Wednesday, February 22, 2006

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.

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