Flavia out of Roland Garros
26th May 2009
Flavia suffered a shock loss in the 1st round at Roland Garros as she lost 1-6 1-6 to Alexa Glatch of the United States.

Flavia is still in the doubles with Maria Kirilenko and they play Caroline Wozniacki and Sorana Cirstea.


Roland Garros draw released
22nd May 2009
The draw for the 2nd Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros has been released and Flavia is the #14 seed and will play Alexa Glatch of the United States in the 1st round.  Flavia has never played Glatch before.  The 1st seed Flavia can meet is #24 seed Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada in the 3rd round.

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Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam of the year played on clay and last year Flavia reached the 4th round.


Flavia out of Madrid
10th May 2009
Flavia is out of Madrid after she lost 3-6 7-6 2-6 to Agnes Szavay of Hungary.

Flavia out of Rome
6th May 2009
Flavia is out of Rome in the 3rd round after she lost 3-6 6-3 0-6 to #7 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.

Flavia's next tournament will be in Madrid which begins on Saturday.



Flavia through to last 16 meeting with Kuznetsova
5th May 2009
Flavia is into the last 16 in Rome after she defeated Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-7 6-1 in 2 hours and 9 minutes.

In the 3rd round to be played on Wednesday, Flavia will play #7 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, they have played twice before and Kuznetsova leads the series 2-0.

Flavia through to 2nd round in Rome
4th May 2009
Flavia is through to the 2nd round in Rome after she defeated Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-7 6-4 6-1.  After Flavia's win in singles and doubles in Stuttgart, she didn't have a day off after playing the doubles final yesterday. 

Flavia will be busy tomorrow as she will play singles and doubles.  In the 2nd round Flavia will play Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.  Flavia has never played Shvedova before.

Rome news
4th May 2009
The draw for the Internazionali BNL D'Italia in Rome, Italy has been released and Flavia is seeded #12 and will play Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria in the 1st round.  They have never played before.  Flavia is seeded to meet #7 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the 3rd round.

Last year Flavia reached the 2nd round here and her best result was reaching the quarters 3 years ago.


Flavia out of Stuttgart
2nd May 2009
Flavia's run in Stuttgart came to run at the hands of world #1 Dinara Safina of Russia.  Flavia lost 6-3 5-7 0-6.  Even though Flavia lost she had a good week in beating 2 top 10 players (Petrova and Jankovic).

Despite today's loss Flavia is in the doubles final with Gisela Dulko.  They play Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova.

Flavia into Stuttgart semis!
1st May 2009
Flavia scored a second consecutive win over world #3 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia to reach the semis in Stuttgart.  Flavia won 2-6 6-4 6-4 to score her 2nd top 10 win of 2009.

In the semis, Flavia will play #1 seed Dinara Safina of Russia.  Flavia is 0-5 in the series but hopefully the 0 will change to a 1.

Stuttgart draw released
26th April 2009
The draw for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Germany has been released and Flavia is unseeded and will play Anna Chakvetadze of Russia in the 1st round.  Flavia has played the Russian twice before and leads the series 2-0, the most recent meeting being in Fed Cup this weekend which Flavia won 6-4 6-0.

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This event will be played on red clay and will be the first ever WTA tournament played on clay indoors.  The event previously has been played on hardcourts and Flavia lost in the 1st round last year.

Italy into Fed Cup final!
26th April 2009
Italy is through to it's 3rd Fed Cup final in 4 years as the defeated defending champions Russia 3-1.

After winning both singles matches on Saturday, all Italy needed to do was win 1 of the 3 matches today.  Flavia couldn't get the crucial win as she was defeated by Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 4-6 6-2 but Francesca Schiavone got the win by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 4-6 6-2.  Well done Italy!

Flavia defeats Chakvetadze to give Italy lead
25th April 2009
Flavia has given Italy a perfect start in its Fed Cup by BNP Paribas semifinal clash with Russia in Castellaneta Marina. Flavia overwhelmed Anna Chakvetadze 64 60 to give the hosts a 1-0 lead.

Flavia needed only 67 minutes to defeat her opponent, dropping only nine points in a one-sided second set.

Fed Cup draw released
24th April 2009
Flavia will play a leading role in the Fed Cup semi-final against Russia.  Flavia will play 2 singles matches against Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze.   Flavia will open the semi-final on Saturday against Chakvetadze.  They have played once before way back in a challenger in Italy in 2004 and Flavia won in 3 sets.

The tie will be played in Castellaneta Marina on clay in Italy and Russia need to win 3 of the 5 matches to get to the final against the Czech Republic or the United States.

Flavia out of Miami
29th March 2009
Flavia is out of Miami in the 3rd round after she lost 6-7 6-2 6-2 to Amelie Mauresmo of France.  Flavia scored a win over her doubles partner Maria Kirilenko of Russia in the 2nd round.


