The Mighty Sesil Karatancheva Thread Vol. 2

Heres a thread just for her :bounce: you can post results and stuff about Sesil :speakles::)

Old thread (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=129550)

Happy chatting! :wavey:

She did well against Sharapova KEEP IT UP girl

Great tournament for Sesil ! Her movement is amazing :P

Hopefully in this new thread we'll soon discuss Sesil's Wimby QF :)

Great tourny for Sesil :worship: Hopefully plenty more good tournaments for her in 2010, the WTA needs a character like Sesil at the top. :)

Great tourny for Sesil :worship: Hopefully plenty more good tournaments for her in 2010, the WTA needs a character like Sesil at the top. :)

Definitely :lol: I know she gained a whole lot of fans this week (Sammy01 and Legend1 for example :p) and that's always great. England loves Sesil :hearts:


New thread :yippee:

Thanks to Shepster for the pics:

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Gianpedro_DelSheppio/AEGON%20Classic%202010/IMG_2649.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Gianpedro_DelSheppio/AEGON%20Classic%202010/IMG_2651.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Gianpedro_DelSheppio/AEGON%20Classic%202010/IMG_2663.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Gianpedro_DelSheppio/AEGON%20Classic%202010/IMG_2668.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Gianpedro_DelSheppio/AEGON%20Classic%202010/IMG_2669.jpg

She is looking smoking :D

(2) Larsson vs. Karatantcheva
Llagostera Vives vs. Kustova
Han vs. Schruff
Albanese vs. [15] Manasieva



Pfffffffffffffff Good luck

Llagostera Vives :rolleyes: - she is good and for me she is the strongest opponent here . Also Schruff can be dangerous .

Good luck ! :)

I really think she is well capable of beating all those girls.

Sesil won 4-6 6-3 6-4 what a match and awfril start 0-4 Congarts

2005 was the last time Vives actually did anything major in singles.
She is also one of those Spanish who can't play on anything but clay, I think Sesil is defiantly capable of beating her.

Although being capable of doing something and doing it are different things. :scared:

Sesil also is playing doubles with Tsveti :)

Sesil also is playing doubles with Tsveti :)

Yeah:bounce: Go Girls

Tsveti and Sesil should be a cool team :lol:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs517.ash1/30455_408413859268_661574268_4189478_2692427_n.jpg

Wearing Maria Kirilenko's old Stella dress.

Wimbledon Championships - London, Great Britain - Grand Slam

Singles:

Q-R96: http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Kazakhstan.jpg Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) vs. http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Sweden.jpg [2] Johanna Jenny Larsson (SWE) - 4/6 6/3 6/4
Q-R48: http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Kazakhstan.jpg Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) vs. http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Spain.jpg Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)

Doubles:

R16: http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Kazakhstan.jpg Karatantcheva / http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Bulgaria.jpg Pironkova vs. [8] http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Hungary.jpg Marosi / http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Germany.jpg Woerle

Wimbledon Championships - London, Great Britain - Grand Slam

Singles:

Q-R96: http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Kazakhstan.jpg Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) vs. http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Sweden.jpg [2] Johanna Jenny Larsson (SWE) - 4/6 6/3 6/4
Q-R48: http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Kazakhstan.jpg Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) vs. http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Spain.jpg Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) - 3/6 6/2 3/6

Doubles:

R16: http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Kazakhstan.jpg Karatantcheva / http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Bulgaria.jpg Pironkova vs. [8] http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Hungary.jpg Marosi / http://www.grigor-dimitrov.comlu.com/images/flags/Germany.jpg Woerle

:( :( :(

Sesil lead 3-1 final set :o

Oh no :(
GL in doubles, then.

:bigcry:

So sad to see her go out. I wanted her at Wimby, hopefully she qualifies in doubles.

What the ...

