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Post by Brinyi on Dec 29, 2006 20:04:40 GMT -5
That is to say, two of the three most important parts, the other being sleeping around.
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Post by janie on Dec 30, 2006 9:26:23 GMT -5
Ah, yes! Very tantalizing. You've got to meet up with her somehow and get her to dish the dirt. In any of six languages!
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Post by Brinyi on Dec 30, 2006 22:42:33 GMT -5
I'll try Polish.
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Post by janie on Dec 31, 2006 13:10:58 GMT -5
Oh well, the bad-dad firing and the fitness campaign at least are new to me. Since they were the most important parts of the article, you get no apologies from me. Ha, I was referring to my 2 similiar fanatic-cheering posts, and the way I swore x2 that I now love Woz above all. Apparently I had already forgotten my great new love between the time I posted the first cheers and the 2nd. So what else have I decided lately? Do I love Donald Young yet? ;D
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Post by Brinyi on Dec 31, 2006 17:53:38 GMT -5
Ja, I figured that out a few hours after my post. ;D
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Post by janie on Feb 19, 2007 8:08:38 GMT -5
Clearwater 25, q:
(wc)Gabriela Paz-Franco (VEN) d. (10)Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 62 76(8) Sheesh! Time to hang up the racket and head back to the Alps, poor Heidi.
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Post by Brinyi on Feb 22, 2007 12:42:16 GMT -5
TORONTO (CP) - Frank Dancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont., and Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., were named players of the year by Tennis Canada on Wednesday. Dancevic, who was also named male singles player of the year, had a breakthrough season on the pro tour in 2006. The 22-year-old won two titles and was 32-13 on the challenger circuit. He cracked the top-100 in the ATP world rankings and made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon, falling to No. 14 Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic. Dancevic also posted a 3-2 record for Canada in Davis Cup play. Toronto's Daniel Nestor won the male doubles player of the year award for the sixth straight year. Nestor won five ATP Tour doubles titles last year with partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas. Peter Polansky of Thornhill, Ont., was named most improved male player and outstanding junior male. In addition to the top female player honour, Wozniak was also named female singles player of the year and most improved female player. The 19-year-old cracked the top 100 in the WTA rankings last season and had three tournament victories on the challenger circuit. Wozniak also made her first quarter-final appearance at a WTA Tour event last November and was undefeated for Canada in Fed Cup play. Toronto's Maureen Drake was named female doubles player of the year and Sharon Fichman of Toronto was named outstanding junior female. Vancouver's Yuka Chokyu was named the wheelchair tennis athlete of the year and Saskatoon's Corey Blatchford was named most improved wheelchair tennis athlete. The Tennis Canada Excellence Awards will be presented at the Rogers Cup tournaments in Montreal and Toronto this summer.
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Post by janie on Feb 23, 2007 7:37:11 GMT -5
Peter P!
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Post by janie on Apr 2, 2007 19:34:23 GMT -5
March 20, 2007 ITA COLLEGE TENNIS NCAA DIVISION I RANKINGS: 1. Audra Cohen, Miami 2. Megan Falcon, LSU 3. Melanie Gloria, Fresno State 4. Susie Babos, California 5. Jenna Long, North Carolina
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 3, 2007 5:39:17 GMT -5
3. Melanie Gloria, Fresno State
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Post by janie on Apr 23, 2007 8:25:05 GMT -5
the All Canadian ITF Junior Championship:Final: Rebecca MARINO (CAN) (8) defeated Katarena PALIIVETS (CAN) (3) 46 76(7) 61
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Post by janie on May 1, 2007 20:10:17 GMT -5
Anne-Christine Voicu revient de loin2007.04.06 | José-Antonio Pires - www.journallartisan.comInactive pendant deux ans en raison de sérieuses blessures, la joueuse de tennis, de Repentigny, Anne-Christine Voicu réalise un retour en force. Elle est actuellement la 129e raquette junior au monde et 2e canadienne. Classée 600e mondialement sur le circuit ITF avant ses blessures, l’athlète d’origine roumaine a dû recommencer à zéro. Exilée en France pour la pratique de son sport, Voicu a vécu des moments difficiles au cours des deux dernières années. Rappelons que Voicu a été invitée à joindre l’Académie Patrick Mouratoglou en France. Les prouesses de la Repentignoise ont attiré plusieurs regards dont ceux de Mouratoglou, celui là même qui l’entraîne actuellement depuis maintenant deux ans et demi. Voicu a obtenu une bourse d’études de quatre ans. Elle suit ses cours par correspondance et vient au Québec pour ses examens. « Ça n’a pas été facile pour elle. Je crois qu’elle a vaincu cet éloignement. Elle a une excellente équipe autour d’elle. Ma fille a appris à vivre seule ses joies et ses peines », raconte sa mère, Lizabel Corina Nitoi. Tout se dessinait bien pour Voicu avant ses blessures. La raquette, qui aura bientôt 17 ans, a subi un double stress à ses deux tibias. Au cours de cette période, celle qui a été sacrée championne canadienne à 14 ans, a été en fauteuil roulant et en béquilles. « Elle ne voulait pas arrêter. Elle s’est entraînée très fort, même en fauteuil roulant. Elle pratiquait ses coups assis pendant deux mois et demi. Elle a beaucoup développé le haut de son corps. Elle a de fortes épaules. » Dernière au classement Inactive pendant une trop longue période, Voicu a perdu tous ses classements. En septembre dernier, elle reprenait au bas de l’échelle. Elle se trouvait dernière au classement ITF parmi les quelque 1500-1600 raquettes juniors au monde. Depuis son ascension a été impressionnante. Elle a pris part à plusieurs tournois soit en Malaisie, en Équateur, en Nouvelle-Zélande, au Mexique, en Philippine et aux États-unis. Au cours de ces différentes compétitions, Voicu a notamment vaincu des raquettes juniors classées 36e, 74e, 86e, 123e au monde. Voicu a d’ailleurs récemment remporté le championnat junior ITF de Malaisie, en simple et en double *(grade 4). Sa performance la plus marquante demeure sa place en demi-finale, en simple (grade 1), le 27 mars dernier, en Philippine. Ses exploits lui ont permis de se hisser au 129e rang du classement mondial et deuxième au Canada, derrière Sharon Fichman, la gagnante du dernier championnat international de Repentigny. Voicu est bien sûr la numéro un au Québec. À sa dernière année junior, Voicu tombera chez les professionnels la saison prochaine . Elle vise d’ici trois ans Wimbledon et Roland-Garros. * Les grades vont en ordre décroissant de 5 à 1. Ensuite c’est A et le grand chelem dans lequel ont compte notamment le tournoi de Roland-Garros en France, Wimbledon en Angleterre et le US Open en Australie. stolen from www.wtaquebec.com
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Post by janie on May 1, 2007 20:42:34 GMT -5
On the Junior forum on wtaworld tonight, in some tournament thread, I posted "Go Anne-Christine" or something like that, and her Mom PM'd me to thank me for the support! Good old wtaworld.
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Post by janie on May 1, 2007 20:43:48 GMT -5
And you've got to admire this kid, playing from a wheelchair when she was injured. I hope she'll do well; she's put so much into it.
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Post by janie on May 2, 2007 11:04:10 GMT -5
www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...TPStory/SportsTop young Canadian takes a breakTOM TEBBUTT Canada's top female junior prospect is on a hiatus from tennis. Sharon Fichman of Toronto decided last month, after a tournament in Orange, Calif., to take a break from competition. "She's been competing since she was about seven years old and I think it sort of took its mental toll," said her father, Bobby Fichman. "She became very restless on the court and couldn't execute her game plan because of mental fatigue, nerves and all that. She's working on a few things and, hopefully, at the beginning of July [in Hamilton] she's going to go back and compete full-time while she works out her issues." Fichman, 16, continues to train regularly. No. 5 in the world under-18 rankings at the start of 2007, she had been playing mostly entry-level professional events to improve her WTA Tour ranking, No. 469. Winner of the 2006 Australian and French Open junior doubles titles with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, Fichman may opt for a U.S. college tennis scholarship after she finishes high school next year. "If she can have some good results over the summer against top players, at that point she would definitely be pursuing the professional career," her father said. "However, if her ranking is not going to get in the top 200 by the end of the year, I don't really see the point in trying to go on a professional career. By the age of 17, if you're not in the top 200, the chances are you can't really make it professionally. At that point, my suggestion - and she's making her own decisions - would probably be to pursue a scholarship." Fichman, whose feisty temperament helps compensate for her being only a few inches taller than five feet, seems to be thriving during her break. "As a parent," Bobby Fichman said, "I honestly think she's a lot happier now than she was when she had to put it on the line every week."
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Post by R. Black on May 2, 2007 17:01:46 GMT -5
dang, I thought she was supposed to be the next canadian big thing, though that according to reports I read, people weren't impressed by her.
Voicu mother, yeah. She's very anxious about her daughter' results.
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Post by janie on May 2, 2007 17:24:03 GMT -5
I guess with her kid living on another continent, Lizabel finds that checking in at wtaworld is another link with her child. And it warms her heart to see strangers rooting for her daughter from afar.
It makes me hope that no one will ridicule and trash Anne-Christine on there; her poor Mom! But that's the way of wtaworld (as Brie's sister found out), though I hope not so much in the junior section.
