Under the Radar: Veteran Anastasia Rodionova Off To A Good Start

(Under the Radar features players currently ranked outside the top 100 who reaches the second round or better in any grand slam.)

Australian veteran Anastasia Rodionova, currently ranked #219, reaches the second round of the US Open, for the 6th time, by upsetting Camila Giorgi of Italy, currently ranked #38, 16 75 63.

Rodionova has actually reached the third round here in 2006 and 2009.  She will next meet Italian Sara Errani, currently ranked #14, in the second round.

Anastasia Rodionova: Player Ranked Outside the top 100 who reached the 2d round of the US Open 2012

Australian Anastasia Rodionova  has reached the third round in the US Open twice (2006, 2009) and in this 2012 edition she reaches the second round after defeating American Julia Cohen (#101) in the first round.  What makes it special is that Rodionova is ranked #163 right now, that's why she is featured in this article.  She has reached as high as #79 though in her career way back in 2007.

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Matches I've Seen Today: Maria Sharapova vs. Anastasia Rodionova

Maria Sharapova had the perfect first round match today.  It allowed her to feel her way round the grass and just gave her enough opposition through Anastasia Rodionova.  Unfortunately, the Russian-born Australian had no weapons to trouble Maria so her brief opposition towards the end of the first set was just extinguished game after game, with Maria allowing only two games to the Australian in the first set and three games in the second set. 

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