Watching Sandra Zaniewska Grow

This thread has been created to support young Polish player Sandra Zaniewska.
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Sandra defeated today Victoria Brook 6:0 6:1 in the first round of Junior Championship Games at Wimbledon :yeah:

thanks for the thread :angel:

well done Sandra :yeah:
she'll play next Kristina Mladenovic who thrashed Elena Bogdan (4) 6-2 6-1 in 1st round :eek: and who plays very well on grass: won Gerry Weber Junior Open and was in Roehampton SF

good luck :help:

meanwhile Sandra in pair with Ola Grela play in doubles event

Babos (HUN) / Jani (HUN) (8) vs. Burnett (ITA) / Trevisan (ITA)
Grela (POL) / Zaniewska (POL) vs. Broady (GBR) / Windley (GBR) (WC)
Berlinecke (GER) / Borecká (CZE) vs. Gorny (RSA) / Marino (CAN)
Doi (JPN) / Nara (JPN) vs. Burdette (USA) / Oudin (USA) (3)

Sandra lost to Mladenovic 6-7(3) 2-6 having SP in 1st set

still better fight than expected

Mladenivic is a great player. Sandra learn from this :hug:

I know Zania personally. Very nice girl even though her boyish image :) :devil:

Say hello and wish her the best of luck :wavey:

Sandra is playing her first game now @ Junior USO

Court 10. Girls' Singles - 1st Rnd.
Silvia Njiric (CRO) v. Sandra Zaniewska (POL)

Yep, unfortunately just lost her first set :( ... Turn it around Sandra!

Gram z laskami z SKT, twierdza ze to lezba :o ale podobno bardzo przyjazna :)

No, wszyscy tak mówią.:rolleyes: A na zdjęciu z Federerem i Nadalem to oni wydawali się mlodsi od niej!:tape:

the only polish girl @ AO in the second week ;-)

(Q)Ting-Fei Juan (TPE) v (wc)Olivia Rogowska (AUS)
(16)Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) v Sandra Zaniewska (POL)

Good luck

good luck ;)

She won both singles and doubles.:worship: Shame that other polish girls didn't come but it's because a lack of sponsorship. Kania, Linette and Kawa could play quallies...

Congrats Sandra :yeah:

she was 1-3 down in singles in second set and also a break down in second set in doubles so good wins :D

wow, Nadia won Nottinghill last week, that's a good win :yeah:

Well done Sandra :) good luck in next round...

Zaniewska - Rogowska
1:6 *3:1

Go, Zania!

1:6 4:2*

Dawaj!

She's serving for the set...

The winner/error count is odd. Both have 0 winners and few UEs (2 and 5). There must be a ton of forced errors...

Sandra loses to Rogowska 6-1, 7-6.

:(... Olivia refocused. Sandra needs to work harder

:sad: Good luck in doubles :hug:

Rogowska? typical Australian name :p

Sandra & Alexandra def. Bogdan & Cercone (3) 6-1 6-2 :yeah:

first career GS quarterfinal, juniors and doubles, but still ;)


good luck against Kamieńska & Pimkina

QF

Aleksandra Krunić / Sandra Zaniewska def. Wiktoria Kamieńska / Karina Pimkina 6-4 6-7(6) 10-8 :D

should have been easier, girls led 5-2 in 2nd & 6-3 in TB ;)



Beatrice Gumulya (INA) / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) (2) in semifinal

I don't expect much of Sandra. She doesn't have anything that I can call a game. She has a surprisingly good serve though... and she looks terribly manly. :tape: She has time on her side though.

SF

Aleksandra Krunić / Sandra Zaniewska def. Beatrice Gumulya / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (2) 6-2 7-6(2) :banana:




against Christina McHale (USA) / Ajla Tomljanović (CRO) (6) in the final

Great, a GS final for her :yeah:

They lost 16 62 4-10. :( Nice result overall though.

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8200/bkruniczaniewska3101sb7.jpg
http://www.australianopen.com/images/pics/large/b_kruniczaniewska_31_02.jpg

:sad: but still well done for reaching slam final :D

Yes, final is still great. :yeah:

Week of March 9, 2009

$10,000 Giza, Egypt

Qualifying First Round:
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) def. Danijela Tomic (SRB) 6-1 6-0

Qualifying Second Round:
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) def. Biljana Pavlova (BUL) (14) 6-1 6-2

Qualifying Third Round:
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) def. April Bisharat (USA) 6-1 6-0

Qualifying Final Round:
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) vs. Tereza Mrdeza (CRO) (3)

The best of luck!

