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MATCH NOTES: COPA COLSANITAS BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA | APRIL 5-11, 2021 | $235,238 | WTA 250 Tournament Information: www.copacolsanitas.com | @CopaColsanitas | facebook.com/copacolsanitas WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta WTA Communications (office coverage): Bryan Shapiro ([email protected]) [5] TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO #93) VS. SARA ERRANI (ITA #112) Head-to-head: First meeting ZIDANSEK ERRANI Career Prize Money $1,132,133 Career Prize Money $13,527,015 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 26, 1997 (23) Date of Birth (Age) Apr 29, 1987 (33) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 9 Bogotá W-L (MD) 4-1 Bogotá W-L (MD) 11-6 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-5 / 34-40 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-3 / 377-276 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-3 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 13-55 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-6 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 37-90 Coach Zoran Krajnc Coach Pablo Lozano Beamud ZIDANSEK: • Playing Bogotá for the second time, having made QF in 2019 (l. Arruabarrena) • Made a flying start to this year’s tournament, winning 12 of the first 13 points en route to straight sets victory over Kalinskaya, then beat qualifier Gatto-Monticone in 2r • Faces No.112 Errani in QF today – two of past three losses have been to players ranked outside Top 100, against No.120 McNally at Guadalajara and No.120 Dodin at Miami qualifying • Owns 3-2 record in WTA QF matches (2-1 on clay) • Fell 2r at Guadalajara and Monterrey before contesting qualifying at Miami • Opened season with 3r showing at Abu Dhabi (l. Kostyuk) before 1r exits at Gippsland Trophy (l. Kovinic) and Australian Open (l. Diyas) • Best singles result in 2020 was reaching QF at Acapulco (l. Zarazua) • Earned a career high doubles ranking of No.57 on November 16, 2020 after winning third career Tour-level doubles title at Ostrava (w/Rus). Also lifted the doubles title at Palermo (w/Rus) • Highlights of 2019 were reaching first WTA singles final, at Nurnberg (l. Putintseva in F), as well as defending WTA 125 Series title at Bol (d. Sorribes Tormo in F) and reaching SF at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic) • Contested all the Slam main draws in 2019 for the first time – reached 2r twice, at 2019 Australian Open (l. Osaka) and 2019 Wimbledon (l. Wang Qiang) • Highlights in 2018 included SF run at Moscow [River Cup] and title run at Bol WTA 125K Series event • Broke into Top 100 (at No.95) following Bol title on June 11, 2018 - became the ninth Slovenian player in history to crack the Top 100 • In 2018, posted seven tour-level main draw wins and 40 on ITF Circuit; reached SF in just third WTA main draw, at Moscow [River Cup] (d. No.13 Kasatkina in 2r, l. Potapova) • Made 2r on WTA main draw debut at Rabat in 2018 (as qualifier, d. Linette, l. Hsieh) • WTA qualifying debut came at 2018 Brisbane • Spent three months off tour with left knee injury in 2018 • Slovene Fed Cup Team, 2017-18, 2020 • Won first ITF Circuit title of career aged 16 at $10k Velenje in 2014 - has won 16 more singles titles at this level Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 MATCH NOTES: COPA COLSANITAS BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA | APRIL 5-11, 2021 | $235,238 | WTA 250 ERRANI: • Making seventh main draw appearance at Copa Colsanitas, where she is through to QF for her fifth straight visit • Most recent QF loss here came to Sharma in 2019 • Reached 2r on Bogotá debut in 2006 • This year, upset the in-form Sorribes Tormo on 1r, then another Spaniard, Bolsova in 2r • Has made it past the QF stage of a WTA event just twice in the last five years (at Rabat and Tianjin in 2017) • Results here snapped five-match losing streak, most recently falling to Mattek-Sands in Miami qualifying • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Hsieh) and made 1r exit at Gippsland Trophy (l. Ostapenko in 3s) • Opened season by beating En-Shuo Liang, Garcia-Perez and Konjuh at Australian Open qualifying event in Dubai; this saw her qualify for first Grand Slam main draw outside Roland Garros since 2017 Wimbledon • Played three Tour-level events in 2020; reached QF at Palermo, fell 2r at both Acapulco and Roland Garros • Finished 2019 season ranked No.110; campaign was highlighted by SF run at Hiroshima (l. Hibino) • Best result of 2019 was QF at Bogotá (l. Sharma); fell 1r four times and in qualifying on five occasions, and