From Wimbledon qualifying:

http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu33/lynxy_tennis/Wimbledon%202010%20Qualifying/DSC_0356crop.jpg

http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu33/lynxy_tennis/Wimbledon%202010%20Qualifying/DSC_0428crop.jpg

Thank you for the pictures :)

Up against Alisa Kleybanova in R1 of Budapest tomorrow.

awful draw

Bet365 will show this match :D

FedererBulgaria Нещо с еднакви аватари сме :S xaxaxa

Good luck tomorrow Sesil :)

Bet365 will show this match :D

FedererBulgaria Нещо с еднакви аватари сме :S xaxaxa

Вече не :P ;)

Good Luck Sesil take Alisa out :worship:

Aideeeeeeeee

Getting started.

http://www.justin.tv/bumelant28/popout

If you wanna watch :)

ohh my

Sesil came back from 1-4 to served for the set at 5*-4 30-15 before double faulting and getting broken :sobbing:

Poor Sesil :sad:

As I said in the result thread if she had gotten Alisa later in the tournament it might have been better for her, drawing the top seed round one sucks :mad:

Alisa Kleybanova v Sesil Karatantcheva- 06 Jul 2010- GDF SUEZ GRAND PRIX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZP5IDaGtW4

Budapest R1: Alisa Kleybanova vs. Sesil Karatantcheva

http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/namedImage/12781/player_311777.jpg vs. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/namedImage/12781/player_311810.jpg

MATCH: http://forum.vaidisova-nicole.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=7191&p=13611#p13611

Sesil won her first Q round in Palermo after 6-3 4-6 6-2 win over Stephanie Vongsouthi. He will play vs. Karin Knap in the second round ;)

Sesil beat Karin Knapp 3-6 6-1 7-5 after KK served for the match :) Proud of her for fighting.

She will face M. CAREGARO for a spot in the MD. Caregaro has not dropped more than 2 games in a set so far this tourney :unsure:

Sesil great comeback against Knapp. :worship:

:o 4-6 3-6 to Caregaro

Sesil Karatantcheva and Tzveti Pironkova being beautiful, together off court and good friends.
Bulgarian Girls are the most beautiful, I should I am one. LOL

http://i28.tinypic.com/3523ero.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/5l3uv6.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/30t15q9.jpg

http://i31.tinypic.com/2mfkldg.jpg

http://i26.tinypic.com/6j0wsm.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/nei1k2.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/2hr1itl.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/2n6tb88.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/xok2sn.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/n384sy.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/96yzj7.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/xqeyat.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/2z5vn9f.jpg

Great pictures :hearts:

:hearts:

Sesil :worship: :worship:

Just need Sesil on the hard courts now, the clay tourneys have sucked :o

Pics from GM :sobbing:

Sesil is sugar and spice, and all things nice.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/169/5qigfoippvn556593596780.jpg
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/9402/5rmtjsogvxn556593596780.jpg
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3184/9321y67sb56440113812208.jpg
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3380/cmnuulrlhl6440113848233.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1606/ic3ajlkq4fn556593596809.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1910/l0p9r2r24i6440113848213.jpg
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6087/l7dpbue4x16440113848248.jpg
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/4467/m1qkfmnnm36440113848223.jpg
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/9308/oi2r6i6f93n556593596780.jpg
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8286/oiljm1ele26440113812188.jpg
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/6125/qvql9hpi01n556593596809.jpg
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9415/r7m7l6jbfb3570840311874.jpg
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/7215/xz74rjmxli3570840311872.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9274/yxuknfx8v8n556593596780.jpg

I like girls kissing and groping each other :devil:

Sesil's just having fun, after years of torment, which a 15 year old minor didn't deserve, because it should of been her guardians in the dock, taking part, if not full responsibility.

Portoroz Q1: Fedak def. Karatantcheva 62 61


Oh Sesil :sobbing:

WTF

How did she lose this :help: Its not even clay.
:o

(WC) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) - Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) / Anna Tatishvili (GEO)

Portoroz Doubles.

:o

Although to be fair she was playing JJ who has been known to carry doubles partners.

The doubles draw sucked for her and Anna.:bigcry:

:o

Although to be fair she was playing JJ who has been known to carry doubles partners.

The doubles draw sucked for her and Anna.:bigcry:

Definitely. :o Oh well, they took it to a third and made it close so that's always a positive thing.

Some pictures:

http://www.sloveniaopen.si/sites/sloveniaopen.si/files/imagecache/galerija_big/galerija/AAFF4554.JPG

http://www.sloveniaopen.si/sites/sloveniaopen.si/files/imagecache/galerija_big/galerija/AAFF4488.JPG

http://www.sloveniaopen.si/sites/sloveniaopen.si/files/imagecache/galerija_big/galerija/AAFF4478.JPG

She got bagelled by Dzehalevich in Istanbul :sobbing:

She got bagelled by Dzehalevich in Istanbul :sobbing:

:help:

4-1 for Sesil :banana:

well im just hoping she was asleep in the 1st set :help:

6-1 for Sesil !!!

well im just hoping she was asleep in the 1st set :help:

You're right - Sesil won 0-6, 6-1, 6-3 !

