bogota (w/Canepa).