2008–2009 Carla Suárez Navarro
suárez playing @ 2008 wimbledon championships
at french open, suárez navarro reached quarterfinals of first grand slam main draw tournament. after won 3 qualifying matches, defeated former world no. 1 amélie mauresmo of france in second round 6–3, 6–4, australian casey dellacqua in third round, , 26th-seeded italian flavia pennetta in fourth round 6–3, 6–2. suárez navarro lost third-seeded jelena janković in quarterfinals 3–6, 2–6. @ wimbledon, lost second-seeded janković in second round 1–6, 3–6.
suárez navarro reached second grand slam quarterfinal of career @ 2009 australian open before being defeated elena dementieva 6–2, 6–2. upset venus williams in second round 2–6, 6–3, 7–5. first win on top-10 player.
in march, suárez navarro reached first final on wta tour @ andalucia tennis experience, clay court event in marbella, spain. lost jelena janković in final 3–6, 6–3, 3–6.
at roland garros seeded 22, defeated edina gallovits 6–1, 6–4 , lucie hradecká 6–2, 6–4, before losing victoria azarenka in third round 7–5, 5–7, 2–6.
at wimbledon, suárez navarro defeated no. 25 kaia kanepi in first round , ekaterina makarova in second. faced defending champion venus williams first time since 2009 australian open unable repeat upset win, losing 0–6, 4–6.
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