She served horrible in the first set thats why she was bagelled :) but it was the best match of the qualies today, both girl hit really hard, without thinking any kind of defence..

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6084/ses.th.jpg (http://img840.imageshack.us/i/ses.jpg/)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8105/ses2.th.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/i/ses2.jpg/)

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9612/ses3.th.jpg (http://img821.imageshack.us/i/ses3.jpg/)

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6971/ses4.th.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/i/ses4.jpg/)

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1420/ses5.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/i/ses5.jpg/)

And she is hoottt :hearts:

Sesil must have still been hungover for that first set :o

Come on Sesil Qualify, Larsson who Sesil beat in Wimby qualies is in a freaking Tour Final :sobbing:

:woohoo:

So she lost :bigcry:

BUT

I decided to randomly search through old threads on Kournikova.com and saw the one revolving around Sesil's ban. At the time I wasn't a major tennis fan and was mainly and Kournikova, Wimbledon and Ivanovic fan and just followed Ana's results and watched Wimby each year.

Anyway I was so mean about Sesil :sad: I was totally against her back then, I was shocked by myself :o :o
Now she is like my freaking idol.:cheer2:

Im Sorry Sesil :sad: :sad:

:tears: How rude, she was with child. Be more respectful!

In all seriousness, does anyone know what her next tournament is?

She said in an interview that she is going to America. ;)

Where is Sesil? :sobbing:

She played Cincinnati Qualies, but lost in the 1 Qualifying round.

Saw that :sobbing: She had lost before I realised she was in the draw :sad:

She isn't in Montreal or The Bronx this week though. :shrug:

Maybe she is getting fully prepared for USO Qualies.

Sesil is the 29th seed at the US Open Qualies. She will play vs. the German Kathrin Woerle - currently ranked 173.

Very convincing first win 6:0 6:3

:yeah:

6-1 1st set keep it up

6-1 6-2 one more aideeeeeeee

Sesilica one more pls :D

Unfortunately she lost to Lucic who qualified and made R2, which is nothing to be ashamed of for Sesil. :lol:

Where is she heading next? Asian International qualies or ITFs?

I feel Sesil could have beaten JJ :sobbing: :sobbing:

She is listed on the 100k Sofia list. Its on clay on the 13th September so I guess that is her first tourny.

WTA.2010.Linz.WS.R1.S.Errani.vs.S.Karatancheva
Part1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YK6K6N6B
Part2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y39OQA0R

thunderous :yawn:

WTA.2010.Linz.WS.R1.S.Errani.vs.S.Karatancheva
Part1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YK6K6N6B
Part2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y39OQA0R

So rare that we get to see her matches, thank you. :worship:

her second serve is orgasmic :D

Sesil vs Masha IW 2004 highlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWuxYoJs3Rk&feature=player_embedded#!

I wish this girl will wake up in current Sesil !

(3)Vania King (USA) v Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) Brisbane :sad:

:sad: Brisbane QR1 : Vania King def. Thonderous Sesil Karatantcheva 63 63

From Davodus through a fence at Brisbane.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wataaylW3_I/TR150DN0FuI/AAAAAAAACnc/wn0HXNxILNE/s640/Brisbane%20International%202011%20086.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wataaylW3_I/TR15yUFYsLI/AAAAAAAACnU/HXsOc5hxDCg/s640/Brisbane%20International%202011%20085.JPG

Sesil vs Masha IW 2004 highlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWuxYoJs3Rk&feature=player_embedded#!

I wish this girl will wake up in current Sesil !
:hearts: :hearts: :hearts: :hearts: She was so good and fierce.

Shvedova withdrew from Hopman Cup so we get to see Sesil play Henin tomorrow. :woohoo:

Woohoo

Sesil vs Justine

Justine Henin d Sesil Karatantcheva 6-4, 6-3
Ruben Bemelmans d Andrey Golubev 6-4, 6-4
Henin/Bemelmans d Karatantcheva/Golubev 4-6, 6-2, (10/8)

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00PJ1YBd25aMr/x610.jpg

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08MW0TQc49dUG/x610.jpg

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0czWfpSdMCdZq/610x.jpg

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bHN1jE8uK1qu/x610.jpg

Guys, in case you have not seen that - because I could not watch that Hopman Cup match anywhere:

"BELGIUM has won its first Tie of Hyundai Hopman Cup XXIII with Ruben Bemelmans beating world No. 36 from Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev to wrap up the win after Justine Henin earlier defeated Sesil Karatantcheva.