Sandra won Istres International Junior Tournament (Grade 2) :yeah:

Great! :)

Good luck at matura! ;)

Warsaw Open

q1: Sandra lost to Kristína Kučová (SVK) (5) 2-6 1-6

Astrid Bowl QF:

(7)Sandra Zaniewska POL def. (2)Veronica Cepede Royg PAR 26 64 64

Good win as Vero Cepede is 15 in the junior ranking. :) Hope that Zania will repeat Ola Grela's last year achievement. :)

Sandra :yeah:

but Cepede Royg isn't as good as her ranking ;)

RG Juniors

R1: Sanda def. Leolia Jeanjean (FRA) 6-1 6-2 :yeah:

Good revenge, though she should not lose to 13 yo ;)

Good job :yeah:

Sandra won first set vs #1 Robson 7-6(10) :eek:

2nd set for Robson 6-1

1-6 in second :awww:

leading 5-2* in 3rd

Sandra wins 7-6(10) 1-6 6-3 :woohoo: :banana:

R2: Sandra def. Laura Robson (1) 7-6(10) 1-6 6-3 :worship:

Must follow this with another win. Chanel Simmonds (RSA) in 3rd round.

Sandra broke for *3-1 but got broken 3-2*

then Robson got broken from 40-15
Sandra took third game point (from 40-0) to take the lead 5-2*

she had 2 MPs but Laura holds

Sandra *5-3 :)

and 3 MPs :rocker2:

Sandra :worship: Great win

The TB in the 1st set was crucial. My scoreboard showed for a moment that Sandra won it 8-6, but then it changed to 7-7 :o Sandra defended one set point for Robson in TB when Laura was serving :yeah:

Unfortunately only for people who know polish ;-)

http://s24.pl/stalo_sie_zaniewska_w_1_8_finalu_rolanda-s58978.html

:)

Great result; congrats Sandra :yeah:

I don't know what to begin from. So much happened! I am really happy with this win. It was tough but I played a good match. I didn't also used a lot of chances and I must tell that Laura really didn't play that bad. I have never played such a tie-break in my life. The first mini-break was at 8-8! Luckily, I managed to win a first set and I don't hide that I had a luck at tie-break. I got to "free" points because of double faults of my opponent.
The second set was not mine and in the first game of 3rd set I had three break points! At 5-2 I had two match balls and I was incredibly stressed. Luckily I managed to win while I was serving at 5-3. Just after the match I couldn't believe it. But it just happened.
Tomorrow I play also with left-handed player - Channel Simmonds from RSA. I am optimistic and I will try to do my best.
Keeps your fingers crossed!


Sandra

http://s24.pl/img/243/sandra_zaniewska_blizej.JPG http://s24.pl/img/243/zaniewska_nadal.JPG
Rafael Nadal i Sandra Zaniewska
Fot. s24.pl

Vamos Sandra !!! :)

Sandra lost the 1st set to Simmonds 4-6
she lost 4-6 2-6

Honestly, after reading yesterday about her knee injury, I didn't expect much.

Take care, Sandra

Meanwhile, Sandra reached QF in 25k Szczecin. She defeated Soledad Esperon in 2R. In QF she lost to Irina Begu (WTA's TOP 200).

She chose not to participate in Junior Wimbledon this year as she will take part in challenger in Toruń. ;) Good luck!

Sandra lost 1R in Toruń to Piter
Meanwhile was in the final of 10k in Turkey (lost to Ozgen)
Now she won 10k in Iława :banana: - beating Zlochova in final 6-4 6-4

Great :) First title for our strongest junior!

According to polish rankings she's now 3rd after Katarzyna PITER and Katarzyna KALETA :p

First İzmir final, now Iława title. Finally results we expect from Sandra :)

She lost today to Anna Orlik in QF of Tallinn.

No comments Zania :spit:
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Sandra is back at AOJ and won her first match, next probably against number 1... good luck...

