29th of March, 2001: Magüi did pretty well at the Ericsson, managing to get to 4th round where she lost to Martina Hingis, now she moves to Portugal, to Oporto, let's hope she can win the tourney! she's also apparently playing doubles with Arantxa at Oporto!

22nd of March, 2001: Magüi and Patty play today: Tathiana Garbin (ITA)/Janette Husarova (SVK) [8] vs Patty Schnyder (SUI)/Magui Serna (ESP) -- good luck to both of them!!

I will be away for a few days (I am going to Wales for a little while, so no more updates until the first days of April! I hope I will have some good news waiting by them!!

19th of March, 2001: Tomorrow starts the Ericsson Open! Good luck to Magüi who is No.27 in the rankings this week!! Keep moving UP girl!!!

13th of March, 2001: Magüi lost her match vs. Maggie Maleeva 5-7 2-6, after a really good start (5-5 in the first set). Now we move on to the Ericsson Open. Best of luck to Magüi there!!

12th of March, 2001: Magüi won her match vs. Rita Kuti Kis 6-2 6-3 and is now in the third round of Indian Wells where she will face Maggie Maleeva, a tough opponent.

10th of March, 2001: Magüi and Patty lost in the dubs 0-6 6-3 6-1. Tomorrow Magüi will play Rita for a place in the third round. Good luck to Magüi!

7th of March, 2001: Magüi will face the winner of the match Rita Kuti Kis vs. Qualifier in the second round, and she gets a bye in the first round. In the doubles, Magüi plays again with Patty (yay!) and they will face Osterloh/Stevenson [WC] in the first round.

5th of March, 2001: Magüi now plays in Indian Wells. Also this week she's ranked No.29, breaking into the top 30 for the first time this year! congrats to Magüi! she also moves up two places in the doubles to No.47.

3rd of March, 2001: Magüi lost to Monica Seles (USA) 4-6 3-6. It was a very difficult match, but in any case, kudos to Magüi for making it to the QF! Let's hope this is the end of the "second round curse" , also in the doubles Magüi and Justine Henin lost to Asagoe/Yoshida 6-2 3-6 5-7. Let's move on to Indian Wells people! Here two pics of Magüi yesterday:

Singles (2nd of MARCH)

1st of March, 2001: MagÜi defeated Brandi in the second round of Scottdale 1-6 6-2 6-4 and now plays Monica Seles in the QF!! Good luck to Magüi in her first QF of the year and also Happy Birthday!!

26th of February, 2001: Magüi won her match vs. Justine Henin [6] 7-6(5) 7-6(5)! The queen of tie-breaks is back!! Vamos Magüi! and good luck for your next match!! Magüi (partnering Henin) also won in the doubles, def. the No.4 seeds Po/Jeyaseelan 7-6 (7-2) y 6-2.

Singles (26th of FEB)

24th of February, 2001: Magüi plays this week in Scottdale (USA), she faces Justine Henin [6] in the first round. Good luck to Magüi!

19th of February, 2001: Magüi moves 3 places up in the rankings in singles, to No.30 and another 3 in doubles to No.45 this week.

15th of February, 2001: I hope you guys had a great Valentine day!! Magüi lost in the doubles too Bianka Lamade and Anke Huber def Magüi and Patty 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Now Magüi will play next in Scottsdale (she didn't play there last year) , Indian Wells (she reached the third round) and Miami (she lost in the first round) [information provided by MS from the WTA Board, thanks!]. Here's a pic of Magüi in Nice:

Singles (14th of FEB)

14th of February, 2001: Magüi lost her match vs. Tu 4-6 7-6 7-5. She was very close to winning and even got ahead 5-4 and serve in the last set, but seems to be strugglign lately closing up the matches when she's ahead. She's still in the doubles with Patty, and hopefully, they can get some good results...