won one singles title on ITF Circuit • Ended 2018 just outside Top 100 (at No.108) after a campaign in which she reached QF at Rabat (l. Mertens); reached 3r at Charleston and captured won one WTA 125K Series singles title and 27th career doubles title –– at Auckland (w/Schoofs) • Ended 2017 season ranked No.143 (previous year-end finish outside the Top 100 came in 2006 at No.171). Missed around two months of 2017 season (August to October) due to an anti-doping violation; departed tour following 2017 Washington DC, returning with SF run at Tianjin in October (l. Sabalenka) • Following return to competition at end of 2017, won ITF $60k-Suzhou-CHN and reached SF at ITF $100k- Dubai-UAE (l. Bencic). • Posted ninth successive Top 50 season in 2016. Recorded four straight Top 20 seasons from 2012-15 including back-to-back Top 10 finishes in 2012 (No.6) and 2013 (No.7) • 2016 season highlighted by winning ninth (and biggest) WTA singles title of career at Premier-level Dubai (d. Strycova in F) – owns 9-10 record in finals, and reached at least one final every year between 2011-2016 • Was previously 0-4 in Premier-level singles finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 Rome, 2014 Paris [Indoors], 2013 Dubai and 2013 Paris [Indoors] • Represented Italy in doubles w/Vinci at 2016 Rio Olympics (l. Safarova/Strycova in QF); the team of Errani/Vinci reunited in Montréal for the first time since playing Fed Cup in February 2015 • Won her eighth WTA singles title – and first in two years – at 2015 Rio de Janeiro (d. Schmiedlova in F) and finished runner-up at 2015 Bucharest (l. Schmiedlova in F) • Qualified for inaugural 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, but unable to progress past group stage • Owns three Top 5 wins in her career: No.4 A.Radwanska at 2013 Roland Garros, No.2 Li at 2014 Rome, No.4 Kvitova at 2015 Beijing • Dropped out of Top 10 after 2014 Miami for the first time since June 11, 2012 – rose as high as No.5 the week of May 20, 2013 • Qualified for WTA Finals in singles in 2012 and 2013, going 2-4 in round robin matches • Owns 27 career doubles titles (27-14 in finals), most recently winning at 2018 Auckland (w/Schoofs) • In total, spent 87 weeks as doubles World No.1 • Member of victorious Italian Fed Cup teams in 2009-10 and 2013 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 MATCH NOTES: COPA COLSANITAS BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA | APRIL 5-11, 2021 | $235,238 | WTA 250 Tournament Information: www.copacolsanitas.com | @CopaColsanitas | facebook.com/copacolsanitas WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta WTA Communications (office coverage): Bryan Shapiro ([email protected]) STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #127) VS. [WC] MARIA CAMILA OSORIO SERRANO (COL #180) Head-to-head: First meeting VOEGELE OSORIO SERRANO Career Prize Money $2,648,184 Career Prize Money $144,383 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Mar, 10, 1990 (31) Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 22, 2001 (19) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 0 Bogotá W-L (MD) 2-1 Bogotá W-L (MD) 4-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 3-2 / 97-164 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-1 / 5-4 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-11 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 /0-0 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 7-29 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 /0-0 Coach Ivo Werner Coach Alejandro Falla VOEGELE: Making second appearance at Bogotá, having fallen 1r on debut in 2012 (l. Erakovic) Was also doubles R-Up here in 2012 w/Minella (l. Birnerova/Panova) In 1r this year, overcame a late wobble to beat Paquet, then upset No.49 Zheng in 2r – her first Top 50 win since defeating No.4 Stephens at 2019 Indian Wells Faces Osorio Serrano today in first WTA QF since 2019 Lugano Overall career record in WTA QF matches stands at 10-12 (3-2 on clay) At Tour-level this season, made 2r at Lyon (l. Badosa) and fell 1r at St. Petersburg (l. Martincova) and in qualifying for Australian Open Ended last season ranked No.116 – her 13th consecutive Top 200 finish. Highlight of 2020 was R-Up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach (l. Brengle) Best result of 2019 was run through qualifying to 3r at Indian Wells (d. No.4 Stephens, l. eventual champion Andreescu). Also finished R-Up once on ITF Circuit and made SF at WTA 125K Series event at Houston Finished 2018 ranked No.85 – her fourth Top 100 finish and first since 2014 (ended at No.78) Advanced to career first WTA final in 2018 at Acapulco (l.