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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: Ipswich, England
- Turned Pro: Pro (1997)
- Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- 2009 Ranking: 84
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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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| Roddick v Blake, Sharapova Top Seed: Memphis Preview |
| ), and Dent (2003).
Women's Seeds: Maria Sharapova, Melanie Oudin, Kaia Kanepi, Lucie Hradecka, Petra Kvitova, Kristina Barrois, Vania King, Elena Baltacha
Floaters: (WC) Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Arantxa Rus, (WC) Nicole Vaidisova, Michelle "The Screamer" Larcher de Brito, Karolina "The Spreminator" Spr... |
2010-02-13
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| Petrova Pummels Clijsters at Australian Open; Henin Survives |
| y. Bondarenko has won eight straight matches including her Hobart title run.
Second-seeded Dinara Safina quietly rolled over Britain’s Elena Baltacha 6-1, 6-2. The 2009 Australian Open finalist now earns a date with fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko, a 7-5, 7-6(4) victor over Roberta “Da” ... |
2010-01-22
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| Ivanovic Dumped; Williams Win in Oz; Tennis-X Notes |
| Agnieszka Radwanska over Alla Kudryavtseva, all in straight sets.
Friday's matches of note in Melbourne include (2) Dinara Safina vs. Brit Elena Baltacha, (8) Jelena Jankovic vs. (31) Alona Bondarenko, unseeded Justine Henin vs. (27) Alisa Kleybanova, (15) Kim Clijsters vs. (19) Nadia Petrova, and Jie ... |
2010-01-21
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| Henin Edges Dementieva in 2nd Rd. Aussie Open |
| a falling to qualifier Yanina Wickmayer, (26) Aravane Rezai losing to German Angelique Kerber, (30) Kateryna Bondarenko tripped up by Britain's Elena Baltacha, (28) Elena Vesnina falling to Italian Tathiana Garbin, and (24) Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez losing to China's Jie Zheng.
Seeds of note advancing... |
2010-01-20
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| Andy Murray Interview - Wimbledon, June 23 |
| 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... |
2009-06-23
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| Australian Open: Friday Notes |
| 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... |
2009-01-29
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| Sharapova Leads, Venus Struggles at Wimbledon |
| 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. Brand... |
2007-06-27
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| Peer Wins in Three in Eastbourne, Henin, Mauresmo in Action Today |
| ds 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... |
2007-06-20
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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