Henin began the day beating new Kazakhstan representative Karatantcheva 6-4, 6-3 and then 178th ranked Bemelmans played an outstanding men's singles match to beat Golubev 6-4, 6-4. The mixed doubles then went to a deciding Match Tie-break with Belgium prevailing 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (10/8).

The win keeps Belgium alive now at Hyundai Hopman Cup XXIII after an earlier loss on Saturday to Australia, while Kazakhstan have lost hopes of making the Final after also losing to Serbia three-nil on Sunday.

In the women's singles, Henin had to come back from a second set deficit to down the new Kazakhstan representative.

Karatantcheva flew in last night from Brisbane to replace the injured Yaroslava Shvedova and had the daunting task of taking on the former world No. 1 and winner of seven Grand Slam titles.

Henin did as expected and raced out to an early 4-1 lead, but the Kazakh former world No. 35 and 2004 girls French Open winner then found some form. While she did lose the opening set with Henin taking it out 6-4, she then had the Belgian great somewhat on the ropes to start the second.

Karatantcheva made a stunning start to the set breaking Henin's serve and opening up a 3-1 advantage, but Henin isn’t one of the all-time women's players for nothing and hit back hard.

She went on and won the last five games of the set to win it 6-3 and give Belgium a winning start."

Sesil obviously played well - after all Ana Ivanovich lost to Justine by the same result today.

Alicia Molik d Sesil Karatantcheva 6-3, 6-2
Hopman Cup :-(
At least Sesil is getting very good matches under her belt before the Australian Open

Thanks for Sesil's pictures, Caralenko!

HC website put up some more :D

http://hopmancup.com/upload/images/gallery/XXIII-Kazakhstan/Session5_KaratantchevaSesil8.jpg

http://hopmancup.com/upload/images/gallery/XXIII-Kazakhstan/Session5_KaratantchevaSesil9.jpg

http://hopmancup.com/upload/images/gallery/XXIII-Kazakhstan/Session5_KaratantchevaSesil10.jpg

http://hopmancup.com/upload/images/gallery/XXIII-Kazakhstan/Session5_KaratantchevaSesil6.jpg

[QUOTE=Caralenko;18941804]HC website put up some more :D

Nice! Thank you. I was going to put up pictures of Tsveti Pironkova from Medibank last year and I can't believe I have been so flat out for a year, that I did not manage! :D:D

She's in the final of 25k Clearwater and will play Tomljanovic for the title.

Sesil in Marbella :)

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199575_212650215418746_172242589459509_949702_4001 661_n.jpg

keep trying sesil!

Sesil :dance:

Sesil is in the second quali round of Roland Garros :)

QR1: def. Jin-A Lee (KOR) 75 63 after being 25 down in the first set and 02 in the second. Nice fight!

QR2 def. Krajicek 26 61 64 :)

QR3: lost to Govortsova 46 62 36 :(

She looks highly motivated :)

http://www.rolandgarros.com/images/pics/misc/f_Karatantcheva.jpg

Sesil is playing for Kazakhstan now?

Sesil is playing for Kazakhstan now?

Yes, For the last 3 years :(

What a lovely pic of Sesil :) Hope she will qualify for Wimbledon! :)

Her ranking is slumping big time, I'm really worried for the future, hoped she would return to Top 100 but it hasn't happened :sobbing:

US OPEN

QR1: Sesil def Junri Namigata 2-6 6-4 6-4
QR2: Sesil vs Vitalia Diatchenko RUS (24)

Someone bumped this thread :dance:

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7357/60453923200960b88522o.jpg

Some good results for Sesil finally!!!! a final followed by at least a quarterfinal!

Plays semis in a few hours for chance to reach 75k final!!!!

She is in the final :) Playing today with Michelle Larcher de Brito :)

Get the title :fiery:

Would a really great win for her. Hope she can do it!!!!

A 75k title for Sesil!!!! Amazing!!! Keep up the good form next year please!!!

Any news about Sesil? Will she continue to play for Kazakhstan next year?

Is Sesil playing for Bulgaria again?

