Aces and Faults: Nadia Petrova Triumphs in Open Gaz de France Final
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Feb 12, 2007 | Print
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Aces
Fourth seed Nadia Petrova outlasted Lucie Safarova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the final yesterday at the Open Gaz de France in Paris. Liezel Huber and Cara Black won the doubles title with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Gabriela Navratilova and Vladimira Uhlirova. (Petrova Stops Safarova’s Run For Seventh Career Title)
Austria’s Sybille Bammer has won her first career title with a thrilling 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 win over Gisela Dulko. Nicole Pratt and Mara Santangelo defeated Chia-Jung Chuang and Yung-Jan Chan 6-4, 7-6(4) in the doubles final. (Bammer Notches Comeback Win Over Dulko For First Title)
Daniela Hantuchova will be competing at the Dubai Duty Free Women’s Open next week. (Hantuchova confirmed for Dubai Duty Free)
Did you know that Ana Ivanovic sometimes likes to prepare for matches with a game of Sudoku or backgammon? (Interview with Sportowefakty)
Faults
A strike has delayed the start of the Sony Ericsson International in Bangalore, India. This is the first time that a strike has postponed the start of a tournament. (Strike Delays Start of Ericsson Open)
Stars On Court Today
ANTWERP: Anna Chakvetadze vs. Eleni Daniilidou, Dinara Safina vs. Elena Vesnina, Patty Schnyder vs. Kirsten Flipkens
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