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Elena Baltacha - News and More
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| Nationality: GBR (Great Britain) |
| Birthdate: August 14, 1983 |
| Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine |
| Residence: Enfield, Middlesex, England |
| Turned Pro: Pro |
| Plays: Right-handed |
| 2008 Ranking: 136 |
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| Coached by Alan Jones and Jo Durie; previously coached by Jimmy Mackechnie ... Began playing at age 10 ... Mother, Olga, is a former Russian pentathlete living ... Read Full Bio |
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| Andy Murray Interview - Wimbledon, June 23 |
| nd, maybe the only British player. What's your reaction to that?
ANDY MURRAY: Uhm, it's not great. I mean, I don't know when the last time that's happened. If Baltacha loses, I don't know if that's going to be the first time in a long while that that's happened.
You know, but, yeah, it's disappointing. I think, uhm, you know... |
2009-06-23
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| Australian Open: Friday Notes |
| at least they should hold such a contest...
From MVN tennis blogger Lexa Lee: "Fat/unfit players, especially the girls: Casey Dellacqua, Kaia Kanepi, Elena Baltacha, Alisa Kleybanova, Kuznetsova, S Williams, and yes, Nalbandian, who seems to be allergic to Slams. Marion Bartoli, ever unfit, wilted after the first set again... |
2009-01-29
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| Venus Loses, Federer v Safin Today at Australian Open |
| a Garbin who retired in the first with an abdominal strain), (18) Dominika Cibulkova (d. Chan Yung-Jan, bagel in the first), (20) Amelie Mauresmo (d. (Q) Elena Baltacha from a set down), (21) Anabel Medina Garrigues (d. Julie Coin), (22) Zheng Jie (d. Melinda Czink in three), and (31) Alona Bondarenko (d. Severine Bremond in t... |
2009-01-22
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| Nalbandian, Del Potro, Dementieva Win Titles; Federer Messes with Djoker's Head |
| (SVK), Florian Mayer (GER), Peter Polansky (CAN), Xavier Malisse (BEL), Michael Berrer (GER), Andrea Stoppini (ITA)...
Women's Aussie Open qualifiers: Elena Baltacha (GBR), Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR), Katie O'Brien (GBR), Melanie Oudin (USA), Kimiko Dat Krumm (JPN), Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL), Karolina Sprem (CRO), Julia Schru... |
2009-01-18
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| Safin Shocks Djokovic; Brits Bag on Fat Players at Wimbledon |
| some match points and from that point on I just thought 'It's my second chance.'"
The Serb will next face China's Zheng Jie, who knocked out Britain's Elena Baltacha in straight sets.
Two seeds were not so lucky on Day 3 of The Championships, with Anabel Medina Garrigues outlasting (20) Francesca Schiavone 9-7 in the thi... |
2008-06-25
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| Sharapova Leads, Venus Struggles at Wimbledon |
| down), (8) Anna Chakvetadze (d. Kerber), (10) Daniela Hantuchova (d. Pavlyuchenkova 0-and-1), (11) Nadia Petrova (d. King 0-and-1), (19) Katarina Srebotnik (d. Baltacha in three), (23) Venus Williams (d. Kudryavtseva in three), (24) Alona Bondarenko (d. Craybas), (26) Ai Sugiyama (d. South), (27) Sam Stosur (d. Brandi in three... |
2007-06-27
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| Peer Wins in Three in Eastbourne, Henin, Mauresmo in Action Today |
| of the seeds in action on day 2 made it safely past the first hurdle. It was also a good day for the British contingent at the $600,000, Tier II event as Elena Baltacha and Katie O'Brien battled past their opening-round opponents to take their place in the round of 16.
Shahar Peer, the tournament's No.6 seed, has been... |
2007-06-20
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| Vaidisova, Safarova Winners in Eastbourne |
| week away.
It was also a good day for Great Britain in the qualifying event, with two of the four qualifying spots being secured by home grown players. Elena Baltacha put in an impressive performance to dismiss Julia Schruff 61 61, while Katie O'Brien overcame a second set wobble to record a notable 76(4) 26 62 triumph over ... |
2007-06-19
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Recent fan comments for Elena Baltacha:
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Nia Braidford Says:
Hi Bally,
Good luck this week. Well done for getting to the semmi finals in
Nottingham.
I was at a County Cup this week-end in Bedford. I had 4 singles I lost 3 in
the tie-break and won 1 5-3. I came from 3-0 down. It was wet and windy and
hard.
See you at Eastbourne
Love
Nia
Posted on June 7, 2009 at 08:52 ET
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