Sandra Zaniewska (POL) def (Q)Min Liu (CHN)6:4 6:3

next winner of (1)Timea Babos (HUN) v (wc)Ashling Sumner (USA)

she is also playing double here and can meet with Paula in the 2nd round

Paula Kania POL
Anna Arina Marenko RUS
v
Nour Abbes TUN
Ons Jabeur TUN

Hao Chen Tang CHN
Kobkanok Upapong THA
v
Maryna Zanevska UKR (7)
Sandra Zaniewska POL (7)

Zania won first round :)Next opponent top seed Timea Babos :unsure:
Too bad she lost in doubles, many points out now.

Found an article about her match against Robson, I think it's worth posting:

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The 15-year-old lost to Sandra Zaniewska of Poland 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 after one hour and 54 minutes of highly competitive tennis at Roland Garros.

At two years her senior, Zaniewska had much greater strength from the back of the court than Robson but the Briton fought valiantly only to come up short in a tense final set.

Murray, who faced Fernando Gonzalez on Court Philippe Chatrier this afternoon, has honed his game on the slower surface after spending time at a clay-court training camp in Barcelona as a teenager and that is a route Robson intends to follow.

The top seed said: I hate losing so it's never easier or worse than anywhere else. Andy struggled on clay when he was younger and now he is in the quarters. So I am going to try and do the same as him and keep improving.

She [Zaniewska] hit a lot of drop shots and that's how she won a lot of points. That was her tactic the whole match and it worked.

I ran a lot and now I am pretty tired. I tried my best and at times I could have served better and done a couple of things better but at the end of the day I tried my best so there wasn't much more I could do.

Once you get the ball it's hard to know where to hit it because if you hit it short, she is going to read it so you have to think about where you are going to hit it as you are running and hitting the ball.

By the final set I was extremely tired of running.

Robson battled back from a break down in the opening set to force a tie-break. Zaniewska had the first set point on serve at 8-7 but Robson produced a superb return and forehand winner to draw level.

She then earned a mini-break to force a set point of her own only to serve a double fault.

Zaniewska eventually took the breaker 12-10 but Robson raced through the second set in just 27 minutes to level the match.

But Zaniewska's superior stamina eventually won through and Robson, who will now focus on taking two English GCSE's, admitted: She is definitely more physically developed but I don't think age matters unless they are a whole lot more experienced. She was a lot stronger.

Robson must now wait until next Monday to find out if she has done enough to earn a main draw wildcard into the Wimbledon women's singles from the All England Club.

Zania visiting girls dressing room.

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I've just seen the clips....... so disturbing :sobbing:

Anyway! Zaniewska is in the final of 10k in Koln, where she'll face Julia Babilon and... there will be a livestream :hearts: here: http://www.tennislive.tv/

Zaniewska takes her 2nd title of the year beating Babilon 64 64 in the finals. The match wasn't impressive, Sandra just stayed very consistent in defense, and Julia was hitting UEs one after another. Nice drop shots though.

her drop shots :hearts: She's doing well at Rancho Mirage, advanced both in singles and doubles.

Her gestures after each pts in doubles was really...comic :lol: so expressive.

also took her pic ;) (at my pic acct)

todays she meets Albanese in singles

and with Guskova meets Ishizu/Nakamura in doubles.

itf website;

Ambition in tennis: to win all grand slam tournaments.

:lol:

She again lost to Pliskovas (lost in Quali at Rancho Santa Fe when she teamed with Ozgen) in the doubles final.

Her serve at Semi and Final was unstable, and she conceded the match at tiebreak by committing an DF :sobbing:

But I was much impressed with her good hands. :)

Antalya (10K)

First Round:
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) (6) def. Melis Sezer (TUR) (Q) 6-4 6-3

Second Round:
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) (6) def. Victoire Mfoumouangana (FRA) (Q) 5-7 7-5 6-1

Quarterfinal:
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) (6) def. Isabella Shinikova (BUL) 6-1 6-1

Semifinal:
Marta Sirotkina (RUS) (1) def. Sandra Zaniewska (POL) (6) 6-3 6-2


First singles SF since June

The fact she had a lot of trouble against Mfoumouangana is not very promising. :help:

$10,000, Koeln, Germany, Clay (O)
32 W Christina SHAKOVETS (GER) 6-3 6-3
16 W Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS) 6-4 1-6 6-1
QF W Vanessa HENKE (GER) 3-6 6-0 6-1
SF W Bianca KOCH (GER) 6-3 1-6 6-0
FR Lena-Marie HOFMANN (GER) 6-4 6-2

