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• Karatantcheva Left Australian Open
19 January 2010
 
In the continuation of the postponed 1st round match of the Australian Open Tamarin Tanasugarn of Thailand defeated Sesil Karatantcheva 6-1 7-6(1). Sesil could not use the advantage in the games 6-5 that she had and Tamarin won to 6-6. In the tie-break Karatantcheva took only 1 point and lost the match.
During the week of 1 February Karatantcheva will play in Fed Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The national team of Kazakhstan plays in Group I of Asia/Oceania Zone.
• The Match of Sesil Karatantcheva and Tamarin Tamasugarn Was Postponed for Yuesday
18 January 2010
The rain changed the whole Day 1 program of the main draw of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday. Because of delays of many matches Karatantcheva and Tamasugarn started to play only in the evening hours on Monday. The Thai player quickly took the first set 6-1. Then she was about to take the match by leading 5-1 Sesil saved 5 match-balls. Karatantcheva won the next 5 games to 6-5. The judges then suspended the match and it will be continued on Tuesday at the same Court 6 after the match between Olga Govortsova and Angelique Kerber which starts at 11 am local time.
• Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand is the Opponent of Sesil Karatantcheva at the Stat of Australian Open
15 January 2010
Sesil Karatantcheva will start vs the 32-years-old Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand in the first round of the Australian Open. The matches of the first round start on next Monday and Tuesday. Tanasuragn's current ranking is 99, back in 2002 she reached her best ranking of 19. The Thai has 3 singles titles in her career.
If Sesil is successful at the start she would meet Seed 15 Kim Clijsters BEL, the ex-No 1 and current WTA rank 15 in the second round.
• Main Draw Wild Card for Karatantcheva at Australian Open
13 January 2010
The organizers of the 1st Grand Slam tournament of the new year Australian Open gave wild card for the main draw to Sesil Karatantcheva as the best ranked player from an Asian country that does not otherwise directly enter the main draw. Sesil will start on 18 or 19 January and the opponent will be clear when the main draw is announced on Friday, 15 January.
• The Ex No 1 Justine Henin Defeated Sesil Karatantcheva in the Second Round in Brisbane
6 January 2010
    
Sesil Karatantcheva succeeded to repeat her last year participation at the 220'000 USD WTA tournament in Brisbane, Australia. Karatantcheva showed very good game but the ex World No 1 Justine Henin of Belgium won the 2nd round match 6-4 6-3. Karatantcheva leaves the tournament with 46 WTA ranking points and 2950 USD of the prize money.
Next week Sesil will compete in the qualifications of the 1st Grand Slam tournament of the year Australian Open in Melbourne.
• Justine Henin is the Opponent of Sesil Karatantcheva in the Second Round in Brisbane
4 January 2010
Justine Henin who returned to the tour after 1.5 years will be the opponent of Sesil Karatantcheva in the second round of Brisbane International. Henin started her new career with a win over Seed 2 and Rank 20 Nadia Petrova of Russia with a result of 7-5 7-5.
• The Winning Series of Karatantcheva Continues at Brisbane International
4 January 2010
Sesil Karatantcheva succeeded to defend her WTA ranking points from last year by reaching the second round of the 220'000 USD WTA International in Brisbane. In a match that lasted 1 h and 40 minutes Sesil Karatantcheva defeated the Australian Casey Dellacqua, ex-39 rank who played her first match after February 2009 after back injury.
• Karatantcheva Entered the Main Draw in Brisbane
3 January 2010
The presentation of Sesil Karatantcheva of 2009 in Brisbane is about to be repeated as she defeated Evgeniya Rodina of Russia second time in a row and entered the main draw. Karatantcheva and Rodina took one set each and reached 6-6 in the 3rd set so the match was decided in a tie-break which was won by Sesil 7-4.
The opponent of Karatantcheva in the first round of the main draw will be the Australian Casey Dellacqua who enters the draw with wild card. Dellacqua is at WTA rank 1002 currently as she is back to tour from injury from 2008 when she reached her best ranking of 39. If Karatantcheva succeeds in the first round then she might play either Nadia Petrova of Russia, WTA rank 20, or the ex-No 1 Justine Henin of Belgium who enters the tournament with wild card.
• Sesil Karatantcheva Defeated Rank 86 Taiwanese Chan
2 January 2010
Sesil Karatantcheva will play in the main draw entry decisive match of Brisbane International in Australia. On Saturday Karatantcheva defeated 6-3 7-6(2) the 86 rank Yung-Jan Chan of Taiwan in the second round of the qualifications.
The next match of Sesil is against the Russian Evgeniya Rodina, Seed 7, WTA Rank 99. This match is replay from the qualifications of Brisbane International from last year when Karatantcheva succeeded to enter the main draw after winning over Rodina 6-1 7-6(4).
• Successful Start for Sesil Karatantcheva in the New Year 2010
1 January 2010
Sesil Karatantcheva started the new year with convincing defeat over the Japanese Misaki Doi, WTA Rank 201, in the opening round of the qualifications of the 220,000 USD joint WTA and ATP tournament in Brisbane, Australia. Karatantcheva gains 6 WTA ranking points and $460 of the prize money so far. The next opponent of Sesil is the tennis player from Taiwan Yung-Jan Chan, seed 2 of the qualifications, current WTA rank 86.
Last year in Brisbane Sesil reached the 2nd round of the main draw after winning 3 matches in thr qualifications and in the 1st round of the main draw.
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