WTA S-Hertogenbosch – Women’s Saturday Preview

Jelena Dokic vs. Roberta Vinci

Australian star Jelena Dokic shot to superstardom as a Serbian on the green grass of Wimbledon 12 years ago.

Former World No.4 Jelena Dokic takes on Roberta Vinci for her second WTA singles title of the 2011 season in the final of the Unicef Open, a WTA International event being played here in s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Australian Jelena Dokic's attempts of returning to the winner's circle finally found the touch of reality when she claimed the title in Kuala Lumpur at the Malaysian Open. Dokic, who had a magical run in 2010 Australian Open as a wild card, patiently competed at various ITF an WTA tournaments in the span of 12 months before finding title winning form in the South East Asian city. After knocking out Italian No.2 Flavia Pennetta in the second round, Dokic scored a comprehensive win over Kim Clijsters' conquerer Romina Oprandi in the semifinals yesterday.

Dokic's opponent, Italian Roberta Vinci is currently ranked No.31 in the world. Vinci entered Roland Garros with a confidence boosting win at the Barcelona Ladies Open, her second title in the Spanish city after her success in 2009. In the previous rounds, Brianti took out big names like Dominika Cibulkova and Yanina Wickmayer which is a testimonial of her solid form.

This is a first meeting between both players an is extremely likely to favour Dokic since the Australian has loads of experience on the surface and is playing great tennis this season.