Mona Barthel put her aggressive game on display throughout the week at the Open GDF SUEZ in Paris, and afterwards talked Sara Errani, self-belief, her tennis idol and more.
The 16 winners of the first 20 editions of the Open GDF SUEZ in Paris all made it to No.7 or higher on the WTA Rankings - not such a bad omen for the winner of the 21st edition yesterday.
Mona Barthel hit it big and hit the big time Sunday afternoon, blasting 53 winners and fighting off an opponent who clearly wasn't about to surrender in the final of the Open GDF SUEZ.
Sara Errani reached the second-biggest final of career right where she reached her biggest - sort of. Awaiting the World No.7 in the final will be big-serving German Mona Barthel.
Kiki Bertens, Mona Barthel and Kristina Mladenovic all reached their first Premier-level semifinals at the Open GDF SUEZ on Friday. Sara Errani rounded out the final four - barely.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci have been jet setting with no signs of jet lag over the last week, winning the Australian Open and now adding another two wins to their streak in Paris.
A few weeks ago, Carla Suárez Navarro picked off Sara Errani in the first round of the Australian Open - now the World No.7 will get her shot at revenge in the Open GDF SUEZ quarterfinals.
Yanina Wickmayer battled past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova as the first round wrapped up at the Open GDF SUEZ. The second round began as well with some Top 10 star power.
Kristina Mladenovic got the best win of her young career at the Open GDF SUEZ on Tuesday, taking out Julia Goerges in a 75 57 76(4) thriller. Roberta Vinci had a quicker day at the office.
