Melbourne locals have expressed concern over a proposed structure plan for the Preston Market, which could see the precinct become home to up to 6,000 new residents by 2041.
Jim Katsaros has run Athina’s Deli for 10 years and comes to the Preston Market almost every day since arriving in Australia from Greece as an 11-year-old boy.
“The atmosphere is really what counts at the end,” he said to ABC News.
“You can find shopping centres all over the place, it will never be the same.”
The Victorian Planning Authority wants more people to be living in “20-minute neighbourhoods”, where all daily needs and public transport can be found within a 20-minute walk from home.
The Preston Market opened in 1970 and is Melbourne’s second-biggest market.(Supplied: Darebin Appropriate Development Association)
If that’s the mission, a parcel of land on the cusp of Melbourne’s inner-north next to a train station is a goldmine.
A proposed structure plan for the area released this week shows the potential introduction of a cinema, fitness centre, medical and childcare centres, community spaces and offices, which the authority says could support up to 1,400 ongoing jobs.
To make space for all that, the demolition of most of the original market structure would be allowed, but the fruit and vegetable shed would remain intact.
Site developers would be forced to include a fresh food market of at least the same trading size as the current market.
Under the structure plan, high-rise developments could house thousands of people on and around the market site.(Supplied: Victorian Planning Authority)
Mr Katsaros wants to see the market preserved through the development, so his children can have the opportunity to take on the family business if they choose.
“All I’m saying is I wish Salta, the owners, do a good job and look after the people, that is my wish,” he said.
“If they don’t, they’re going to create problems for everyone.”
He said generations of Melburnians from Pascoe Vale to Heidelberg had not built such loyalty to the market because of “glitter and the glamour”.
Mr Katsaros’s family deli is named after his wife, Athina.(ABC News: Joseph Dunstan)
“You need family-created businesses where you can sell fresh stuff and cater for human beings,” he said.
The VPA’s CEO, Stuart Moseley, said the plan would help deal with a “sea of carparking” that was underused two days a week.
Mr Moseley said the idea was to transform the space into a “thriving precinct” for the future.
“The planning rules we have released will ensure there is a market on that site, that it is a fresh food market, that it has the same look, feel … trading area as it currently does and that it has that vibe about it that makes it special,” he said.
The British Museum’s Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors, and Heroes exhibition is set to tour Australia and much of the southern hemisphere for the first time.
The exhibition features some 180 objects and will kick off at Perth’s Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip in June before moving to Canberra’s National Museum of Australia in December.
The tour comes after prolonged delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The exhibition, curated by Dr Peter Higgs, explores the theme of competition through sports, politics, drama, music and warfare through dozens of artefacts from ancient Greece.
Canberra’s National Museum of Australia has recently hosted many of the world’s ancient wonders (L: Sourced from spiritland.net) (R: Trustees of the British Museum, 2021 All rights reserved).
Key objects include iconic black and red figured ceramics, marble statues and reliefs, bronze figurines, weapons and armour, toys and games, fine gold jewellery, and coins.
The exhibition comes as part of a partnership between the British Museum, the National Museum of Australia, the Western Australian Museum, and the Tmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum.
The exhibition is the fourth in a series of British Museum exhibitions that have featured at the National Museum of Australia, following Rome: City and Empire in 2018, A History of the World in 100 Objects in 2016, and Encounters: Revealing Stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Objects from the British Museum in 2015.
National Museum of Australia director, Dr. Mathew Trinca, said he was delighted that the show, which celebrates sporting prowess in the ancient Olympic Games, will now bookend the rescheduled 2021 Olympics.
“We are thrilled that we can finally bring Ancient Greeks to east coast audiences after a 12-month delay. With COVID still among us and Australians looking for exciting experiences at home, this show really fits the bill,” Dr. Trinca said.
“I know audiences will be mesmerised by the stories of competition in the ancient Greek world and by the beautiful depictions of athletes, the ceramics, sculptures, armour, and jewellery featured in the show,” Dr. Trinca said.
Two women from the Greek diaspora, filmmaker, writer and researcher from the USA, Dr April Kalogeropoulos-Householder and Melbourne-based artist Efrossini (Effie) Chaniotis have joined their creative forces to honour Laskarina Bouboulina and help keep the heroine’s legacy alive.
