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Archive for February 2006

February 19th, 2006

Navratilova to Play Doubles in Prague

For the first time in 20 years, tennis player Martina Navratilova will play in the Czech Republic. The last time was in 1986 for the Fed Cup finals.
Navratilova told the daily Mlada Fronta Dnes she would play doubles at the Prague Open in May. She has yet to choose a partner but she indicated […]

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February 19th, 2006

Mauresmo Wins Finals at Antwerp

Behold the final score of the Antwerp Finals! Amelie Mauresmo has won again (3-6, 6-3, 6-3). I guess 6 and 3 were the magic numbers of the tournament.
Congratulations to Mauresmo on another great victory and on defeating the world’s number one women’s tennis player.
Vive la France!
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February 18th, 2006

Mauresmo Moves on to Finals at Antwerp

Amelie Mauresmo, who seems unstoppable these days, moves on to her third consecutive finals match where she will face either Dementieva or Clijsters. In her last match, she defeated Nadia Petrova 6/4, 7/5.
Looking forward to an excellent finals match. Now, to await the results of the Clijsters/Dementieva match ….
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February 17th, 2006

This Round is on Kim Clijsters

Number one ranking women’s tennis player Kim Clijsters forked over a whopping $210,000 to buy a bottle of champagne for all 10,000 spectators in her second round match at the WTA event at Antwerp.The reason for the madness? Last year, Clijsters promised her fans that she’d buy a bottle of champagne for each of them […]

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February 17th, 2006

Mauresmo Wins 12th Straight Match at Antwerp

Amelie Mauresmo is on fire! In yesterday’s match she went on to win her 12th consecutive match at the WTA stop in Antwerp when she defeated Czech player Iveta Benesova 6-3, 6-3. That means it’s now off to the quarterfinals for Mauresmo.
Two more matches and she’ll be facing current #1 Kim Clijsters, and oh, what […]

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February 17th, 2006

Maria Sharapova in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

Maria Sharapova graces the pages of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition looking beautiful as always.
See all the pictures over at Sports Illustrated.
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February 17th, 2006

Mauresmo Beats Pierce in Gaz de France

Amelie Mauresmo has won her second tournament in a row after beating fellow French player Mary Pierce at the Gaz de France 6-1, 7-6 (2). I bet Mauresmo is feeling pretty good these days. Not bad!
I wish I’d caught the match. It’s the second Mauresmo/Pierce match I miss and it’s getting old. I love Mary […]

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February 17th, 2006

Current WTA Player Rankings

Here are the current top 10 WTA Player rankings:

K. CLIJSTERS (BEL) Rank Points: 3478.00
A. MAURESMO (FRA) Rank Points: 3435.00
L. DAVENPORT (USA) Rank Points: 2803.00
M. SHARAPOVA (RUS) Rank Points: 2615.00
J. HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL) Rank Points: 2578.00
M. PIERCE (FRA) Rank Points: 2542.00
N. PETROVA (RUS) Rank Points: 1975.00
E. DEMENTIEVA (RUS) Rank Points: 1956.00
P. SCHNYDER (SUI) Rank Points: 1946.00
V. […]

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February 17th, 2006

Mauresmo Donates US $57,000 to Cancer Research

Amelie Mauresmo has donated $57,000 (the value of a Porsche) to aid cancer research. The Institut Curie, in Paris, France, graciously accepted the donation last week.
As the singles winner of the 2005 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche this past November, Mauresmo was awarded a Porsche Cayenne to be donated to a charity […]

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February 17th, 2006

Clijsters-Golovin Match Attracts 541,070 viewers

Over at the Diamond Games in Belgium, Kim Clijsters’ match against Tatiana Golovin attracted 541,070 viewers.
The live broadcast of the Clijsters-Golovin match at Sporza television attracted on average 541,070 viewers with a peak of 754,000. At the same time, the Uefa Cup football match between Club Brugge and AS Roma at Kanaal 2 only attracted […]

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