Tulyaganova Upsets No.1 Bartoli in Return to Tennis
前亞洲一姐
烏茲別克的Tulyaganova終於復出嚕
並且在家鄉取得首勝
擊敗頭號種子法國的Bartoli
這是Iroda近十四個月來參加的第一項比賽
希望她能好好加油 不要再受傷啦
祝福她！
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Iroda Tulyaganova made her return to tennis on Tuesday
in grand fashion at the Tashkent Open.
Playing for the first time in more than a year after having surgery to her
right elbow, Tulyaganova upset the top seed in Tashkent on Day 2, defeating
Marion Bartoli, 64 64.
In front of a home crowd, the 2000 Tashkent winner needed 1 hour, 28 minutes to
win her first match since 2003 Wimbledon. Prior to this week, Tulyaganova last
played at Sopot in August of 2003 and opted to have surgery to repair her
damaged elbow shortly afterwards.
She accepted a wildcard to play in her hometown, the place where she won her
first WTA Tour singles title just four years ago.
"I wanted to make my comeback here, in Tashkent, my hometown, where my fans
will come to watch me," Tulyaganova said.
In a back-and-forth matchup that featured 10 breaks of serve, including seven
in the second set, Tulyaganova emerged victorious, lifting her hands in the
air in triumph after the match.
Tulyaganova said she only returned to the court just one month ago and still
needs to put in some extra work to return to the level that lifted her to a
career-best No.16 back in June of 2002.
"I practiced only for one month and that is not enough," Tulyaganova said. "My
serve is only 50 percent of what it was when I was at my peak."
No.8 seed Tamarine Tanasugarn also joined Bartoli on the sidelines as the
Thai player fell to 17-year-old Russian Evgenia Linetskaya, 64 46 60.
"She played very well, hit every ball back, hit very hard," Tanasugarn said.
"I tried to come back but she didn't allow me."
Linetskaya has played inspired tennis recently and reached the quarterfinals
last week at the Japan Open, where she defeated Nicole Pratt on her way to the
final eight.
"I was the better player today," Linetskaya said. "I just played the match
point by point. I just played my best all the time."
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