|
Venus eases into Proximus Diamond Games'quarters
12/02/03 |
Venus Williams is the third top seed who secured her
place in the quarter finals after having dismissed
Maja Matevzic.
The tournament's defending champion had no trouble
whatsoever in erasing Matevzic in her second-round
match. Williams overpowered the Slovenian 6-1,6-2.
|
|
Henin-Hardenne sneeks to quarters 12/02/03 |
After Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin-Hardennne also
booked her place in the quarters. She overcame
qualifier Zuzana Ondraskova in two sets.
|
| Justine Henin (foto photonews) |
|
Henin-Hardenne had built up a 5-1 lead,but then the
Belgian lost her composure. For a moment, it even
looked as if she would loose the set but
Henin-Hardenne recovered and secured it after all.
In the second set Henin-Hardenne needed a tie-break
(7-2) to sneek past Ondraskova.
|
| Stevenson surprisingly upset 12/02/03 |
Day three's upset on the Proximus Diamond Games
occurred when French Virginie Razzano erased
eigth-seeded American Alexandra Stevenson 6-2,6-3.
Previously, Razzano had successfully dismissed Leslie
Butkiewicz,Camille Pin en Elena to book her place in
the main draw. In her qualifying matches the
Frenchwoman only lost 9 games.
In her first-round match Razzano immediately had to
cross swords with top-seeded Alexandra Stevenson. It
was Razzano who eliminated the American and not the
other way around, as could have been expected based on
the players'seeds. Razzano could very well go on
stunting and prolong her stay in Antwerp as Tina
Pisnik awaits her in the next round.
|
| Clijsters and Flipkens move on in doubles 12/02/03 |
Belgian Elke Clijsters and Kirsten Flipkens saw their
places in the second round of the doubles secured
after having bested Perebiynis and Gubacsi in three
sets.
|
| Elke Clijsters and Kirsten Flipkens. (foto reporters) |
|
The Hungarian and the Ukranian managed to win the
first set, but from then on the Belgian duo dominated
the match and they won the next two sets.
Clijsters-Flipkens await top-seeded duo Dokic-Bedanova
in the next round.
"To be honest, we hadn't expected this victory "
Clijsters admits. " People shouldn't expect to much of
us , because we're still young."
"In our next match, we'll take off as the underdog
which is good. Every match is a new opportunity, so
I'm glad we can spend another day here. I still enjoy
playing tennis, and that's what it's all about!"
|
| Older news items: |
| |