I was at her match today and the umpire said from Bulgaria Sesil Karatantcheva ??? Maybe just umpires mistake? The draw said KAZ :confused:

Does Sesil have an older sister? The oBly person I could see supporting Sesil was a woman with a young baby, she looked kind of like Sesil....

Sesil won against Chang 6-4 6-2.

Played well but needs to work on her serve especially the 2nd serve which is really weak. Drove Chang crazy with her retrieving skills though and was very solid from the back.

GO GO Sesil

Unfortunately, she lost the Australian Open 1st round qualifier match in 3 sets today...

:sad:

:sad: I really thought this year would be different. Win some more ITFs Sesil, get that confidence up.

:o Maybe we should face the fact that right now she's just decent player like dozens of other. When she was banned I were waiting for her comeback. And now she's at the same level as she was few years ago.

I'm really disappointed.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6730180565_e092952984_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6730180053_3183b8a82c_b.jpg

Sesil is into the main draw at Bogota! I can't wait to see whether she will face Dokic, Birnerova, Cabeza or Castano.

She is 1-1 with Cabeza-Candela, 1-0 against Castano and Birnerova and has never faced Dokic. With Erakovic being the number 1 seed, the Sesilator should like her chances in Bogota :)

Sesil reached the SF's at Cali (100,000) and has followed it up with three straight MDs through qualies. Really hoping she gets either Larsson or the WC I've never heard of. Overall, a very productive February for Sesil: 12 wins! :hearts:

6-1, 0-2 :eek:
C'mon Sesil! :cheer:

lost 6-1 4-6 3-6

10 DFs in the last set :o With a better serve, she could easily be back in top 100 already

OMG, Sesil was down 5, count 'em, 5 match points in the second set tiebreak, and won every single point after to win the set! 3-6 7-6 right now in IW qualies, and Sesil, whatever happens in the third set, we frickin' love you! :sobbing:

Well... she lost. 3-6 7-6 2-6. Maybe I got a little too excited, but at times in this match she played amazing tennis (I'm at IW btw). My camera's disappeared and my phone camera is waste of time, so I'm pretty disappointed I can't show how great she looked. Gonna go home, take one of my dad's cigars, put on some Morrissey, and try to get rid of this nauseous feeling.

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Estoril Q, Q1 against Camerin. :scared: Go Sesil! :cheer::cheer:

Thundah lost 1st set 3-6, won 2nd set 6-1. :) Final set! Win it Sesil! :cheer:

Sesil won 3-6 6-1 6-2! :D :cheer:

Sessil won :eek:

:cheer:

Roland Garros
Q1: (14) Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ def. Naomi Broady GBR 60 61
Q2: (14) Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ def. Nastassja Burnett ITA 26 61 61
Q3: Alexa Glatch def.(14) Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 62 64

R1: (LL) Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ def. Timea Babos HUN 61 60
R2: Carla Suarez Navarro ESP def. (LL) Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 46 64 61


Great tournament for Sesil :cheer:
Where she'll play on grass now? Qualies WTA or ITF's?


And what Hingis doing on her matches :confused:
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/hakudaradriel/Roland%20Garros%202012/IMG_7899.jpg

Great tournament for Sesil :cheer:

Yep, great RG :worship:


Where she'll play on grass now? Qualies WTA or ITF's?

Nottingham 75k -but withdrew, Birmingham -lost Q2 but LL in MD. Hopefully top 100 ranknig after Wimby. First time in 100 since that little mix-up at the testing labs.

RG
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Birmingham
http://i46.tinypic.com/ezplw7.jpg

Wimby QR1 [seeded 5]:



Karatantcheva vs. Brengle 6-3, 6-4
Sesil. Hmmmm. Another player I wanted to see because of the discussion about her in TF. Not very hard hitting or serving, to say the very least. Not my kind of tennis, but hey, an entertainment for some. Brengle has a rinky dink serve, particularly on the second, and she loves to retreat to the baseline just when you think a net rush might be looming. She had to contend with some spectcularly shitty line calls – I was right on the baseline and a few were laughable. Brengle got in some great commentary on her own game though. “Oh my god find a new job!” and, “Oh my god somebody please kill me now!” after a particularly poor forehand.

Needless to say I was still waiting to see a volley that was struck voluntarily, rather than forced by the opponent.