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Post by janie on May 20, 2007 15:16:43 GMT -5
Wozzy leaves the Hidden World tomorrow! Eggy predicts her new ranking will be somewhere in the 80s, I forget exactly. Goodbye, Hidden World I'm off to join the Journeywomen!Canada's first top-100 in a while, eh? I hope it's the start of a trend (but I sure don't see it)
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Post by Brinyi on May 22, 2007 10:56:23 GMT -5
Aleksandra Wozniak grimpe en 83e position du classement mondial WTA
Après avoir atteint la finale du Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem à Fes au Maroc, Aleksandra Wozniak s'est hissée au 83e rang au classement du Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, un sommet en carrière.
"J'étais déjà très fière d'avoir participé à cette finale hier (dimanche) mais de me réveiller ce matin au 83e rang mondial est également très significatif pour moi, a-t-elle déclaré. Je suis maintenant solidement installée parmi les meilleures joueuses du monde et c'est très encourageant pour le reste de la saison. Avec Roland-Garros qui commence dans une semaine, ça ne pouvait mieux tomber!"
Wozniak, une joueuse de 19 ans de Blainville, est devenue la première Québécoise et aussi la sixième Canadienne à se qualifier pour la finale d'un tournoi du circuit WTA (après Hy-Boulais, Bassett-Seguso, Kelesi, Hetherington, Jeyaseelan). Elle n'avait jamais dépassé le 91e rang au classement WTA, un échelon qu'elle avait atteint à la suite de sa victoire lors du Challenger de Pittsburgh, en novembre 2006.
Wozniak, qui a effectué un bond de 31 places à la suite du tournoi de Fes, participera aux Internationaux de France à compter du 28 mai prochain. Elle accédera alors directement au tableau principal de Roland-Garros pour la première fois dans un tournoi du Grand Chelem.
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Post by janie on May 24, 2007 18:04:56 GMT -5
O Canadians in NCAA Division I tennis rankings, aside from the glorious Melanie Gloria, who is still ranked #3:
23. Diana Srebrovic, U. of Florida 32. Monika Dancevic, U. of Georgia 66. Katarina Zoricic, William and Mary 77. Beier Ko, Harvard
There are probably more Canadians in the list of 125, but they aren't listed by country! These are the ones whose names I recognize.
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Post by janie on May 25, 2007 7:50:11 GMT -5
"Third-ranked sophomore Melanie Gloria defeated North Carolina's Katrina Tsang 6-2, 6-3 during Thursday's NCAA round of 32 in Athens, Ga. Gloria (38-4), spurred on by the cruel indifference of Brinyi, now has won 22 consecutive singles matches. She advances to face Baylor's Zuzana Zemenova (24-7), who is ranked No. 18 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Gloria lost to Zemenova last season during a dual match at Baylor."
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Post by R. Black on May 25, 2007 7:54:27 GMT -5
Radio host made fun of Pelletier this morning. Apparently her goal is to become as good as she was before her injury.
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Post by janie on May 25, 2007 9:23:08 GMT -5
Radio host made fun of Pelletier this morning. Apparently her goal is to become as good as she was before her injury. Oh, well. Now Aleks has seized the crown of the Queen of Quebec tennis, so MEP can enjoy the Hidden World life she loves, without that tremendous pressure of a whole province that she was under before.
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Post by janie on Jun 2, 2007 9:39:58 GMT -5
School's out for the summer!And Melanie Gloria is wasting no time -- she's in the Q draw in the Amarante, Portugal 10k.
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Post by Grarliner on Jun 5, 2007 9:06:21 GMT -5
O Canadians in NCAA Division I tennis rankings, aside from the glorious Melanie Gloria, who is still ranked #3: 23. Diana Srebrovic, U. of Florida 32. Monika Dancevic, U. of Georgia 66. Katarina Zoricic, William and Mary 77. Beier Ko, Harvard There are probably more Canadians in the list of 125, but they aren't listed by country! These are the ones whose names I recognize. Many a Slavic name there, no?
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 5, 2007 9:10:12 GMT -5
O Canadians in NCAA Division I tennis rankings, aside from the glorious Melanie Gloria, who is still ranked #3: 23. Diana Srebrovic, U. of Florida 32. Monika Dancevic, U. of Georgia 66. Katarina Zoricic, William and Mary 77. Beier Ko, Harvard There are probably more Canadians in the list of 125, but they aren't listed by country! These are the ones whose names I recognize. Many a Slavic name there, no? 100% Slavonic since Beier Ko now plays out of Singapore!