Drawn from her heritage and passionate about women in Greek history and culture, April commissioned Effie with an artwork and this is how a series of projects and global collaborations was set in action.
April Kalogeropoulos-Householder, talks to The Greek Herald about her initiative and her will to unearth more stories of women who – like Bouboulina – contributed to the Greek War of Independence.
April, you have commissioned Greek-Australian Artist Effie Chaniotis with an artwork that you are planning to gift to the Bouboulina Museum next year. What is your connection with the museum? Tell us a bit more about this initiative.
Back in 2004 while I was a graduate student at the University of Maryland, I was working on a Ph.D. dissertation about Bouboulina and spent time in Spetses researching her life and making a documentary film about her. Now, I am turning that research into a book that will be out next year- the first book about Bouboulina in English.
Over the years, I became good friends with Philip Demertzis-Bouboulis, who was Bouboulina’s 5th generation grandson, and who founded the Bouboulina museum in 1991 in the family’s mansion. That friendship has grown to include Philip’s wife, Linda, and his son Pavlos, who now run the museum.
April with Philip Demertzis-Bouboulis at the Bouboulina Museum, 2001. Photo: Supplied by: April Kalogeropoulos Householder
Throughout my research, I was desperate to discover the “true” Bouboulina- who she was, how she thought, what motivated her, and what she looked like. Since she did not leave a memoir, what we have are fragments of impressions created by those who came into contact with her- philhellenes from France, Britain, and the U.S. who had come to Greece to help in the War of Independence, a few documents written by her hand, family oral histories, and several portraits painted posthumously by European artists.
Many of the accounts contain contradictory information. Some say she was a ruthless war-monger, “so ugly that she had to seduce her lovers at pistol point.” Others reported that she was a beloved “Capetanissa”, strong-willed, with a sturdy physique and charming manner. It dawned on me that every single reference was made by male artists and historians who had their own personal, political, and patriarchal motivations for rendering her in those ways.
To celebrate the bicentennial of the revolution, I set out to find a female artist to commission a new portrait of Bouboulina to add to the historical cannon of images. I came across Effie in an Instagram post and was instantly drawn to her style. Her “Modern Icons” series, which utilizes elements of Byzantine iconography mixed with contemporary influences, was the perfect way to commemorate Bouboulina as a heroine of the Greek revolution and elevate her to the status of a saint.
With the passing of Philip in 2018, I thought that including him in the painting would tell the story of how he dedicated his life to founding the museum, and that the family could hang the painting in the museum and add Philip’s story to their live guided tours.
Effie painted the two figures holding the museum in their hands, as a reference to the icon of Constantine and Eleni, founders of the Greek Orthodox church. Effie’s painting is full of delicate touches- you get the feeling that it was made with a kind of love that flows from the divine feminine. And besides being an important historical contribution to Bouboulina’s story, it is also full of many layers of meaning for viewers to interpret.
The attention to detail is outstanding, and aesthetically it is simply breathtaking. Because of the pandemic, I will dedicate the painting to the museum next summer, along with an artist’s talk featuring Effie and one of my students who is animating the painting to bring it to life, and some other special events that will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the great Naval Battle of Spetses (September 8, 1822) at the annual Armata festival.
Why did you choose an Australian artist of Greek background for this painting and what where the elements that draw you to Effie’s style?
It was important to me to find an artist who had a connection to Greece, Greek art, and the Greek diaspora.
After my initial consultation with Effie, I knew that I had found the perfect person for the project. I have a background in the arts, and Effie and I talked for hours in that first meeting, about art history, Greek culture, and her approach, which is very collaborative. There is just something that Greeks of the diaspora share, that Effie and I also have in common, almost like an unspoken language… the pride in our heritage, the longing to return, the beauty of the Greek language. We instantly clicked as creative partners.
The painting will be dedicated to the Bouboulina Museum next year. Photo supplied by: April Kalogeropoulos Householder
In terms of her style, many of Effie’s pieces spoke to me on a visual as well an emotional level.
Rather than realism, symbolism gives way to imagination, connection, and intricacy.
