{"id":5789,"date":"2013-03-14T12:05:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T04:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2013-03-14T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T04:05:31","slug":"dellacqua-doubles-up-with-aplomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2013\/03\/14\/dellacqua-doubles-up-with-aplomb","title":{"rendered":"Dellacqua doubles up with aplomb"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When it\u2019s come to tandem success in 2013, not many players have fared better than Casey Dellacqua.<\/p>\n

The Australian has put together a near-perfect 12-2 win-loss record this season on the doubles court, her most notable achievements being an exciting run to the Australian Open final with compatriot Ash Barty, and winning the Pattaya tournament \u2013 her first career WTA title \u2013 with Japan\u2019s Kimiko Date-Krumm.<\/p>\n

Now in Indian Wells, Dellacqua has continued that success with the Japanese veteran, with the pair winning through to the semifinals of the prestigious Premier event sometimes referred to as the \u201cFifth Grand Slam\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it was awesome,\u201d Dellacqua said of their 6-2 6-4 quarterfinal victory over Russians Vera Dushevina and Alexandra Panova.<\/p>\n

\u201cKimiko and I so far have a 100 per cent strike rate. We\u2019ve only played once before in Pattaya, and won there, and now we\u2019ve had a run through to the semifinals so far here, so it\u2019s been great. We\u2019ve played really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dellacqua has enjoyed a fine doubles career, having won the 2011 French Open mixed title with American Scott Lipsky, reached the French Open women\u2019s doubles final in 2008 with Francesca Schiavone, and peaked at a career-high doubles ranking of No.9 in 2009. After several injury-plagued years between then and now, she currently sits at No.22, and stands to rise even higher after her stellar form in the Californian desert.<\/p>\n

The Western Australian left-hander has often said that good form on the doubles court helps with her singles game, and that was confirmed last week when she won two matches to qualify for the singles main draw at Indian Wells.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s her doubles results that have turned heads in 2013, and what\u2019s more, they couldn\u2019t have come with two more different partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got someone like Ash who\u2019s 16 and who hits with shape, and she\u2019s got a certain style, then you\u2019ve got someone like Kimiko who\u2019s at the other end of her career spectrum, and she hits the ball quite flat,\u201d Dellacqua observed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut both of them are very good players, and I\u2019ve had the privilege of playing with both of them. It\u2019s actually been a real honour I guess, because that\u2019s what I love about the game of tennis \u2013 it\u2019s a game for old or young, it doesn\u2019t even matter what level. Anyone can play, and I\u2019ve had a great opportunity to play with both players.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old will look to continue her run with Date-Krumm when they take on another Russian pairing in No.4 seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.<\/p>\n

\u201cMakarova and Vesnina are always tough,\u201d Dellacqua said of the match-up, which will take place on Thursday (US Pacific Coast time).<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the main thing is that Kimiko and I stay fresh and keep enjoying ourselves. We play really well together and whoever we play we come up with a plan and hopefully we\u2019re able to execute that in the next round.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it\u2019s come to tandem success in 2013, not many players have fared better than Casey Dellacqua. The Australian has put together a near-perfect 12-2 win-loss record this season on the doubles court, her most notable achievements being an exciting run to the Australian Open final with compatriot Ash Barty, and winning the Pattaya tournament […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}