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Post by Grarliner on Jun 5, 2007 9:13:33 GMT -5
Many a Slavic name there, no? 100% Slavonic since Beier Ko now plays out of Singapore! She hasn't ditched us, has she! I saw Zoricic play ... Vaidisova. Years and years ago. In 2004. Vaid ruled her.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 5, 2007 9:38:30 GMT -5
Yes she has ditched us. Please see the WTA rankings (at #1118).
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Post by janie on Jun 5, 2007 10:09:26 GMT -5
Amarante 10,qr1: Melanie Gloria (CAN) d Alla Ivanova (RUS) 60 60
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Post by janie on Jun 6, 2007 10:36:18 GMT -5
ttp://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/221468 A new beginning for Drake
The loss of a love and a tennis dream has given the Canadian player a different direction in life and the game she loves Jun 05, 2007 04:30 AM Sharda Prashad STAFF Reporter For 17 years, Maureen Drake flirted with tennis stardom. On the pro circuit, the Toronto-born-and-bred Drake played close to 800 singles matches around the world, winning six titles; seven more in doubles. She played against the best, giving as good as she got. In 2002, she took world No. 1 Venus Williams to three sets before losing in the third round at Wimbledon, and she made it to the fourth round at the Australian Open in 1999, the same year she hit her highest ranking of No. 47. A good player ... but not quite a star; her own country rarely took notice outside of dispatches about Canada's team in the Fed Cup. Today, she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her tennis dream, while trying to hold on to the game that has defined her very being since childhood. Because it's still all about tennis for Drake. Through a rough childhood and heartbreaking losses on, and off, the court, the game remains. "People think when you're a tennis player it's so glamorous and you make so much money," Drake says, playing with her long blonde tresses. "It's just the elite top 10, top 20. ... People think you go on shopping sprees and you're on the red carpet ... and then there's the rest of us." On a tennis court tucked between apartment buildings in uptown Toronto, the 36-year-old Drake is the patient, encouraging teacher of the game bred in her bones. She tells you what she likes ("Your footwork and you're a quick learner just like me") and is quick to compare your talents, in a good way: "That's how Serena (Williams) hits an open stance," she says. For $62 an hour, Drake dispenses her tennis wisdom at Greenwin Tennis Club, a small neighbourhood club in the Yonge-Davisville area that will never be mistaken for Wimbledon or Roland Garros or Flushing Meadow. It is welcome work. Seventeen years on tour produced $780,000 (U.S.) in winnings – about $48,000 a year. She lives with her mother and takes the subway to work. She says she is retired from singles play on tour, but hasn't given up on doubles – though she has yet to play a tournament this year – and trains four hours a week with her coach Trust Chen Pow. It's not quite what she had planned. In January this year, she broke up with her Moroccan fiancé. "I really thought he was the one," Drake says sadly over a green tea latte at a local café. She was going to move to Morocco and start a family. She met the teaching pro in May 2005 while on tour in Morocco, and although he couldn't speak English well and she couldn't speak French or Arabic, they fell in love. Drake learned her fiancé's languages, he put in time learning hers. The romance blossomed, then fizzled. Drake isn't over him. She thought she would try the online dating thing – the new equivalent of dipping your toes back in the dating pool – but after a brief try on LavaLife and MySpace, decided she wasn't quite ready. So, for now, the Greenwin club makes sense. A return to her roots of sorts, but she acknowledges the past was not always pleasant. Drake, an only child, grew up in Toronto under the tough tutelage of her father, August Koprivnik. Originally from Slovakia, the construction worker wanted his daughter to fit into Canadian society so insisted she take on her mother's last name. Her dad coached her until she was 14, then accompanied her to tournaments until she was 19. Drake says he was always very negative and hit her in the car after tournaments if she didn't play well. "It wasn't a father-daughter relationship, it was more of a tennis relationship," she recalls matter-of-factly. The pair are estranged and Koprivnik could not be reached for comment. With the help of a spiritual advisor who was part of the coaching team that helped her crack the top 50, Drake says she was able to release her negative feelings and confront her father. Drake says someone who did a good job as a tennis dad was Venus and Serena Williams' dad. He left his daughters feeling they could do whatever they wanted, she says, and that's how she wants to be as a coach. She plans to take a teaching certification course for tennis, if and when she decides to officially retire as a pro player. Whatever life's path, tennis is a central theme. "Definitely," she says. "Whether it's teaching, or playing recreationally or playing seniors tennis. And if I have a family, I'll get my kids involved. I will introduce them to tennis. I love the game." For now, though, there are still some unresolved issues, and learning to live without the dream. "I'm a little bit disappointed as I would have liked to keep playing tennis longer," she says. "I have to accept where I am." "I'm an in the moment type of person. I'll just take it one day at a time and see what's out there." [Well at least she learned French! ]
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