12th of February, 2001: Magüi won her match vs. Loit (France) 6-3 4-6 6-2, and now she faces Meilen Tu, who defeated Amy Frazier [6] in the first round. This is a good opportunity for Magüi to get into the QF here. So good luck Magüi!!

10th of February, 2001: Magüi and Patty lost in the doubles 6-4 6-4. Magüi now plays at Nice (France). Good luck to Magüi!! Here's the draw:

Venus Williams(USA)(1) vs bye
Qualifier vs Anne-Gaelle Sidot(FRA)
Magui Serna(ESP) vs WC-Emilie Loit(FRA)
Meilen Tu(USA) vs Amy Frazier(USA)(6)

Elena Dementieva(RUS)(4) vs bye
Qualifier vs Tatiana Panova(RUS)
Patty Schnyder(SUI) vs Magdalena Maleeva(BUL)
Qualifier vs Justine Henin(BEL)(8)

Amelie Mauresmo(FRA)(7) vs Asa Carlsson(SWE)
Anna Smashnova(ISR) vs Kvetoslava Hrdlickova(CZE)
Sonya Jeyaseelan(CAN) vs Anne Kremer(LUX)
Nathalie Tauziat(FRA)(3) vs bye

Anke Huber(GER)(5) vs Denisa Chladkova(CZE)
Qualifier vs Nathalie Dechy(FRA)
Silvia Farina Elia(ITA) vs WC-Sarah Pitkowski(FRA)
Conchita Martinez(ESP)(2) vs bye

Good luck to Conchita Martínez too!

8th of February, 2001: Magüi lost her match in the second round after a very well fought three sets. She had her chance when she went 4-2 up in the third set and served for 5-2, but Amélie Mauresmo managed to break that game and then went on to win the next three games. Magüi lost 6-4 3-6 4-6. In the doubles Magüi and Patty won by walkover vs. Glass/Hrdlickova and now face Majoli/Razzano [WC] in the QF. Here are pics of the match vs. Amélie Mauresmo:

Singles (8th of FEB)	Singles (8th of FEB)

7th of February, 2001: Magüi won her match vs. Iva Majoli 6-4 6-2!! Great showing by Magüi!! She was looking good too, here are a few pics of the match!

Singles (7th of FEB)	Singles (7th of FEB)

BTW, I just love her new skirt!!

6th of February, 2001: Magüi will play tomorrow both of her matches, singles vs. Majoli and doubles with Patty Schnyder vs. Glass/Hrdlickova. Best of luck to Magüi and Patty!!! I really *really* like both of them together (although I also liked her partnership with Meghann last year... now that I had learned to spell her name... *sight* ), let's hope Magüi can do well here! Here's the doubles draw:

Po/Tauziat [1] vs. Habsudova/Jeyaseelan
Huber/Lamade vs Bes/Poutchek
Callens/Sidot [3] vs Carlsson/Maleeva
Dechy/Loit vs Hiraki/Marosi-Aracama

Schnyder/Serna vs Glass/Hrdlickova
Majoli/Razzano [WC] vs Courtois/Shaughnessy [4]
Qualifiers vs Dragomir/Farina-Elia
Frazier/Vis vs Likhovtseva/Pierce [2]

5th of February, 2001: Back to tennis!! Magüi plays this week in Paris, this is an indoor tourney and Magüi lost in the first round last year. Here's the draw:

Pierce bye
Kremer-Qualifier
Hrdlichkova-Dragomir
Jeyaseelan-Huber

Dementieva bye
Likhovtseva-Maleeva
qualifier-qualifier
Shaugnessy-Testud

Frazier-Smashnova
Schnyder-Sidot
Talaja-Dechy
Tauziat bye

Mauresmo-Panova
Serna-Majoli
qualifier-Loit
Kournikova bye

Magüi plays Majoli in the first round... well in these tourneys there are really no easy players, are there? I have a big exam tomorrow guys, so you be the ones to wish her good luck, because I have to keep all of mine for myself!! I am not sure if Magüi will play the doubles with Patty, but, they are supposed to play together a few tourneys... we will see.