Miami draw released
23rd March 2009
The draw for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami has been released and Flavia is the #15 seed and has a bye in the 1st round.  In the 2nd round, Flavia will play either Kateryna Bondarenko of the Ukraine or Maria Kirilenko of Russia.  Flavia has played Kirilenko twice before and trails the series 0-2 and has played Bondarenko twice before and the series is tied 1-1.  The 1st seed Flavia can meet is #20 seed Amelie Mauresmo of France in the 3rd round.

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Miami is a premier mandatory event played on hardcourts and Flavia's best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2003, 2005 and 2008.

Flavia through to last 16 meeting with Ivanovic
15th March 2009
Flavia is into the last 16 at Indian Wells for the 1st time after she defeated qualifier Angela Haynes of the United States 4-6 6-4 6-1. 

In the 4th round, Flavia will play #5 seed and defending champion Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, they have played once before at Linz last year which Ivanovic won in straight sets.

Flavia through at Indian Wells
15th March 2009
Flavia is through to the 3rd round at Indian Wells after she defeated Sania Mirza of India 6-3 6-3. 

In the 3rd round to be played on Monday, Flavia will play Angela Haynes of the United States, they have never played before.


Indian Wells News
11th March 2009
The draw for the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells has been released and Flavia is the #12 seed and has a bye in the 1st round.  In the 2nd round to be played on Saturday, Flavia will play either Sania Mirza of Indian or Mariya Koryttseva of the Ukraine.  The 1st seed Flavia can meet is #20 seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan in the 3rd round.

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Indian Wells is a premier mandatory event played on hardcourts and Flavia's best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2006 and 2008.

Flavia out of Monterrey
6th March 2009
Flavia is out of Monterrey in the 2nd round after she lost to Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic.  Flavia lost 6-7 6-2 4-6.

Flavia into Monterrey 2nd round
4th March 2009
Flavia scored a very comfortable 1st round win over Jill Craybas of the United States 6-1 6-0 to advance to the 2nd round in Monterrey.  In the 2nd round, Flavia will play Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic, they have played once before on clay in 2005 and Flavia won in straight sets.

Monterrey News
1st March 2009
The draw for the Abierto Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico has been released and Flavia is the #3 seed and will play Jill Craybas of the United States in the 1st round.  Flavia has played Craybas once before at Roland Garros in 2005 and won in straight sets.  The 1st seed Flavia can meet is #6 seed Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic in the quarters.

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Monterrey is a $220,000 International event played on hardcourts and this is the 1st year of the event.

Flavia loses Acapulco final
28th February 2009
In just over an hour Flavia lost her Acapulco title to #1 seed Venus Williams of the United States 1-6 2-6.

After playing well for most of the tournament, Flavia couldn't bring her good form of the week in this match unfortunately.


Flavia through to 1st final of 2009
27th February 2009
Flavia is through to her 1st final of 2009 as she defeated #4 seed Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-3 in Acapulco.

In Flavia's 6th straight Acapulco final she will play #1 seed Venus Williams of the United States.  They have played 5 times before and Flavia leads the series 3-2.  Flavia won their only meeting on clay last year at Roland Garros.  The final should start around 18.30 local time.

Flavia continues Acapulco run
26th February 2009
Flavia is continuing her love affair with Acapulco as she is through to the semis.  Flavia defeated Petra Cetkovska of the Czech Republic 2-6 6-3 6-0.  In the semis to be played on Saturday, Flavia will play #4 seed Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.  Flavia has played Benesova 5 times before and trails the series 2-3.

Flavia into Australian Open last 32
22nd January 2009
Flavia is defeated local favourite Jessica Moore to reach the 3rd round at the Australian Open.  Flavia won 6-4 6-1 in 1 hour and 16 minutes.  In the 3rd round to be played on Saturday, Flavia will play #21 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain.  They have played 5 times before and Flavia leads the series 3-2 and she won the last meeting in Zurich at the end of last year.

Flavia wins 1st match in Australia
20th January 2009
Flavia is through to the 2nd round of the Australian Open after she defeated Mara Santangelo of Italy.  Flavia won 6-2 5-7 6-2.  In the 2nd round to be played on Thursday, Flavia will play Jessica Moore of Australia, they have never played before.

No Flavia in Quebec City
27th October 2008
Flavia had to pull of Quebec City over the weekend due to personal reasons.

Quebec City draw released
25th October 2008
The draw for the Challenge Bell in Quebec City, Canada has been released and Flavia is the #2 seed and will play US junior Melanie Oudin, Flavia has never played Oudin before.  The 1st seed Flavia can meet is #6 seed Bethanie Mattek of the United States in the quarters.