:clap2:


Great week for Poland (Marta won tournament in singles and doubles, Piter won in doubles and now Sandra in singles) :)


SANDRA RANKING
Current Singles 436
Current Doubles 378

After this win she will be higter in singles ;)

After this she won't be ranked higher as she won this tournament last year. ;)
Congrats for the title and defending points ;)

Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (5)Conny Perrin (SUI) 63 64
Precious win :)

Yeah, excellent win for her :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOEEX3XdU3g&feature=player_embedded
Vote people! :)

The "What do you know about Zania" test :lol:
http://www.funtest.pl/test/zaniula/

Is she injured? She played her last tournament in July and it ended with a retirement.

She played also in August a week ago in 10k in Germany but lost in QF.

Sandra is playing in Australia some 25k tournaments these days.
This week she's in Cairns, and will play 2nd seed Rogowska in first round. In doubles she plays, like last week, with Adamczak (so many Polish names there :lol:).

$25,000 Cairns (AUS):
R1: Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (2)Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 64 57 20 Ret.
R2: Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Akiko Omae (JPN) 61 60
QF: Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Bojana Bobusic (AUS) 63 63
SF: Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (Q)Jessy Rompies (INA) 62 60
F: (6)Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Sandra Zaniewska (POL) 64 76(3)

Doubles:
R1: Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. Ozgen/Starr (TUR/AUS) 61 64
QF: (2)Calderwood/Dominikovic (AUS/AUS) d. Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) 57 62 10-7

Watch out for her, she is coming.
Top300 at the end of the season isn't that unrealistic for her. Already with her result from Cairns where she is in SF at least she is around top330. She has a real shot to make final in Cairns, may be seeded in two next tournaments. Will play 25k in Darwin (Australia) and at the week of WTA Beijing Esperance 25k also in Australia.

Final in Cairns! Sandra will play against Casey Dellacqua for her first 25k title in career :)

Lost to Dellacqua in two tight sets but still a great achievement considering she was not able to win a round in MD in the tournaments in Australia last year.

She will play Australian events until the end of the year so it seems she wants to qualify to Australian Open. :p She had her best result in junior career there too. ;) (doubles final with Krunić, lost to McHale/Tomljanović in Super TB).

She went there with Ozgen as they share coach. Sandra still lives in Turkey.

$25,000 Darwin (AUS):
R1: Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Samantha Murray (GBR) 67(3) 62 63
R2: Sandra Zaniewska (POL) v (1)Olivia Rogowska (AUS)


Doubles:
R1: Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. (wc)Disaya/Ryan (AUS/AUS) 61 62
QF: Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. (4)Litvak/Patterson (USA/AUS) 63 62
SF: Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) v Alves/Murray (BRA/GBR)

Go Sandra :)

New career-high this week for Sandra in singles, as she has entered top 300 at the 292th spot :)
She's currently the Pole n°5 between Linette and Piter.

She's going to play next week in Istanbul.

$25,000 Wellington (NZL):

Singles:
R1: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (Q)Nina Catovic (AUS) 61 62
R2: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (Q)Angelique Svinos (AUS) w.o.
QF: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Risa Ozaki (JPN) 62 26 75
SF: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (1)Chanel Simmonds (RSA) 76(4) 62 :yeah:
F: (8)Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) d. (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) 61 64

Doubles:
R1: (1)Bengson/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. Geuer/Haas (GER/GER) 75 62
QF: (1)Bengson/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. Adamczak/Cannizzaro (AUS/AUS) 36 61 12-10
SF: (4)Han/Koshino (KOR/JPN) d. (1)Bengson/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) 63 75

She will be 4th ranked Polish after this tournament. She'll be higher than Magda Linette.

Sandra wants to approach the top 200 in the next months; hopefully she will make it :yeah:

Duan will take on fifth seed Sandra Zaniewska of Poland who upset South African teen Chanel Simmonds, the top seed in straight sets 7-6(4) 6-2. Zaniewska had made just one previous final at US$25,000 level, Cairns last year but says she’s just pleased to be there challenging for the title.

