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Post by Annie on Feb 16, 2007 14:59:01 GMT 3
Unfortunately I come baring bad news  Lena had to retire from her match with Elna Likhovtseva in Antwerpen due to an elbow injury  Get well soon Lenochka!  |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Feb 16, 2007 17:57:52 GMT 3
Poor Lena - hope she gets well soon.
Funny enough i was looking at the scoreboard all yesterday and all i saw was 6-2 1-1 - never at one point did i think she may have retired hurt, i thought scoreboard was'nt working
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Post by Annie on May 17, 2007 16:28:45 GMT 3
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Post by Annie on May 18, 2007 15:31:30 GMT 3
Out of Rome unfotunately Lost to Jelena Jankovich 1/6 2/6 |
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Post by Dido on May 26, 2007 19:12:39 GMT 3
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Post by Annie on May 28, 2007 7:51:16 GMT 3
Welcome back darling ;D ;D ;D And good luck at RG ;D
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Jun 2, 2007 0:58:50 GMT 3
49 UE & 14 DF!!!!!!!!
Enough said.
BTW Yes she did lose but she did look cute as ever!
Start the grass season already!
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Post by helloticky on Feb 29, 2008 22:20:39 GMT 3
Dementieva move to final in Dubai barclay to face Kunezowa
WOW both Russian Girl...^_^...come on girls
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Post by helloticky on Mar 1, 2008 20:18:02 GMT 3
Congratulations Dementieva champion of Dubai barclay 2008 she beat Kunezowa It's was another great match ^_^
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Post by Annie on Mar 3, 2008 16:35:29 GMT 3
Dementieva Wins All-Russian Final For Ninth Career Title
DUBAI, UAE - No stranger to fighting back from a set down, Elena Dementieva claimed her ninth Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title on Saturday, beating countrywoman Svetlana Kuznetsova in the night-time final, 46 63 62.
In a draw that featured the world's Top 4, few people would have given the No.11-ranked Dementieva a shot at the outset of the week. But she would not disappoint, taking out Patty Schnyder and Alona Bondarenko in straight sets in the early rounds then notching come-from-behind wins over world No.3 Ana Ivanovic and Francesca Schiavone in the quarters and semis.
She came out slowly versus world No.2 Kuznetsova in the final, dropping the first two games of the match and eventually the first set, but the fighting spirit that has helped her claw her way back so many times in the past rose from the ashes once again and she would concede only five more games the rest of the way, eventually notching the three set championship victory over her fellow Russian.
"I think I was playing wrong tactically in the first set; I was hitting the ball too short," Dementieva said. "I realized I had to move her around more and not just stay back and hit crosscourt, and I had to step in more and go for my forehand winners. I became more aggressive and it worked. It was a great match and I was playing really well, probably my best match in a long time."
"I'm very disappointed - I had all sorts of chances today but I just couldn't take them," Kuznetsova said. "At the start of the match we were pretty even, but as the match went on my level kept dropping lower and lower. I began to try going for winners too early in the points and that just didn't work against her."
Dementieva has done well as an underdog in the past. Her wins over Ivanovic and Kuznetsova were her 35th and 36th career Top 10 wins - but perhaps more intriguingly they were her 15th and 16th Top 10 wins as a non-Top 10 player, having earned her first 13 before even breaking into the Top 10 and now three more since dropping out. But Top 10 wins aside, Dementieva will rise from No.11 to No.10 on the next rankings, her 198th career week inside the ultimate elite.
"The whole week I had such a bad draw; this tournament is really popular and so everyone had it like that, but I'm just happy I was able to play my best at the end of the week," Dementieva said. "In the past I was playing Paris and Antwerp and so I didn't make it here, but I heard so many good things about it from the other players and I came this year. And I have no regrets!"
While Dementieva improves to 9-11 lifetime in finals Kuznetsova is now 9-14, having lost seven of her last eight (her only win in that run coming at New Haven last August, where she was trailing Agnes Szavay in the final when the Hungarian succumbed to injury and retired from the match). Kuznetsova had a solid week in Dubai nonetheless, taking out longtime rivals Amélie Mauresmo and world No.4 Jelena Jankovic en route to her second career final at the Tier II event.
The 13th all-Russian Tour singles final wasn't the only match in the headlines; the biggest noise of the week was made in the quarterfinals as Schiavone pulled off a shock straight set win over world No.1 and four-time Dubai champ Justine Henin, ending the Belgian's unbeaten reign at the event (she was 17-0 here going into that one). And earlier on Saturday the No.1-ranked pair of Cara Black and Liezel Huber won its second title of the season, beating China's Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the final, 75 62. It was the 14th title of their illustrious partnership
CONGRATS LENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woohooo ;D
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Post by Annie on Mar 3, 2008 16:39:09 GMT 3
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Post by helloticky on Mar 3, 2008 18:34:32 GMT 3
I was watching the match LIVE on TV they was awesome ^_^
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Post by dendy on Jul 13, 2008 19:57:04 GMT 3
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Post by hellanvodka on Aug 17, 2008 11:53:49 GMT 3
2008 Olympics Gold medalist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well done Elena, all hard work paid off!!! So proud of you!!!!
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Aug 17, 2008 18:09:44 GMT 3
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Lena had to retire from her match with Elna Likhovtseva in Antwerpen due to an elbow injury 
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