Unseeded Tamarine Tanasugarn and unseeded Yanina Wickmayer, with a 13-year age gap between them, competed in the Ordina Open final and the 32-year-old Tanasugarn won the match 6-3 7-5.

The world No. 42 Tanasugarn has won her second straight Ordina Open title, and her third career title. Last year in the Ordina Open final the Thai beat present-day No.1 Dinara Safina, whom she defeated 7-5 7-5 in the semifinals this year and scored her first win over a reigning world No.1.

Tanasugarn has earned $37,000 by winning the grasscourt tournament, while Wickmayer received $19,000. (photo via Ordina Open)

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It is Tanasugarn’s second WTA title, the first one since winning Hyderabad in 2003. In today's Ordina Open final the world No.85 survived a break in the opening set, and won a difficult second set in which she saved eight break points.

"One day you play really good, the next day — I just was not myself on the court," said Safina, ranked 9th in the world.

"(Tanasugarn) plays very different, she has some unbelievable angles and just made me go crazy in the mind." (source: Reuters, photo via Yahoo)

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In my opinion, she really didn’t need to take part in the Ordina Open. After winning Birmingham, she rushed to play in the Netherlands, instead of training and saving energy for Wimbledon, the major tennis event of the year.

And there, at the Ordina Open, she had that tiring final against Chakvetadze on Saturday – only two days before the start of the grass-court Grand Slam. The match against Chakvetadze lasted the whole day, due to many rain suspensions. The rain made the court slippery – a perfect place to get injured!

Should Jankovic have saved herself at least a bit for Wimbledon? Look at Sharapova for example – she played at the DFS Classis, but skipped the Ordina Open, and is getting ready for Wimbledon. To me this is much more reasonable.

But who knows. Maybe Jankovic feels that her body is perfectly fine with her playing that many matches. After all, she knows it better than me.

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Top seed Justine Henin of Belgium has defended her Eastbourne title assuring us that she’s a strong favorite for Wimbledon after defeating France’s Amelie Mauresmo, reigning champion of the upcoming grand slam.

To reach the final, the 25-year-old Belgian beat Agnieszka Radwanska, Nicole Vaidisova, and Marion Bartoli.

As for the Ordina Open final, it was difficult for both the players and spectators since it had three rain suspensions! Third-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia was fully focused and precise from the very beginning of the match taking a 5-0 lead in the first set. Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic, on the other hand, seemed distracted by the weather conditions and by her left hamstring injury. Chakvetadze looked like she had a goal and was completely determined to achieve it, so she adapted to the rainy weather better than her opponent.

To reach the final, the 20-year-old Chakvetadze beat Victoria Azarenka, Francesca Schiavone, Angelique Kerber, and Daniela Hantuchova.

Saturday’s trophy is the Russian’s second in 2007; she won her third career Tour singles title at Hobart back in January. Info: Chakvetadze has played five finals so far, and she was victorious at each one.

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Top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia reached the final by defeating the last year’s runner-up Dinara Safina of Russia, seeded-fourth. Jankovic saw five match points slip through her fingers before finally sealing the 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) victory in the tie break of the third set. It was a tough match for both of them, lasting 2h 31min, but Jelena proved that she’s hell of a player by overcoming tough moments and winning the match despite problems with a hamstring which forced her to take a medical timeout.

"I wasn't at my best tennis and at my level. I was struggling with my shots…but the most important thing is that I was fighting and I stayed in the match," world No. 3 Jankovic said.

In the second semifinal of the day third-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze beat fifth-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 6-4. Reminder: In the quarterfinals Hantuchova defeated No. 2 seed and Roland Garros finalist Ana Ivanovic.

Compare >> The 20-year-old Chakvetadze is a surprising 4-2 lifetime against the 22-year-old Jankovic, but the Serb won their lone meeting on grass, an opening-round meeting at Wimbledon two years ago. Jankovic also beat the Russian in their only matchup this season, on a clay court in Warsaw.

Jankovic owns five career titles, including four in five finals this year, while Chakvetadze owns three career championships, including a season-opening victory in Hobart back in January. (via The Sports Network, Reuters)

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Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia defeated the Ukranian eighth seed Alona Bondarenko 6-2 6-1. Due to rain, the match was suspended for a few hours in the second set, with Jankovic leading 4-1. “It is not easy to wait for a few hours. Fortunately I could focus again from the start,” world No. 3 Jankovic said.

This was the seventh time Jankovic and Bondarenko faced each other, and Jankovic has increased her lead to 7-0.

Number four seed Dinara Safina beat Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 6-1 7-5.

FIRST SEMIFINAL: Jankovic vs. Safina >> Head-to-head 1-1, never played against each other on grass.

Third seed Anna Chakvetadze beat Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-2, 6-2.

Fifth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova overcame second-seeded Ana Ivanovic in straight sets 6-3 6-1. Ivanovic was broken in the seventh game and thereafter never performed to anything like her usual standard.

SECOND SEMIFINAL: Chakvetadze vs. Hantuchova >> In their head-to-heads Hantuchova leads 2-1, but they have never met on grass.

(source: Ordina Open, photos: Getty Images)

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