“Obviously I’m happy. It’s great to be in another final. I’m really, really happy to have made it through. I don’t mind if it’s indoors or outdoors in the final. I’ll just keep the ball in play and hang in there. I want to move from around the 300 ranking to around 200 in the next six months which means I can make qualifying for the Grand Slams,” said Zaniewska (below) who believes Polish tennis is on the rise and she wants to be part of its high profile. “There are top ranked players who are leading the way and for me as I change from juniors to seniors I can see there’s potential to make a good career if I keep on improving.”

Source: http://www.tennisnz.com/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=8072

Sanda lost in final, 1:6, 4:6.

$25,000 Ipswich (AUS):

Singles:
R1: (8)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Erika Takao (JPN) 62 60
R2: (8)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Chinami Ogi (JPN) 60 61
QF: (8)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (Q)Risa Ozaki (JPN) 64 62
SF: (8)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Tina Schiechtl (AUT) 67 61 60
F: (8)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 76(5) 61 :yeah: :yeah:

Doubles:
R1: (4)Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. (wc)Catovic/Wallace (AUSA/US) 60 62
QF: (4)Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. Bai/Fitzpatrick (AUS/GBR) 61 61
SF: (4)Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. (wc)Casey/Ryan (AUS/AUS) 63 64
F: (4)Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. Aoyama/Namigata (JPN/JPN) 75 64 :yeah:

First 25k title in Ipswich. Defeated Barty 7:6 6:1.

Good tournament for Sandra :eek:

Congrats to her, winning the titles in both singles and doubles :yeah:

She should be ranked around the #215 spot within a week :)

Zania in Ipswich:

http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2012/03/27/1226311/504670-sandra-zaniewska.jpg

claycourt in Australia, this must be pretty rare ;)

Already in QF of 25k Bundaberg.

recent form is impressive indeed! :yeah:
congratulations and keep it up Sandra!

$25,000 Bundaberg (AUS):

Singles:
R1: (7)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (wc)Ashling Sumner (AUS) 62 61
R2: (7)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Sally Peers (AUS) 63 46 64
QF: (7)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (2)Isabella Holland (AUS) 61 62
SF: (7)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (8)Junri Namigata (JPN) 62 61
F: (7)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 63 62 :yeah:

Doubles:
R1: (3)Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) d. Elie/Hollands (USA/NZL) 75 60
QF: Hadzic/Sumner (AUS/AUS) d. (3)Adamczak/Zaniewska (AUS/POL) 64 26 10-6

I would have never thought she would get anywhere close top200 when I watched her 2 years ago. She's pretty much a shoe in now.
Got to the final in Bundaberg beating Namigata 2 & 1 and will face another Japanese Aoyama in the final.

Im afraid its another Linette-case though.

Linette seems she changed her coach and something changed in her life (well Kasia Piter's brother is travelling with her for the tournaments now :tape:). About Linette it's most about the confidence. Zania is training in Turkey in the same academy as Gajdosova. She's totally a different case.

Sandra bagged her 2nd title in Australia. 63 62 in the final. 3 titles within a fortnight, has it ever happened in Polish tennis?

3? :scratch:

congrats Sandra :yeah:

Radwańska in Miami, 2 titles for Sandra down-under.

Sandra bagged her 2nd title in Australia. 63 62 in the final. 3 titles within a fortnight, has it ever happened in Polish tennis?

Linette and Piter in 2010?

They did grab their titles in one week as far as I remember. :)

Sandra on the road to Europe :)

$25,000 Tunis (TUN):

Singles:
R1: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Lenka Wienerova (SVK) 36 75 75
R2: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (Q)Raluca Olaru (ROU) 63 75
QF: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Ines Ferrer-Suarez (ESP) 64 62
SF: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (1)Bibiane Schoofs (NED) 61 26 63 :eek:
F: (5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (wc)Ons Jabeur (TUN) 64 46 62 :yeah:

Doubles:
R1/QF: (4)Gojnea/Zaniewska (ROU/POL) d. Kucova/Wienerova (SVK/SVK) 64 60
SF: (2)Ferrer-Suarez/Hogenkamp (ESP/NED) d. (4)Gojnea/Zaniewska (ROU/POL) 60 62

14 wins in a row for Sandra, as she defeated today Bibiane Schoofs in the semifinals of Tunis :eek:
She will be the favourite for the title now, against Jabeur or Hogenkamp.

http://www.sportevasion.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Zaniewska2.jpg

Sandra :eek:
Nice results :)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578209_214515938652176_181382511965519_250031_1090 206977_n.jpg

on the left ;)

If she wins tomorrow, she'll surpass Domachowska and will be Polish number 3.

