Week 44 - Womens ITF (100k+h) - Bratislava, Slovakia

Happycynic · Pro player

Week 44 - Womens ITF (100k+h) - Bratislava, Slovakia

DavidC · Tennis legend

Anne is in the bottom quarter, with a reasonable starter by the standards of this tournament (both Meusburger and Anne are top 100 but unseeded). Meusburger is strongest on clay and has not won a match since the US Open. However Brit-basher Niculescu is then likely to bar her path, and she has thrashed Anne twice this year (Australian Open/Bangalore)

(6)Monica Niculescu (ROU) v (wc)Kristina Kucova (SVK)
Anne Keothavong (GBR) v Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)
(wc)Lenka Wienerova (SVK) v Q
(2)Iveta Benesova (CZE) v Lucie Hradecka (CZE)

PockyTastic · Futures level

Here's hoping that if Anne beats Yvonne, that Kucova takes out Niculescu....

DavidC · Tennis legend

In doubles Anne teams up with Kelly Anderson again, with a nice opener but a very strong Czech pair as likely QF opponents

Anderson/Keothavong (RSA/GBR) v (wc)Jurikova/Kucova (SVK)
(4)Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE) v (wc)Boczova/Wienerova (SVK)

steven · Tennis legend

Anne's not on the OoP for today, but for when she does play, there are live scores at http://www.ritroopen.sk/program.html

DavidC · Tennis legend

Anne plays her doubles at 10 tomorrow, but doesn't play singles until Wednesday.

wolf · Tennis legend

Andersonová & Keothavongová lost the doubles 6-3, 3-6, 9-11.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Anne's singles starts at 11am GMT on Court 3. There are live updates after each game on the above site.

wolf · Tennis legend

Keothavongová leads 3-1 early doors.

wolf · Tennis legend

First set Anne 6-1.

wolf · Tennis legend

Anne was 2-0 up in the second set but it is now 2-2.

wolf · Tennis legend

Anne breaks for 5-3. I think she is serving for it this game.

wolf · Tennis legend

L32: Anne Keothavongová WR 74 beat Yvonne Meusburgerová (AUT) WR 100 6-1, 6-3 smile

Drew · Oct 29, 2008

Good win. A concrete top 100 player should be beating players ranked outside the top 100 and Anne is proving it is not fluke to be ranked 74.

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Excellent first round win. I think Anne has already proven that her ranking is no fluke. I really think top 50 is realistic. What I think she really needs to move onto the next step is a win against a big name player. She's run Bartoli close and done well against Venus and Dementieva without getting a set but I can't think of any single victory that was really "Wow!" (Schiavone being the best, I guess). I think once she gets a top scalp the belief it will give her will raise her game to the next level.