6th of February, 2001: Magüi will play tomorrow both of her matches, singles vs. Majoli and doubles with Patty Schnyder vs. Glass/Hrdlickova. Best of luck to Magüi and Patty!!! I really *really* like both of them together (although I also liked her partnership with Meghann last year... now that I had learned to spell her name... *sight* ), let's hope Magüi can do well here! Here's the doubles draw:

Po/Tauziat [1] vs. Habsudova/Jeyaseelan
Huber/Lamade vs Bes/Poutchek
Callens/Sidot [3] vs Carlsson/Maleeva
Dechy/Loit vs Hiraki/Marosi-Aracama

Schnyder/Serna vs Glass/Hrdlickova
Majoli/Razzano [WC] vs Courtois/Shaughnessy [4]
Qualifiers vs Dragomir/Farina-Elia
Frazier/Vis vs Likhovtseva/Pierce [2]

5th of February, 2001: Back to tennis!! Magüi plays this week in Paris, this is an indoor tourney and Magüi lost in the first round last year. Here's the draw:

Pierce bye
Kremer-Qualifier
Hrdlichkova-Dragomir
Jeyaseelan-Huber

Dementieva bye
Likhovtseva-Maleeva
qualifier-qualifier
Shaugnessy-Testud

Frazier-Smashnova
Schnyder-Sidot
Talaja-Dechy
Tauziat bye

Mauresmo-Panova
Serna-Majoli
qualifier-Loit
Kournikova bye

Magüi plays Majoli in the first round... well in these tourneys there are really no easy players, are there? I have a big exam tomorrow guys, so you be the ones to wish her good luck, because I have to keep all of mine for myself!! I am not sure if Magüi will play the doubles with Patty, but, they are supposed to play together a few tourneys... we will see.

Australian Open (Singles) First Round Serna 6 6 - Irvin 1 3 - Second Round Serna 5 6 1 Loit 7 3 6 See how the draw advances here

Australian Open (Doubles) First Round Serna/Po [13] 6 6 - Nacuk/Pisnik 2 3 - Second Round Serna/Po [13] 6 6 6 Hiraki/Noorlander 7 2 4 Third Round Serna/Po [13] 6 3 4 Suarez/Ruano-Pascual [4] 1 6 6 See how the draw advances here

22nd of January, 2001: Magüi and Kimberly lost in three sets against one of the best pairs in the tour: Suarez/Ruano-Pascual. The AO is over for Magüi, now she will move to Europe to compete in two indoor tournaments: Paris and Nice. Best of luck in them!!

20th of January, 2001: It will be Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano-Pascual in the third round (doubles). This is a very good team, and somehow, I don't see Magüi and Kimberly winning, but let's hope they can play at their best level and get away with a victory!

In other news, it seems Magüi will be going to Paris and Nice after the Australian Open. With Magüi's record indoors it's surely going to be a challenge for her, but the more she plays indoors, the better she'll end up doing, I am sure.

19th of January, 2001: Magüi and Kimberly won their match 6-7(1) 6-2 6-4 and are now in the third round were they will play the winner of the match Suarez/Ruano vs Henin/Dominikovic. Best of luck girls!!

18th of January, 2001: Magüi and Kimberly Po won their doubles match quite easily, and now face Hiraki and Noorlander in the next round, which will be played tomorrow Friday, 19th of January - for the ones going to the AO it's the second match in court 7 (don't we wish we could be there, huh?)

17th of January, 2001: Magüi lost in the singles to Emilie Loit of France in the third set. Magüi made 52 unforced errors, which could explain what happened in this match, but anyway, best of luck for the doubles! Unfortunately, Conchita (who was defending SF points from last year) is also now out. On the good news, Nuria Llagostera, Virginia Ruano and Marta Marrero have made it into the third round.

15th of January, 2001: The Australian Open is here! And Magüi is already in the second round in singles! where she will face Emilie Loit of France. Best of luck to Magüi!