Flavia is currently #11 in the race rankings behind Agnieszka Radwanksa but there are not enough points to catch her.  Flavia is currently ahead of Nadia Petrova in the race to be the 2nd reserve to go to the WTA Championships in Doha, and needs to either have the same or better result in Quebec City as Petrova is top seed.

Flavia to play Hopman Cup
25th October 2008
Flavia will partner Simon Bolleli at this year’s Hyundai Hopman Cup which begins on January 3rd 2009.  Italy becomes the sixth team confirmed for this year’s event along with Australia, Russia, Germany, Slovakia and France.

The Hopman Cup is a mixed team event of 8 teams of 1 male and female player.  The teams are spilt into 2 groups of 4.  Each country plays each other once (1 men's singles, 1 women's singles and a mixed doubles) and the top 2 teams of each group play in the final.

Flavia out of Linz
24th October 2008
Flavia is out of Linz after she lost 4-6 4-6 to top seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in the quarters.

Flavia will now travel to Quebec City and that tournament will begin on Monday.

Flavia keeps going in Linz
23rd October 2008
Flavia defeated Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-3 6-1 to advance to the quarters in Linz.  Flavia won in just over an hour to set up a meeting with #1 seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, Flavia has never played Ivanovic before.  Flavia has lost just 7 games in reaching the quarters.

Flavia through in Linz
22nd October 2008
Flavia is through to the 2nd round in Linz after she defeated Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-1 6-2 in 54 minutes. 

In the 2nd round to be played on Thursday, Flavia will play Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, they have played twice before and the series is tied 1-1.

Linz draw released
19th October 2008
The draw for the Generali Ladies Linz in Linz, Austria has been released and Flavia is the #7 seed and will play Agnes Szavay of Hungary in the 1st round.  They have played once before in 2005 on clay in Bogota and Flavia won in straight sets.  The 1st seed Flavia can meet is #1 seed Ana Ivanovic in the quarters.  Click here for the full draw.

Flavia has played Linz once before last year and she lost in the 1st round to Nicole Vaidisova.

Flavia loses Zurich final
19th October 2008
Flavia lost her 2nd tier 2 final in Zurich today as she lost 6-7 2-6 to #3 seed Venus Williams of the United States in 1 hour and 31 minutes.  Despite the loss, Flavia had one of the best weeks of her career by reaching the final and defeating the world #1 Jelena Jankovic.

Flavia played an excellent first 12 games and was never threatened on her serve and did have some chances on Williams serve but the set was decided by a tie-break which proved to be a turning point which Williams won 7-1.  Williams gained momentum in the 2nd set and Flavia lost her level from the 1st set as Flavia lost the set 6-2.

Flavia will now rise to a career high of #14 when the new WTA rankings are released on Monday.

Flavia into Zurich final!
18th October 2008
Flavia is through to her 4th final of 2008 after she defeated her good friend Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3 7-6.  Flavia won the match in a tie-break 8-6 when Medina Garrigues hit a forehand long.

In the final Flavia will play #3 seed Venus Williams of the United States.  Flavia has played Williams 4 times before and leads the series 3-1, and won the last meeting in Zurich last week in 3 sets.  The final will start at 13.30 Zurich time.

Flavia continues winning run in Zurich
17th October 2008
Flavia is through to the semis in Zurich after she defeated Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 7-5 6-2 in 1 hour and 20 minutes.

In the semis to be played on Saturday, Flavia will play unseeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain.  They have played 4 times before and the series is tied 2-2.

Flavia ends Jankovic's winning streak in Zurich
16th October 2008
Flavia defeated world #1 Jelena Jankovic 5-7 6-3 6-3 in 2 hours and 28 minutes to reach the quarters in Zurich.  Flavia took one of the best wins of her career with an ace on matchpoint.  After the match, Flavia said: "Last week I didn't have a lot of luck and today I was more aggressive."

In the quarters, Flavia will play Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, Flavia has played Srebotnik 4 times before and the series is tied 2-2.  Incidentally 2 of those matches were in Zurich in 2004 and 2005 and both had a win each.

Flavia destroys Petrova in Zurich
15th October 2008
Flavia destroyed Nadia Petrova of Russia in the 1st round of Zurich.  Flavia won 6-1 6-1 in only 54 minutes. 

In the 2nd round to be played on Thursday, Flavia will be up against #1 seed Jelena Jankovic.


Flavia in Zurich charity run
13th October 2008
Flavia, Anna Chakvetadze (yes it is her), Rennae Stubbs and Stefania Boffa  took part in the Pink Ribbon Charity Walk of Women on Sunday in Zurich.  As many of you are aware October is 'National Breast Cancer Awareness Month'.

Please can you stop hotlinking the photos, it is not fair to the site.