You will notice that the painting of Bouboulina is full of vitality- symbols of life overcoming death, pomegranate seeds, trees, broken chains. The energy contained in the painting is about Bouboulina as an eternal figure, and of Philip’s legacy, which is why the words ελευθερία and αιώνιος appear in the painting- a play on the famous phrase of the revolution, “Eλευθερία ή θάνατος”.
As a researcher you focus on women in Greek history and culture. Do you think people know enough about their contribution in this important part of history?
Women have always been written out of history, and with Greece, it is no exception.
How often do we hear about General Kolokotronis, but do not realize that Bouboulina worked side-by-side with him and they planned several battles together? Not only that, but she was his in-law, as her daughter, Eleni, was married to his son, Panos.
In the 1800s, families married for prestige and wealth, not love, so this is really saying something about her level of importance. Bouboulina moved in circles that included the most powerful people of the time- the Ottoman Sultan, and his mother, the Valide, Sultana; Tsar Alexander I and Ambassador Stroganoff of Russia; members of the Philiki Etaireia; and rebel priest, Papaflessas, who came to Spetses in 1818 to organize the revolt.
From L to R: Heroines of the Greek War of Independence Manto Mavrogenous, Dora Visvizi and Laskarina Bouboulina
She did all of this at a time when women’s roles were confined to that of mother, wife, or concubine. Women were not educated, did not have a voice in public life, and certainly no woman was permitted to take up arms and join in the revolution as a fighter. Oh, and by the way, at the outbreak of the war, she was 50 years old and the mother of ten children.
There were many other women who contributed to the revolution that we are just now learning about, such as Manto Mavorgenous, a wealthy woman from Mykonos; Domna Visvizi, from eastern Thrace and Mariyo Zarafopoula who was born and lived in Tatavla, a district of Istanbul.
There are definitely many other stories of women in this important part of history that we don’t yet know about that need to be unearthed. Some of my future projects will explore these stories, including another collaboration with Effie on an exhibition to be held in Adelaide later this year.
An American researcher like yourself and an artist from Australia -both of Greek background- contributing to keep a part of Greece’s past alive. How does this make you feel?
One thing about the pandemic is that it has normalized global collaborations through online relationships. A Greek-American working together with a Greek-Australian on a project for a museum run by a Greek-Brit to keep Greece’s past alive is a beautiful thing! What many people don’t realize is that even at the time of the revolution, Greece was a vast diaspora.
The inhabitants were comprised and influenced by many different cultures, including the Balkans, Anatolia, Venetian, and yes, Ottoman. Greek enlightenment thinkers like Adamantios Korais and Rigas Feraios were living abroad in places like Paris and Bucharest. Bouboulina herself was of Arvanite descent.
April as a 6-year old on her first visit to Spetses, in 1978. Photo: Supplied by: April Kalogeropoulos Householder
Greeks of the diaspora have a strong pull towards their heritage, and I’m proud to be part of that tradition.
The dedication at the end of my films says, “For my grandmother, Ourania. Thank you for making me Greek.” Greece has long been a source for my intellectual and spiritual interests. I first visited Spetses when I was six years old. The island is burned into my memories and my heart.
Researchers and artists, although they use different methods and create different products, fundamentally have the same purpose, which is to be good storytellers.
Effective researchers know how to paint a picture with words; good artists research and match their style to their subjects. Ultimately, both want to educate, spark emotions, and inspire change.
These are the goals of the museum, the painting, and my on-going research about women in Greek history.
Some children love story books and have a natural affinity with them from birth. But for others it is hard to focus. Ever wondered why your child loves having stories read to them at school but at home they fidget and doesn’t listen?
The trick is to unravel the story instead of starting to read it immediately. This is also part of teacher’s strategy for use in a classroom.
So, whether you have one child or more this is an easy way to make reading time an enjoyable family activity.
Give your child a choice of which book cover they like. For about 5 minutes ask your child to look at the cover and try and guess what the book is about. If it is about animals such as Aesop’s story of ‘The lion and the mouse’, ask the child if they know the animal on the cover? What is their favourite animal? Have a discussion about animals, which they like and which they don’t like. Which would make good pets and which not? What are wild animals as apposed to domesticated ones. Talk about the colours on the cover. Are there red tigers and blue elephants?
