Selima Valentine Exhibitions

Yesterday Selima Valentine returned to action and faced good friend Sabine Graf ... Here are the results.

first set...

Graf to serve...

1-0<br />*<br />*<br />2-0<br />*<br />*<br />3-0<br />*<br />*<br />4-0<br />*<br />*<br />5-0<br />*<br />*<br />5-1<br />*<br />*<br />6-1

second set

1-0<br />*<br />1-1<br />*<br />1-2<br />*<br />1-3<br />*<br />1-4<br />*<br />1-5<br />*<br />1-6

third set

0-1<br />*<br />0-2<br />*<br />0-3<br />*<br />0-4 <img src="eek.gif" border="0"> <br />*<br />1-4<br />*<br />1-5<br />*<br />2-5<br />*<br />3-5<br />*<br />4-5<br />*<br />5-5<br />*<br />6-5 <img src="eek.gif" border="0"> <br />*<br />6-6

tie-break

0-1<br />*<br />1-1<br />*<br />2-1<br />*<br />3-1<br />*<br />4-1<br />*<br />5-1<br />*<br />5-2<br />*<br />6-2<br />*<br />7-2

Sabine GRAF def. Selima VALENTINE 6-1 1-6 7-6 (2)

<br />Later today Selima faces Jelena Dokic <img src="eek.gif" border="0">

http://espn.go.com/media/ten/2000/0802/photo/aa_kourn.jpg<br />selima during the match

selima was quiet happy with the result and had a lot of fun on the court. the crowd (25.ooo poeple) supported both players - at the end a little bit mor for selima, according to her bad luck in the past.

http://www.fitcommerce.com/Uploads/MY_IMAGES/63091000305383238/Anna%20Kournikova%20photo.jpg<br />selima during the press conference after the match vs. her good friend sabine

"it was a lot of fun playing again, her at my home town hamburg. the crowd was incredible. i still not play on my level, but i am not far away from it. at the moment i think i need more experience to beat such players like sabine, jelena or larissa. it was great"

when asked about medonika' attacks, she answered.

"these will have consequences, my lawyers are working - i will not have anything in common with her, so no more comments."

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Sabine Graf together with her brother in Hamburg

S.G.: "It is fantastic to see Selima back in action, I hope she will play her best tennis next year. She is a great friend and I wish her all the best for the future."

Bryanne Pierce: I am so glad that you are not going retiring! <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> Great to see you on-court again <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> See you at Gold Coast in Australia!

<img src="graemlins/wavey.gif" border="0" alt="[Wavey]" />

Jelena Dokic def. Selima Valentine 7-5 7-5 <img src="eek.gif" border="0">

grrrrr. selima lost again - but she's happy to be on the court again.

congrats jelena!

and thanx alx for making and posting the results!