US Open 2013: Roberta Vinci will be Timi’s opponent

The Italian player is 12th ranked in the singles world rankings.

Vinci was born on 18.02.1983. She was 11th this year on 10th of June, it’s her career best so far.

The doubles world No 1 was finalist in 10 WTA tournament in singles, she triumphed 9 times: in 2007 in Bogotá, in 2009 in Barcelona, in 2010 in Luxembourg, in 2011 in Barcelona, ​​s'Hertogenbosch and Budapest, in 2012 in Dallas and in 2013 in Katowice and Palermo.

Vinci was a quarter-finalist last year at the US Open. In order she beat Urszula Radwanska (6:1, 6:1), Yaroslava Shvedova (3:6, 7:5, 7:5), Dominika Cibulkova (6:2, 7:5) and Agnieszka Radwanska (6:1, 6 4). Finally, she lost against the doubles partner Sara Errani 6:2, 6:4.

Roberta Vinci at the beginning of the season was a quarter-finalist in Sydney and at the Australian Open got off to the 3rd round, losing against Elena Vesnina. After that she lost int he second round in Paris and Doha. In Dubai she won in two sets against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Samantha Stosur and Angelique Kerber, then defeated by Errani.

The 30-year-old Vinci in Indian Wells won just one game, but after that in Miami was a quarter-finalist. In Katowice she beat Andrea Hlavackova, Kiki Bertens, Karolina Pliskova, Annika Beck and finally Petra Kvitova (7:6, 6:1). She lost in Stuttgart and Madrid in the first round and in Rome in the third round. Vinci won three games at Roland Garros, and lost against Serena Williams (6:1, 6:3).

Vinci won also three matches at Wimbledon, then losing 6:2, 6:0 against Li Na. In the Palermo final she won 6:3, 3:6, 6:3 against Errani. In Cincinnati she was a quarter-finalist, beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Andrea Petkovic and Sara Errani, then losing 6:0, 6:4 against Jelena Jankovic.

Timi in the 2011 Budapest tournament was beaten by Vinci 4:6, 7:5, 6:2 in the second round.