(5)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. (wc)Ons Jabeur (TUN) 64 46 62 :yeah:

Third 25k title of the season for Sandra.

Chiasso 25k:

1R: (Q)Stefanie Vogt (LIE) d. Sandra Zaniewska 4:4 ret. :hug:

abdominal muscle injury, apparently nothing serious. Sandra needs rest.
Greetings for her. I know she visits this website ;)

now she will get some rest :)

where will she play next?

is RG in her plans? :p

14 May - 20 May 2012, $25,000 Caserta, Italy, Clay, Outdoor (#9. in MD)

And yes, she will play in RG-Q ;)

RG-Q R1 win over Sacha Jones 64 62 Number 3 spot in Polish players ranking before Domachowska. :yeah:

She's beaten Dolonc in the 2nd qualifying round 76(1) 36 63 and will face Eva Birnerova next. :yeah:

Sandra lost first set to Birnerova 4:6.
It's funny. Paula Kania beat Birnerova a week ago in German bundesliga - 6:2 2:6 10-6
Hope she can win a three setter two.

Birnerova won 64 36 64

Seems Sandra has wd from Maribor so where will she play next?

(It just wierd as she has a new coach who lived in Maribor...)

Sandra Zaniewska Official

Kolejny ciezki i dobry mecz. Niestety sie nie udalo, ale walczylam do konca i bylam bardzo blisko. Wielkoszlemowy debiut zaliczam do udanych :) jutro wracam do domu (wycofalam sie z nastepnych dwoch turniejow - Maribor i Zlin 25,000$) ze wzgledu na uraz plecow, ktorego nabawilam sie na lidze w Berlinie. Jutro po powrocie sprawdze czy jest to cos powaznego. Dziekuje za wsparcie ! :)

Another tough and good match. Didn't make it, unfortunately, but put up a good fight and I was really close. Overall, as for my first Slam, Im pretty happy with the result :) tomorrow I'm going back home (I withdrew from next two tournaments - Maribor and Zlin 25,000$) due to back injury I got during league matches in Berlin. Later tomorrow I'll check whether it's something serious.
Thanks for your support ! :)

Sandra :hug: She's so prone to injuries... That's why she hasn't made any progress for two-three years. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

I read article in eurosport.pl and they were comparing Zaniewska to Mauresmo there. :sobbing: I could even agree...

Zania anounced on facebook that her next tournaments will be Birmingham quallies.

Sandra in WTA Birmingham quallies :cheer: (it's her 2nd grass tournament this year. First one was in 25k Mildura, Australia)

(1)ZHENG, Jie CHN vs GRANDIN, Natalie RSA
(12) ZANIEWSKA, Sandra POL vs KOPS-JONES, Raquel USA

First one is winnable. Kops-Jones is unranked doubles specialist.

Does she still have her new coach Tina Pisnik? (Here Tina and me at Wimby 2000) and its a real pic! ;)

http://www.caroline-wozniacki.info/tinap2skan.jpg

Good Luck Sandra in B.minham!


Note: I will delete the pic tomorrow ;)

Has Sandra played and the sb don't works?

Sandra until she found Tina didn't have any coach who could actually travel with her (she trains in Turkish Academy in Istanbul as well - the same as Jarka Gajdosova). In Poland she has also one coach but he works with other players as well so he can't travel with her. That said, I think she will cooperate with Tina for a longer time as she needs someone who will introduce WTA world to her and Tina is the best person to do that as she was herself top30 player.

Seems like they wait for C3 to be ready, match now on the sb...

Sandra wins 61 46 61. :)

Jie Zheng next.
Just do your best.

Sandra playing Wimbledon qualies, 61 61 vs Lertcheewakarn. Buzarnescu up next.

Good win! :) GL in next round! :)

Plain sailing against Buzarnescu as well... 63 61. Thunder up next.

She's really impressive this year, and so solid mentally. Second time she plays in GS qualies, second time she's in the final round and on very different surfaces :yeah:

In the same time, Janowicz has qualified for the main draw. Good day for the Poles :)

Yeah, hopefully she will follow in his foot steps tomorrow. :)

Some mps wasted, BUT she dit it!! :)

Sesil being passed 63 46 64. Main draw waiting. Top 100 the next target?

