Hantuchova overcomes tape problem to reach last eight
Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:56:05 PM ET
By Barnaby Chesterman
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova overcame an early ankle problem to breeze into the quarter-finals of the Luxembourg Open by
beating Anna Chakvetadze 6-4 6-1 on Wednesday.
Hantuchova, the fifth seed, called for the trainer just three games into her
second round match against the Russian 18-year-old.
Despite the problem, she stormed into a 4-0 lead before closing out the set and
then dominated the second set against a rapidly deflating opponent.
"I had inflammation of tendonitis and felt it three days ago so I couldn't
practice before the tournament," said Hantuchova.
"I had treatment on the ankle but the problem in the match was not the ankle
it was the tape. It was too tight and I had no feeling in my foot.
"I tried to forget about it but I couldn't. It's annoying to ask for the
trainer after just three games and I don't like to do it but I had no choice."
Italy's Francesca Schiavone is also through to the last eight after Virginie
Razzano of France retired with a strained thigh muscle after losing the first
set 6-2.
Hantuchova repeated the form she showed in the final set of her first round
match on Tuesday where she thrashed Spain's Anna Medina Garrigues 6-0 in the
decider after two tie-breaks.
The Slovakian is enjoying a renaissance in her career after recently climbing
back into the top 20 for the first time since January 2004.
Hantuchova will play either fourth seed Nathalie Dechy or France or
Madagascar's Dally Randriantefy who brushed aside American Meilen Tu 6-1 6-2
in the first round.
In other first round matches, Italy's Roberta Vinci edged out Michaella
Krajicek of the Netherlands 7-6 6-4, qualifier Jarmila Gajdosova of Slovakia
beat Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik 7-6 6-4 and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany
defeated Greece's Eleni Daniilidou 6-4 6-4.
韓娃娃受傷了..
希望沒有大礙....
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