Zurich draw released
11th October 2008
The draw for the Tennis.com Zurich Open in Zurich, Switzerland has been released and Flavia is unseeded and will play Nadia Petrova of Russia in the 1st round.  Flavia has played Petrova 3 times before and leads the series 2-1, the last meeting was at the US Open in September which Flavia won in 2 easy sets.  Top seed would be Flavia's next opponent if she wins this match.

Flavia only played the doubles here last year and her best results was reaching the quarters in 2005.

Flavia out of Moscow
10th October 2008
Flavia is out of Moscow after she lost 6-7 3-6 to #1 seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.

Flavia is still in the doubles with Maria Kirilenko and on Saturday they play the top seeds: Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

Flavia sets up Moscow meeting with Jankovic
9th October 2008
Flavia will play #1 seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the quarters in Moscow after she defeated Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 3-6 6-4 6-4.  Flavia will play #1 seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia who is on a 9 match winning streak after winning Beijing and Stuttgart.  Can Flavia be the one to stop her?

Flavia into Moscow doubles semis
8th October 2008
Flavia and Maria Kirilenko of Russia are through to the doubles semis after they defeated Ekaterina Makarova and Galina Voskoboeva 6-7 6-1 10-5.  Maybe picked up a few tips in today's match on how to play Makarova in tomorrow's singles.


Flavia defeats Venus Williams again!
7th October 2008
Flavia scored her 3rd consecutive win over Venus Williams today in Moscow as she won 6-4 2-6 6-4 to advance to the 2nd round.  In the 2nd round, Flavia will play Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, they have never played before.

Moscow draw released
6th October 2008
Flavia's next indoor tournament will be the Kremlin Cup in Moscow and she is unseeded and will play #6 seed Venus Williams of the United States.  Flavia has played the Wimbledon champion 3 times before and leads the series 2-1, they have never played indoors.  Moscow is the biggest indoor event of the season as it has tier 1 status.

Stuttgart draw released
28th September 2008
The draw for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany has been released and Flavia is unseeded and will face a qualifier in the 1st round.  Click here for the full draw.

Stuttgart is a tier 2 event played indoors and Flavia has never played here before.

Flavia out of Tokyo
18th September 2008
Flavia is out of Tokyo in the 2nd round after she lost 2-6 1-6 to #1 seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.

Flavia through to meeting with Jankovic
16th September 2008
Flavia is through to the 2nd round in Tokyo after she defeated Shahar Peer of Israel 6-4 6-4. In the 2nd round to be played on Wednesday, Flavia will play #1 seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.  They have played 3 times before and Jankovic leads the series 3-0.

Tokyo draw released
14th September 2008
The draw for Tokyo has been released and due to a strong field Flavia is unseeded and will face Shahar Peer of Israel in the 1st round.  They have played once before in Bangkok last year and Flavia won in 3 sets. If Flavia can win her 1st round match, she will play #1 seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the 2nd round.  Flavia has never played this event before and it is a tier 1 played on hardcourts outdoors.

Flavia out of Bali
12th September 2008
Flavia is out of Bali at the quarter-final stage after she lost 6-4 0-6 2-6 to Tamira Paszek of Austria.



Flavia into Bali quarters
11th September 2008
Flavia is through to the quarters in Bali after she defeated Anastasia Rodionova of Russia in a heated match 6-3 7-5.  In the quarters to be played on Friday, Flavia will play Tamira Paszek of Austria.  They have played once before in Los Angeles in August and Flavia won in 3 sets.


Flavia dethrones King in Bali
9th September 2008
Flavia is won her 1st round match in Bali after she defeated Vania King of the United States 7-6 6-1.  In the 2nd round, Flavia will play Anastasia Rodionova of Russia, Flavia leads the series 1-0.




Bali draw released
7th September 2008
The draw for Bali has been released and Flavia is the #3 seed and will play Vania King of the United States in the 1st round, they have never played before.  Flavia didn't play in Bali last year and her best result was reaching the quarters in 2005.




Flavia out of the US Open
3rd September 2008
Flavia is out of the US Open after she lost 2-6 3-6 to #6 seed Dinara Safina in the quarters.  Even though Flavia lost she had a great tournament in reaching the quarters.



Fabulous Flavia through to US Open Quarters
1st September 2008
Flavia is through to her first ever quarter-final at Grand Slam level after she defeated #32 seed Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-3 6-0.  In the quarters Flavia will play #6 seed Dinara Safina in the quarters on Wednesday, they have played 4 times before and Safina leads 4-0.





Flavia through to US Open last 16
30th August 2008
Flavia is through to the 4th round at the US Open after she defeated #19 Nadia Petrova of Russia  4-6 6-4 6-3.  In the 4th round to be played on Monday, Flavia will play #32 seed Amelie Mauesmo of France, they have played once before at the Fed Cup in 2006 and Mauresmo won in straight sets.