Then once the topic is understood, turn the page and read the title page pointing to the words so that the pre-reading child can begin to associate the text with meaning. Show each picture on the page and ask the child to point out the characters and say the actions as you read the story slowly.
Pause to allow the child to have a good look. Allow them to touch and feel the page. Ask questions like what do you think is going to happen next? Or Where did that lion come from? What happened to the mouse? Do you think the mouse will eat the lion?
Children will love to hear the same story multiple times. Eventually they will be able to point out or even read certain words or even whole sentences in Greek.
*Eleni Elefterias-Kostakidis is a teacher of Modern Greek, a University lecturer and the author of the bilingual children’s book ‘My Grandma is a Musician – Η γιαγιά μου είναι μουσικός’
Conor Curran, a Greek-Australian chef and MasterChef Australia 2021 contestant, has been eliminated from the 13th season of the show.
Curran, known as this season’s “mullet bae”, tells 10 play that he was mentally drained after being challenged by various of the shows masters and that he felt like he had “done his run” before the Masters Week challenge begun.
“It was a big thing for me to be nostalgic but to bring it into 2021, and I can’t really remember a positive Greek cook in a long time, and I think for me I really wanted to push that,” he tells Now To Love.
Photo: Network 10
Curren has received all the social media buzz from Greek-Australians after making featured Greek dishes, such as Kokkinisto, during his run on the show. He says his Yiayia is an inspiration of his.
“My mum and dad worked full time, so I just stayed with my Yiayia, which is so familiar in Greek families.”
“I just remember being at her house all day and looking through her garden and not really knowing what I was picking and putting into the bowl, but it eventually became familiar.”
“Those are my memories and her just putting a block of feta down next to every plate I was given; that is my fondest and earliest memories,” the reality star admits.
Conor admits his Yiayia, who was cheering her grandson on, struggled to watch his pasta cook because she couldn’t offer her cooking tips to save his hilopites.
“The best part was I did hilopites for pasta, and [Yiayia] calls my mum because I made it slightly too thin and she goes to my mum ‘why didn’t he call me during the episode so I can tell him what thing to put it on?’.”
“And my mum was like, ‘Mum, he can’t call you in the middle of a 35-minute cook’,” he says.
Following MasterChef, Conor says he is now working on a modern-day Greek cookbook while working towards his dream of opening a sandwich shop called ‘Sit Down Dora’ after his mum, with a hidden bar named ‘Shut Up Mike’ after his dad.
The following is an opinion piece from the Hon Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia.
This year’s Budget is a significant time in Australia’s history as the world confronts the worst pandemic in a century.
We see the terrible impacts and toll of COVID-19 almost everywhere.
Yet here in Australia, we are living life differently.
Our economy is stronger than virtually any advanced economy.
We have more Australians in work today than before the pandemic began.
And we are continuing to successfully fight the virus, protecting the health and lives of Australians.
If the average OECD fatality rate from COVID had been realised here, some 30,000 more Australians would have perished.
So Australia can be proud of some incredible achievements on the health and economic fronts in the face of the most difficult times since the Great Depression.
We’ve done it by working together – as Australians and as national and state and territory governments – supported by strong and effective policies.
Our multicultural communities have wholeheartedly supported this effort.
I honour the sacrifices you have made for our country and for your fellow Australians.
And the example you have set and the leadership you have provided in your communities.
I know for many communities, it has meant enduring enormous disruption to your traditional gatherings. But your patience and resilience, and the kindness and care you showed in a year of hardship have made a huge difference.
This Budget is a plan for securing Australia’s recovery.
It will be built on ensuring we keep doing the things that are working; especially driving employment up, and unemployment down.
That’s because getting even more Australians into work increases their means and ability to deal with the impacts of the pandemic that we know will be here for some time to come.
The Budget recognises that eight out of 10 jobs are in the private sector.
A sustainable recovery requires a strong private sector.
That means continuing to support and incentivise our multicultural communities and citizens, many of whom are business owners.
The Budget provides an additional tax cut to more than 10 million low- and middle-income earners – benefiting individuals by up to $1,080 or $2,160 for couples.
