I noticed that Kiki did not have her own thread. But after her recent results I think she deserves one.
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Name: Kiki Bertens
Date of Birth: 10th of December 1991
Residence: Wateringen
Age started tennis: 6 y.o.
Coach: Martin van der Brugghen
Tennis clubs: ATV Berkenrode/ competition for: Lobbelaer
Update on her website. She is back on the tennis court doing a light training Ankle is feeling good and improving each day
Really good that they are taking things slowly, not rushing things!
Kiki will be playing the Dutch Masters which is good news because that means her ankle is getting better and it will be a nice warm up and test for the new season.
1st tournament of 2014 will be WTA Brisbane Thought she would have entered Auckland like last year.
Brisbane has a really good EL (Serena, Vika & Maria are all here ), so Kiki has to play quallies.
R1 Bye
QF def Lemoine 7-6 6-4
SF def Kerkhove 6-1 6-3
F def Kalyuzhnaya [2] 6-3 6-3
Really nice to have been able to play a couple of matches here.
She is travelling tonight to Australia where she will play Brisbane (Q), Sydney (Q) & AO.
25 BERTENS, Kiki NED 26 KOVINIC, Danka MNE
27 DUSHEVINA, Vera RUS 28 DUVAL, Victoria USA
29 BUYUKAKCAY, Cagla TUR 30 BARTY, Ashleigh AUS
31 PUTINTSEVA, Yulia KAZ 32 GLUSHKO, Julia ISR
First WTA/ITF match since US Open, and opposition here is of course tougher than at Masters. I am optimistic though, I saw Kiki's matches last week and she played some good matches. She still can improve on her movement because she is not entirely fit yet as a result of the injury. Kovinic had a good year in 2013, so she is a tough opponent but if Kiki can stay focussed she should be able to win. I wouldn't be surprised if she lost either though.