8th of January, 2001: Magüi lost to Kruger 64 76(4). And won't play again until the Australian Open, starting next week. Let's hope she can get a good draw and advance a few rounds!

7th of January, 2001: Magüi is ranked No. 35 in the singles (up 2 spots) and No. 55 (up 7 spots) in the doubles this week. She plays in Camberra this week (only in the singles). Here's the draw:

Pierce (1)/bye
Ellwood-WC/Grahame-WC
Kruger/Serna
qualifier/Talaja (8)

Testud (4)/Kandarr
qualifier/Montolio
Sugiyama/Asagoe
Carlsson/Schnyder (6)

Maleeva (5)/Suarez
Henin/Jeyaseelan
Nagyova/Kuti Kis
Boogert/Rubin (3)

Dechy (7)/Oremans
Plischke/Bedanova
qualifier/qualifier
Bye/Dementieva (2)

Magüi has played vs. J Kruger once, and Kruger won, but that was back in 1997, at Berlin, and Kruger defeated Magüi 64 61. Let's hope it's paybacks time for Magüi!

Gold Coast (Singles) First Round Serna [5] 6 6 - Jidkova 4 2 - Second Round Serna [5] 4 2 - Farina 6 6 - See how the draw advances here

Gold Coast (Doubles) First Round Serna/Schnyder [4] 6 7 - Tarabini/Rittner 4 6 - Quarterfinal Serna/Schnyder [4] 7 5 7 Bovina/Krasnoroutskaya 6 7 6 Semifinal Serna/Schnyder [4] 4 4 - Casoni/Husarova 6 6 - See how the draw advances here

5th of January, 2001: Magüi and Patty lost their match 6-4 6-4. Next week Magüi will play at Camberra. See you there!

4th of January, 2001: Magüi and Patty won their match vs. the russian girls by the skin of their teeth! 7-6(4) 5-7 7-6(7)! but they did and now they are in the SF, where they face Casoni/Husarova. Best of luck for them!!

Singles (3rd of JAN)	Doubles (4th of JAN)

3rd of January, 2001: Magüi lost in her singles match vs. Silvia Farina 6-4 6-2, she played well until the 4-4 in the first set, then it was all about Silvia, who kept coming to the net and mixing shots really well, while not even Magüi's serve was working. Anyway, best of luck for the doubles. Here's a pic of Magüi yesterday at Gold Coast:

2nd of January, 2001: Magüi and Patty Schnyder won their match vs. Pato and Barbara Rittner 6-4 7-6(4). Magüi plays tomorrow in the first match of the day vs Silvia Farina, also Maria Angeles Montolío, who defeated Rita Kuti Kis (of the great name , in the first round, will play Silvja Talaja in the second round (Silvja Talaja is the defending champion of this tournament). In other news, Conchita, who is seeded No. 1 in this tourney, defeated Giulia Casoni and is already in the QF.

1st of January, 2001: Well FINALLY! Magúi won her match against Alina Jidkova 64 62! a gooooood start of the year! let's hope she can win a few more matches and go strongly into the AO! Now, she faces Silvia Farina Elia (ITA) in the second round, they have played each other once and Silvia defeated Magüi 6-3 6-2 (1st Round Leipzig 2000) - but let's hope this time Magüi wins!

1st of January, 2001: Happy New Year to everybody! The new season is just starting! Magüi plays at Gold Coast this week. She is the No.5 seed and will play Alina JIDKOVA (RUS) in the first round. They have never played each other before, but I am hoping Magüi can start the year with a victory! In Gold Coast, Conchita starts as seed No.1 and Maria Angeles will be playing too. Good luck to all the spanish girls!

In another news, Magüi will play the doubles with Patty Schnyder. I don't think they have ever played together before, but it should be interesting. Unfortunatelly, they play against Pato in the first round, who is one of my all time favs too. So I am remaining neutral about this match!

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