Martina & Liezel lost their first round match in Doha today, knocked out 5-7 6-3 7-5 by Eleni Daniilidou and Anabel Medina Garrigues.
!@#$!%#@$^@#$!!!
!@#$!%#@$^@#$!!!
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
Doha: Tuesday order of play
The Order of Play for Doha tomorrow is out. Good luck, Martina & Liezel!
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Tennis - Give it a shot!
On Wednesday, Martina participated in a press conference in Dubai to announce tour sponsor Sony Ericsson's support of a tennis initiative for children called "Tennis - Give it a Shot!" Martina & Lucie Safarova engaged in a few mini-tennis drills with children at the City Centre Mall in Deira (north Dubai) and posed for pictures afterwards. Click here for a short article on the program from the Khaleej Times. And here to visit the WTA Tour's photo gallery for pics (select gallery Dubai2).
1st World Outgames in Montréal
Martina will be involved with the World Outgames to be held in Montréal this summer. The Outgames is a new event on the LGBT scene and comprises of 35 sporting disciplines and 4 cultural activities, to be held July 29 to August 5. Prior to the Games, Martina will participate in the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights. The conference is expected to adopt a final resolution affirming LGBT rights entitled the 'Declaration of Montréal.' Martina will read this declaration at the Games' opening ceremony.
You can read more in the press release on the Outgames website here. For more information on the origins of the Outgames which arose after a dispute with the Gay Games license holders, check out this Wikipedia entry. The Gay Games will be held a week earlier in Chicago. More information on the conflict and the two competing Games can be found here. FYI, Billie Jean King serves as an ambassador to the Gay Games along with Melissa Etheridge, Elton John, Rudy Galindo and others.
Looking at the tennis calendar, Martina's participation at the Outgames means she will definitely not be able to play the Bank of the West Classic in Palo Alto, California that week. Which ordinarily shouldn't be a surprise given that she hasn't played there since it moved from Oakland 10 years ago; but then she told Out Traveler last year, it was one of her favorite tournaments!!????
You can read more in the press release on the Outgames website here. For more information on the origins of the Outgames which arose after a dispute with the Gay Games license holders, check out this Wikipedia entry. The Gay Games will be held a week earlier in Chicago. More information on the conflict and the two competing Games can be found here. FYI, Billie Jean King serves as an ambassador to the Gay Games along with Melissa Etheridge, Elton John, Rudy Galindo and others.
Looking at the tennis calendar, Martina's participation at the Outgames means she will definitely not be able to play the Bank of the West Classic in Palo Alto, California that week. Which ordinarily shouldn't be a surprise given that she hasn't played there since it moved from Oakland 10 years ago; but then she told Out Traveler last year, it was one of her favorite tournaments!!????
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Upcoming schedule
Now that I'm back, I think I need to summarize Martina's upcoming schedule for those who might not be in the know as yet...
Like I said earlier, she is playing Doha next week with Liezel Horn-Huber.
Martina will not be playing Indian Wells this year...
She will be in Miami next for the Nasdaq-100 Open. Martina has not missed this event since 2001.
She is definitely not playing Amelia Island or Charleston this year.
There is a possibility Martina will make her claycourt season debut in Warsaw in May for the J&S Cup. This would mark her first tour appearance in Poland since winning the European Amateur Championships as a 17-year-old in 1974 in Wrclaw - a result that has since been carelessly omitted from her WTA Tour record.
Martina will be making a return to Prague in May for the ECM Prague Open. This will be her first-ever WTA Tour event in Prague. The news attracted a lot of media attention as the following sources will attest: Reuters, AFP, The Prague Daily Monitor. The original articles in Czech from Mlada Fronta Dnes can be read here and here. Martina last played competitively in the Czech Republic in 1999 in Prague, an exhibition mixed doubles match with Jan Kodes against Helena Sukova & Jiri Hrebec. Martina & Jan won the pro-set match, 9-6.
Rome follows with the Italian Open. Martina has never skipped this event since her return to the tour in May 2000.
Roland Garros, of course, is next.
Martina confirms she will be returning to Eastbourne this year. Last year, she opted to skip Eastbourne for 's-Hertogenbosch.
To be following, naturally, by Wimbledon...
Besides Doha - and perhaps Prague where she might play with Kveta Hrdlickova-Peschke - we don't know who Martina's doubles partner is going to be at the remaining events. She has indicated that she would like to play a few events with Martina Hingis...
Like I said earlier, she is playing Doha next week with Liezel Horn-Huber.
Martina will not be playing Indian Wells this year...
She will be in Miami next for the Nasdaq-100 Open. Martina has not missed this event since 2001.
She is definitely not playing Amelia Island or Charleston this year.
There is a possibility Martina will make her claycourt season debut in Warsaw in May for the J&S Cup. This would mark her first tour appearance in Poland since winning the European Amateur Championships as a 17-year-old in 1974 in Wrclaw - a result that has since been carelessly omitted from her WTA Tour record.
Martina will be making a return to Prague in May for the ECM Prague Open. This will be her first-ever WTA Tour event in Prague. The news attracted a lot of media attention as the following sources will attest: Reuters, AFP, The Prague Daily Monitor. The original articles in Czech from Mlada Fronta Dnes can be read here and here. Martina last played competitively in the Czech Republic in 1999 in Prague, an exhibition mixed doubles match with Jan Kodes against Helena Sukova & Jiri Hrebec. Martina & Jan won the pro-set match, 9-6.
Rome follows with the Italian Open. Martina has never skipped this event since her return to the tour in May 2000.
Roland Garros, of course, is next.
Martina confirms she will be returning to Eastbourne this year. Last year, she opted to skip Eastbourne for 's-Hertogenbosch.
To be following, naturally, by Wimbledon...
Besides Doha - and perhaps Prague where she might play with Kveta Hrdlickova-Peschke - we don't know who Martina's doubles partner is going to be at the remaining events. She has indicated that she would like to play a few events with Martina Hingis...
Disappointment in Dubai
First post of the year!
Martina made her 2006 debut this week in Dubai at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. She was seeded #4 with the South African Liezel Horn-Huber. Unfortunately, they were upset in their opening round match, going down to the wildcard pair of Jelena Jankovic of Serbia & Montenegro and Na Li of China 1-6 5-7. Martina & Liezel served for the second set at 5-4 and had two set points but failed to capitalize.
Information on yesterday's match can be found in the following articles from the Emirati media: Khaleej Times, The Gulf Today. Scroll down a bit to get to the relevant news. Check out Getty Images for photos from yesterday's match and a pic of Martina from the tournament's player party in Dubai.
Martina next heads to Doha, Qatar for the Qatar Total Open where she is also expected to play with Liezel.
Martina made her 2006 debut this week in Dubai at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. She was seeded #4 with the South African Liezel Horn-Huber. Unfortunately, they were upset in their opening round match, going down to the wildcard pair of Jelena Jankovic of Serbia & Montenegro and Na Li of China 1-6 5-7. Martina & Liezel served for the second set at 5-4 and had two set points but failed to capitalize.
Information on yesterday's match can be found in the following articles from the Emirati media: Khaleej Times, The Gulf Today. Scroll down a bit to get to the relevant news. Check out Getty Images for photos from yesterday's match and a pic of Martina from the tournament's player party in Dubai.
Martina next heads to Doha, Qatar for the Qatar Total Open where she is also expected to play with Liezel.
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