QR2:
WHYBOURN, Lisa [WC] H2H (http://www.wtatennis.com/headtohead/lisa-whybourn_2255881_14933/0,,12781~14933~11101,00.html) Go Krackers! :bounce:

QR3:
ZANIEWSKA, Sandra / [23] BUZARNESCU, Mihaela

Glad to see there are other Sesil fans out there.
I enjoy watching her play and appreciate her natural talent.
She moves quite nicely. Below is a picture I took of her at Indian Wells.
Enjoy ...

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Getting to know... Sesil Karatantcheva

With parents who represented their country in rowing and volleyball, Sesil Karatantcheva was always destined for a life in sport.

Born in Bulgaria, but now representing Kazakhstan, Karatantcheva's career, which began in 2003, has been nothing if not eventful. Still just 22, the one-time child prodigy, who was once as high as No.35 in the world before spending a few years in the tennis wilderness, is currently plotting a way back to the top.

And as Karatantcheva embarks on this latest chapter, she sat down with wtatennis.com to give a little insight into her rollercoaster tennis journey.

How did you get into tennis?
SK: I started playing when I was around five and a half. The only reason I started playing was because my dad wanted to be a tennis player when he was younger, but my grandparents basically told him he needed to study. In the beginning, I totally disliked it. I thought it was the most boring sport ever and wanted to just go play with Barbies at home. But my dad was a very smart guy because he started buying me out and giving me presents if I played well! Then when I got to about eight or nine I started winning tournaments and began to enjoy it more.

Can you tell us about your family?
SK: My dad didn't get his dream to become a tennis player, but he ended up in rowing and was actually pretty good - he was national champion and went to the Olympics in 1980. His name is Rado - like the watches. My mom's name is Neli, she was a volleyball player and also on the national team, but now she works in real estate. My uncles were rowers too and a have three younger half sisters, who all play tennis, so sport is pretty big in our family!

How would you describe your game?
SK: I would say I'm a very, very good runner! God definitely gave me legs! My dad likes to call me a Chinese wall from the baseline as I get everything back. So I can run, I have a great backhand, pretty stable forehand. I'm still kind of working on my serve, so at the moment my return games are better. Overall, I'm a bit of everything, but I'm aiming to be much more aggressive as modern tennis is all about aggression and if I want to get to where I want to be I need to concentrate on this.

What has been the highlight of your career so far?
SK: I would say the best moment was when I first started to realize I was completely independent. There was not one specific tournament because I had so many good memories everywhere; first, in the juniors, then, ITF titles. But it was not just one moment but the feeling of independence and starting to make my own money meant I could get whatever, buy whatever - coming from Eastern Europe it was an amazing feeling.

Who was your tennis hero growing up?
SK: I really liked Gabriela Sabatini; I really liked the way she played, the way she behaved and I also thought she was, like, the prettiest tennis player I had ever seen. So she was the first one, but later on there was Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis. Oh my God, I loved Martina and I cried so much in that final at the French Open in 1999. At first I couldn't separate between the two but then at the end I was a complete Martina Hingis fan. I was devastated when she lost.

What are your short and long-term goals?
SK: In the short term, just to stay healthy because this will mean that I can stay in the sport much, much longer. After this, the big goal is really to crack the Top 100, once I pass this horrible mental block, I'm going to feel so much better!

What is your favorite WTA tournament?
SK: I'm a very, very sunny person. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I need sun to have energy. For me, bad weather is devastation. I really love tournaments where there is good weather, so if I had to choose between the Slams, Paris or Australia would be my favorites.

And surface?
SK: Oh, I'm so confused! If you had asked me five years ago I would probably have said clay for sure. Honestly, I think I'm equally good everywhere. I'm not trying to sound cocky but I think my level is the same on all surfaces. But if I had to choose just one, I would say clay because I can slide well and it's what I grew up on.

How far did you go in your education?
SK: I finished high school and I have just started at university in Sofia doing sports management. It's a complete mess and I have no idea what's going on. I study on my own and then just need to go there for the exam sessions but it's pretty hard because the subjects are really tough and I have to do it all on my own. I feel like I could have a future in sports management after tennis. I had a pretty bad experience with agents and if one of my sisters ever goes pro I would like to help her out and keep it in the family.

How do you relax away from the court?
SK: Everything that you're not supposed to do! Like, I love driving motorcycles and cars. I don't have a bike of my own, because I think if I get one of those my parents are going to bury me in the back yard! But I have a car - a Mercedes ML500 - and I'm saving for an upgrade right now. My dream is an Aston Martin, although I might need to win a few tournaments to get that! Also I like skiing, rollerblading, horseback riding and reading. I spend a lot of money on books, everything from classics to romance and biographies. The last thing was Anna Karenina by Tolstoy but that got me depressed for like two weeks and I said I'm never going to read him again.