Sandra :eek: What an amazing season for her!

Great job. Will see tomorrow who she's going to get in the MD. 100 pts would do wonders to her ranking... hopefully the draw will be kind for her.

Nice to see like Sandra is growing in strength.

Gram z laskami z SKT, twierdza ze to lezba :o ale podobno bardzo przyjazna :)

No nareszcie, Bogu dzieki :)

hę?

Peng for Sandra... Not an easy first round, but Peng hasn't had great result so far this year.

Good luck Sandra!

Gram z laskami z SKT, twierdza ze to lezba :o ale podobno bardzo przyjazna :)

No i dobrze. Tak jakby miało to jakiekolwiek znaczenie... zresztą, mówi się "lesbijka" :rolleyes:

Nie bez szans w meczu z Peng, która nie grała na trawie chyba w tym sezonie. :)

Sandra has just won the second set against Peng, 7-6(3) ! Sandra is going to serve first in the final set.

Finally she lost the match, 2-6 7-6(3) 3-6. There was a medical time out at 3-2 (I think), but I don't know if it was for Shuai or for Sandra. Great fight though, I didn't expect that :yeah: The last game of the match, on Sandra's serve, was quite long with some MP saved by Sandra as well as some game points wasted.

Sandra really impresses me more and more, she seems to be so solid... If she keeps this form, she can reach the top 100 soon :)

Impressive from her :) I hope she won't have to play US Qualies and that she will somehow keep up her form :yeah:


- Brakło mi doświadczenia na pewno. W tych ważniejszych momentach ona była lepsza i to jej udało się wygrać. Nie jestem tak do końca zadowolona z tego meczu, choć myślę, że jak na pierwszy raz tutaj i te wszystkie emocje, to nie było źle. Ona jest 32. na świecie, a ja nie miałam nic do stracenia - powiedziała 20-letnia Zaniewska, która w Wimbledonie już startowała, ale w rywalizacji juniorek.

- To mój pierwszy Wimbledon tak naprawdę, bo gra wśród juniorek to zupełnie inny świat. To są właściwie dzieci, które patrzą na tych największych: o tu Nadal, a tu Federer. Tym razem jestem praktycznie jedną z nich, więc jest trochę inaczej. Cieszę się z tego, bo mam za sobą bardzo dobry rok i chciałabym to kontynuować. Tutaj zdobyłam w sumie 65 punktów, ale 30 mi spada za ubiegłoroczne starty w turniejach ITF. Jednak muszę regularnie wspinać się w rankingu i będzie dobrze. Chciałabym tu wrócić za rok, ale już wtedy nie przebijać się przez eliminacje - zaznaczyła.

Spotkanie trwało dwie godziny i osiem minut. Chinka zakończyła je przy trzecim meczbolu, przy serwisie rywalki. Atutem w grze Polki były dropszoty oraz mocny topspinowy bekhend, który przynosił jej sporo punktów, szczególnie w tie-breaku drugiego seta.

- Peng to druga tenisistka z pierwszej setki, z jaką miałam okazję grać. Dwa tygodnie temu w Birmingham przegrała ostatni mecz w eliminacjach z Jie Zheng. Wiadomo jak Chinki grają, szczególnie na trawie, trzeba je przede wszystkim wybić z rytmu. Próbowałam slajsem, ale ona z tych slajsów robiła sobie co chciała w większości. To nie wystarczyło, więc musiałam cały czas mieszać rytm - powiedziała Zaniewska.

Polka, sklasyfikowana na 160. miejscu w rankingu WTA Tour, do turnieju głównego przebiła się przez trzy rundy eliminacji. Dzięki temu w Londynie zadebiutowała w Wielkim Szlemie.

- Przejście eliminacji tutaj, na trawie, która nie jest moją ulubioną nawierzchnią, potem rozegranie bardzo dobrego meczu w pierwszej rundzie, było dla mnie szokiem. To daje pewność siebie, że potrafię grać w tenisa. Myślę, że teraz będzie coraz lepiej. Po Wimbledonie wrócę na korty ziemne i zagram dwa turnieje ITF rangi 50 i 100 tysięcy dolarów w Europie. Pod koniec lipca przejdę już na twarde korty i będę się przygotowywać do eliminacji US Open

What's her next tournament?