As a result, there will be more money to spend in local businesses, giving them the confidence to take on an extra worker, offer an extra shift or buy a new piece of equipment.
To create more jobs, the Government is extending temporary full expensing and the loss carry back measure announced in last year’s Budget for another year.
This will allow more than 99 per cent of businesses employing 11.5 million Australians to deduct the full cost of eligible depreciable assets of any value in the year they are installed.
A café or restaurant can buy a new fridge or grill, a trades person can pick up a new ute.
And companies that have been doing it tough are able to use their losses earlier – providing cash flow in the here and now.
Small and medium-sized businesses are champions of taking on young Australians – and giving them a start.
We’re doubling our commitment to the JobTrainer Fund to support a further 163,000 new training places to upskill job seekers and meet skills shortages.
The Budget also funds more than 170,000 new apprenticeships and traineeships and 5,000 higher education short courses to help get young people into a job.
Finally, I understand the difficulty in being separated from family members overseas.
But for now that must remain the case if we are to keep Australians safe and ensure that our economy can keep moving forward.
I want to thank our multicultural communities and their leaders for their patience and understanding on these important issues.
Our recovery plan will ensure we stay on track.
I greatly appreciate the contribution from multicultural Australia – including working with us to encourage vaccination.
Our multicultural communities across the country have done an extraordinary job.
Nick Kyrgios put his basketball skills on display yesterday at Sydney’s Bondi Icebergs for an event to mark Hennessy’s global partnership with America’s National Basketball Association (NBA).
Shooting some hoops with NBA star Andrew Bogut, Kyrgios told the Daily Telegraph he aspires to be possess the “athlete belief”.
“I have got that athlete belief, whenever I go into something, I believe I am the best even though I am not,” Kyrgios told The Daily Telegraph.
“It was awesome to finally meet Bogut. We’ve spoken online and he is an amazing guy who has accomplished so much in his career so it was awesome to see him and pick his brains a bit.”
Australian basketball champion Andrew Bogut with tennis star Nick Kyrgios. Picture: Toby Zerna/The Daily Telegraph
NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo recently likened the controversial Australian tennis player to the colourful American basketball great.
“If I passed (away) tomorrow, I would take that any day of the week, being remembered as the Denis Rodman of the sport,” Kyrgios told The Daily Telegraph.
“When I first think of Rodman, I think of someone that is completely comfortable in his own skin, who played the game he wanted and didn’t really care what others thought. That is how I feel I go about my tennis career, I don’t really care what others think and I play the way I want to play … and he’s had some pretty good misso’s as well.”
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios makes a backhand return to France’s Ugo Humbert during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
Speaking of misso’s, Kyrgios has gotten back together with his girlfriend Chiara Passari, who have publicly displayed the highs and lows of their relationship on social media.
The 26-year-old also recently announced that he will return to the ATP in Mallorca next month.
“I am super excited to get back on there,” he said. “I am travelling with my best friend and girlfriend.
“I think now is my time to play. I’ve had time to rest, regroup and see my family so now it is time to do what I do best.”
Today, May 22, 334 BCE, Alexander the Great wins the Battle of Granicus, bringing the Persian Empire its first crushing defeat. The Battle of the Granicus River, was a clash between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire, it was the first of three major battles between the two forces. Fought in northwestern Asia Minor, near the site of Troy, Alexander routed the armies of Asia Minor’s Persian satraps to claim a heroic victory.
Alexander was the King of the Hellenic League, a major union of Greek city-states and Macedonia. This battle would pave the way for further conquests and was a great moment in Greek history. The Persian Empire was one of the biggest empires of its era and was natural enemy of the Greeks.
Crossing of the Granicus after Charles Le Brun.
The Battle itself took place near the ancient city of Troy on the banks of the Granicus River. Alexanders army mainly consisted of infantry around 32,000 with only 5000 Cavalry, whilst the Persian army was predominantly cavalry 10 – 20 thousand with some infantry. The Granicus is also noteworthy because it is one of the first battles on record in which cavalry strength was primarily dominant. Alexander attacked immediately, which caught the Persians off guard. The battle was fought very strategically, and Alexander used his army to its full capability. He deployed troops to attack the Persians right wing who heavily reinforced this side and focused their troops there. The attack on the right was just a feint so the Alexander could attack the less defended middle. He smashed through the centre of the Persian line, and Alexander himself killed many Persian noblemen within the fight. Once the Persian forces saw their leaders being slain, they began to retreat. The battle was won by Alexander the great, having only suffered roughly 400 casualties, it was a notable victory as the Persians suffered close to 4000 deaths.
