Cetkovska beat Dementieva this week in the BNP Paribas Open. Dementieva seems to be upset that she even showed up at all. Perhaps she’s right though. After all, she has played a number of different matches over the beginning of the year here and maybe she just needs a break in order to get back on her game. Cetkovska was able to put a strong, aggressive plan into practice during the game and kept Dementieva off her stride. It was a fun competition. We were happy to see the newbie come into her own. But it’s also sad to see Dementieva in such a difficult situation. A little rest will probably bring her back, but at the press conference, she clearly was uninterested in answering questions about the battle.

The Open GDF Suez is well underway, with the quarterfinals just coming up. In this bunch of people, we can see Serena Williams, Jankovic and Dementieva. Seeing these three in this part of the tournament isn’t much of a surprise, I must say, since they are three of the best players in the world right now. It’s kind of surprising to me, though, that they just kept playing after the Australian Open, which Serena won. It seems like one would need a week or two to get the energy back from that kind of thing. However, here we are and they are playing well. This isn’t going to be a major clash of the Titans, but it is going to be a good competition, between several impressive players.