NVM it's Baku

Good Luck Sandra in Baku! :)

Court 3 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Caroline Garcia vs. Marta Domachowska
2. Sandra Zaniewska vs. Elina Svitolina (NB 16.00hrs) (Ithink 12 noon CET)

Poles on C3 tomorrow:

Baku R1: Sandra Zaniewska d. Elina Svitolina 6-1, 7-6. :)

Another nice win for Sandra. Let's hope it means something.

After Baku she played just two tournaments - Vancouver challenger where she retired. 1st round of US Open quallies was not successful. Now in September she's nowhere to be found on entry lists. Hopefully her injury is not too serious...

Sandra will be finally back on courts next week, in Clermont-Ferrand (25k) :)

She lost her opener. :(
She can't win a match now!

Dear Fans, please forgive me my long absence in tennis and Facebook.. This week I have played my first tournament, since I lost in US Open qualies. In the second game of my match in NY, I sprained my sacroiliac (SI) joint. Because of that, I was forced to get some rest and after two weeks I started rehab. Tournament in Clermont-Ferrand (ITF 25,000$) was meant to be a test for my joint, I still wasn't able to serve fully, but it went quite well overall. For the rest of this week, I'm doing rehab and from Monday on I'm back on court and I will continue my practices, my next tournament will be 08.10 ITF 50,000$ in Joue les Tours, France.

Source: Sandra's official Facebook page

$50,000 Joué-les-Tours (FRA), indoors hard:

> Singles:
R1: Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Petra Rampre (SLO) 75 36 64 :yeah:
R2: Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Sandra Zaniewska (POL) 64 63

> Doubles:
R1: Linette/Zaniewska (POL/POL) d. Brengle/Riske (USA/USA) 62 62
QF: (2)Beltrame/Coin (FRA/FRA) d. Linette/Zaniewska (POL/POL) 64 61

From Sandra's official Facebook page:
Kolejny sezon czas zacząć! Po wylądowaniu w Auckland, walka ze zmianą czasu. Wesołej końcówki Świąt wszystkim moim fanom i ich najbliższym.

Time to begin another season! After landing in Auckland, fighting the jetlag. Merry last day of Christmas to all my fans and their beloved.

Sandra won't be able to compete at the Australian Open, and shouldn't play before 3 months because of a back injury :sad:

Sandra's comeback tournament is 10k in Torrent, Spain (red clay, outdoor) on 1st April. It should be her practise/preparatory tournament before WTA Katowice to which she got MDWC. :)

Glad she's coming back soon, she seemed really promising before the back injury.! :) I like the way she uses heavy topspin on her shots, it's a nice break from all the flat shots used on the WTA tour. :yeah:

In Katowice for the draw ceremony :)
Her eyes :hearts:

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Sandra gets two good wins in German Bundesliga, today over Chiara Scholl 6-3 6-2 and on Friday after winning with Michaela Honcova from Slovakia 6-2 1-6 12-10. Good for her confidence and coming back after injury.

Unfortunately she isn't likely to catch Roland Garros qualies, where she lost in the third round...

Aw, it's a shame she missed out on RG. :sad: :hug:

$25,000 Casablanca (Morocco) - Outdoor clay:

> Singles:
R1: (2)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Justine Ozga (GER) 75 62
R2: (2)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Angelica Moratelli (ITA) 36 61 60
QF: (2)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d. Laura Thorpe (FRA) 64 57 62
SF: (2)Sandra Zaniewska (POL) v (5)Pemra Ozgen (TUR)

> Doubles:
R1: (2)Kostova/Zaniewska (BUL/POL) v BYE
QF: (2)Kostova/Zaniewska (BUL/POL) d. Luz/Parres Azcoitia (POR/ESP) 63 62
SF: (2)Kostova/Zaniewska (BUL/POL) d. El Allami/Lalami (MAR/MAR) 62 64
F: (2)Kostova/Zaniewska (BUL/POL) v Ozga/Zaja (GER/GER)

Great week for Sandra in Casablanca, with a singles semifinal and a doubles final so far :)

Good for her. Without her RG and Wimbledon points she'll drop a low, she needs to win a lot to save her ranking in top300 at least.