Alexander the Great in the battle against the Persians at the Granicus. Cornelis Troost, 1737.
After the battle Alexander buried the deceased with full military honours and attended their funerals with the entire army. Alexander’s care for the dead and injured families showed his greatness, one way to help the families of the deceased was to excuse them from paying taxes and fees. The soldiers were buried with their weapons (armour was costly and was often recycled) and he visited the injured and listened to their battle stories. Alexander sent 300 suits of Persian armour to the Parthenon in Athens from the spoils of his victory. He sent the suits to remind the Greeks that this success was part of the revenge against the Persians and also to reawaken Greek excitement.
Alexander’s courageous leadership gained him the “palm for courage”. He fought at the heart of the battle, risking his own life giving him his first great victory over the Persians. This victory opened the door to western and southern Asia Minor and placed Alexander in the category of one of the greatest leaders of all time. Alexander the Great is adored in Greece and complimented around the world for his leadership and conquests. His glory began on that day in 334 BCE when he and his army defeated the Persian army.
Greek firefighters were battling a major forest fire in the Corinth region west of Athens for a second day Friday, with more settlements evacuated overnight.
Civil Protection head Nikos Hardalias said Friday that more than 4,000 hectares (nearly 9,900 acres) of mostly forest in mountainous terrain had been burned. Dozens of houses were also destroyed, mostly holiday homes or small dwellings outside of villages.
The fire, which broke out late Wednesday near the village of Schinos, was fanned by gale-force winds that blanketed the Greek capital about 70 kilometers to the west with acrid smoke throughout the day Thursday.
A firefighting airplane drops water near the village of Alepochori , Greece, on Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
“During the night there were many fronts that were exceptionally dangerous for our forces,” said Hardalias, adding that three settlements and one monastery were evacuated as a precaution during the night.
More than 300 firefighters, ground teams, members of the military and volunteers were fighting the flames, while 21 water-dropping planes and helicopters were deployed at first light Friday to assist from the air.
Despite “exceptionally difficult circumstances,” firefighting forces managed to prevent the flames from reaching a wildlife refuge south of the main fire, and from expanding further east towards the town of Megara, Hardalias said.
The smoke covers the city of Athens from a wildfire near the village of Schinos, near Corinth, Greece, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
The fire destroyed power lines, causing local blackouts, and reached a nearby coastline. The Civil Protection Authority activated a cellphone-enabled alert service to help with evacuation efforts on Thursday and overnight to Friday.
Wildfires are common during Greece’s hot, dry summers, but this blaze started well before the full heat of summer. The country had been experiencing unseasonably hot weather over the past week. In 2018, a blaze that hit the summer resort area of Mati east of Athens killed more than 100 people.
Stefanos Tsitsipas competed with great intensity on Friday to move within one step of the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon final.
The second-seeded Greek, who has compiled an ATP Tour-best 31 match wins on the season (31-8), did little wrong in a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in 66 minutes.
“It was a good match from my side, he was serving well,” said Tsitsipas.
“His game is a little unpredictable and he is one of the best left-handers out there. It’s never easy to construct the point and he is able to penetrate and play shots you don’t expect. I knew he was going to fight and not give up. I am pretty glad to have won.”
Tsitsipas put Nishioka under constant pressure, breaking courtesy of a backhand long for 4-2 in the first set, which ended after 31 minutes. Tsitsipas, who lost just eight of his service points (40/48), gained a 2-1 lead in the second set courtesy of another error and didn’t look back.
The World No. 5 will now face 19-year-old Italian Lorenzo Musetti. Musetti recovered from 2-5 down in the second set to claim a 6-3, 7-6(2) victory over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in one hour and 34 minutes.
Tsitsipas beat Musetti 6-1, 6-3 in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC semi-finals two months ago.