If you had to describe yourself in one word, what would it be?
SK: Emotional. Although other people like to call me crazy and I don't know whether to take this as a complement or insult! I get fired up pretty quickly and can then calm down pretty quickly.

If you could meet anyone in the world who would you like it to be?
SK: Can I go back in time? I would say Elizabeth I or Cleopatra. I'm a big fan of the Tudors. I think Henry VIII being with Anne Boleyn was the best thing that ever happened to him so I don't understand why he beheaded her.

If you weren't a tennis player what would you be doing now?
SK: You know, I think it would have definitely been in sport because I can't really imagine myself being in school to become a lawyer or doctor. If not that, then perhaps something artistic.

Anne Boleyn WTF??? :spit:

Love you Sesil :hearts:

^Love her too :inlove:
Her serve is getting better and better. She has less DF's and sometimes hit ace like yesterday :eek:

On the brink of the Top 100 again, break it girl :yeah:

And TOP 100 now :cheer: in the best possible way!

Sesil def. Sori 6-0, 6-0.

Opened the bakery, pity she couldn't go further in the draw.

Good she is Top 100 though :cheer:

92 now. Come on Sesil!

C'mon :yeah:

A couple of pics from Cincinnati.

Possibly Masha round 2 in USO :eek:

Winning R1 would make me happy let alone beating Masha in R2.

Lost 6-4, 6-1 to Dominguez Lino :sad:

Quebec City next :shrug:

Did you know Thunder had a sister? I mean, a tennis playing sister. Her name's Gabriel and she's playing in Juniors G12.

She lost a close match in R1 at Eddie Herr.

And this week she's playing Junior Orange Bowl (G12). :)

AO R1
Li vs Karatantcheva :unsure:

:sobbing:

Kick her ass :hysteric: Maybe she will have thunderous AO :sobbing:

Lost 1 & 3. She made NaNa work quite a bit, contrary to what the harsh scoreline might suggest. :yeah:

Sesil :hug:

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+ Melange's pic :)

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I don't get why she didn't play a warm up event, especially now with 3 tournies week 1. :shrug:

Kazakhstan 3-0 Indonesia :cool:

Sesil & Galina Voskoboeva d. Bhosale/Raina 6-3 6-1 :)



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Good work Sesil/Galina :cheer:

Sesil :hysteric:

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Plays Dubois in 125k Challenger Cali.

GL Sesil :cheer:

GL :hug: :cheer:

Sesil looks great there :yeah:

And she is in QF after hitting 39 DF's :hysteric:

:cheer: :hearts:

She lost 4 & 3 to Lucic in Bogota Q1 :ras:

Seriously, does she have a full time coach now? She still plays like a teen

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Great first round chance against Hermoso in Acapulco.

Still don't get her Cali-Memphis-Acapuco schedule when Bogota would have made way more sense.

She beat Hermoso 0 & 3 :) :yeah:

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Nice pics :hearts:

She beat Duque-Marino in IW Q1, 6-3 7-6(3) :yeah: :)

She beat Daniilidou 6-4 7-6(6) in Q2 :bounce:

Queen Sesil :cheer:

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Nice pics:bounce::bounce:
Come on, Sesil & Tsveti!!!!

(1)Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) v Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP)
Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) v (23)Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

The draw is a little tough. Sesil didn't win any match in Miami before......:sad:

Q1:
Sesil 6-1 5-7 7-6(3)
What a tough match. Next round is a tough challenge against Espinosa

I thought she's be done when she served a couple times for the match in Set 2 only to lose the set badly :sobbing: But it was well fought! GL against Soler-Espinosa Sesil! :cheer:

Lost 4 & 2 :sad: As long as she didn't improve that serve drastically, she won't be able do better than how she's actually doing... :(

Yes, so many double faults. Some Chinese tennis fans surprised her df numbers in the Chinese forum:help::help:

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Nice pictures. Thx for sharing, spiceboy:)

Playing 50K osprey now, R1 against (5)Olga Puchkova :unsure:

She lost R1 to Puchkova in Ospray.

In Family Cup, she had a revenge to Castano who she lost in Cali.

Today she won 3-6 6-2 6-4!

In qualy draw for Stuttgart.

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Sesil :inlove: