Stop rumours ! Facts ! When are these players coming back ?!!!

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ChrisGermany

Discussion Starter · Jul 30, 2003

Monica,Serena,Venus,AnnaK,AnneK,Babsi Schwartz,Asa Carlsson, Angeles Montolio,Marlene Weingärtner,Tatiana Panova,Sung Hsieh, Kveta Hrdlickova-Peschke,Angeles Montalvo,Mariana Diaz-Oliva,Natasha Zvereva

We´ve a number of players out for definetly a long time, others -who are top10 players- withdraw and nobody knows for sure if it´s a one-tournament-kind of injury or if this takes longer.

So is there a chance to share infos, maybe from local press, when players are going to return or if the injury led to retirement thoughts ?

- Monica: is she still in for Canada and US Open ??
- Serena: is she in for LA and US Open ?
- Venus: is she in for Canada, NewHaven and US Open ?
- AnnaK: not playing till after US Open

- AsaCarlsson: what´s her status ?
- Kveta Peschke: 2nd longtime-injury it seems. Any news ?
- Babsi Schwartz: was scheduled to return in August ?
- Diaz and Angeles Montalvo: what´s their status ?
- Natasha Zvereva: is she retired or resting maybe till 2004 ?

- Panova: not returning before 2004 ?
- AnneKremer: not returning before 2004 ?

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The Guilty

· #2 · Jul 30, 2003

Angeles Montolio played this week a $10K challenger in Spain but lost in the first round.

Juju_La_Terreure

· #3 · Jul 30, 2003

part 1 :
anna plays to bad to show it in public :devil:

:devil:

but she is hot :hearts:

:hearts:

the williamsen : Jihaa, good for the Belgian rankings :bounce:

:bounce:

Seles : i hope she plays, i love her

part 2 : Who are these players ? Never heard of them,
last years. if they doesn't play soon, they will be
too old to play

part 3 : almost to place in part 2

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ChrisGermany

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jul 30, 2003

Montolio should take Medina as an example how to return to full clay strength in 2004 !

hingis-seles

· #5 · Jul 30, 2003

Serena's also pulled out of L.A.

TheBoiledEgg

· #6 · Jul 30, 2003

Natasha has retired for good
she says its "no fun" anymore

she tried it out last yr but didn't enjoy it.

she's gonna be sadly missed.

JR

· #7 · Jul 30, 2003

Babsi Schwartz is "if", not when". Anne perhaps this fall. There's an "x factor" now re. players with chronic injuries: the '04 Olympics. (I personally think that's the only thing that will keep even active players like Babsi Schett and Anna Pistolesi, for example, from retiring after the '03 season).

Dava

· #8 · Jul 30, 2003

Jana Kandarr???

Dava

· #9 · Jul 30, 2003

Also Panova, where is she COME BACK TATIANA!

GoDominique

· #10 · Jul 30, 2003

Yes, I think Jana Kandarr has retired.

She's now down to 291 in the ranks and she won't go down to challenger level. She would have been in for Wimbledon qualies but didn't play, so I guess that was it. She said she wanted to begin with a new profession anyway (I forgot which one, medicine or something) and that she wasn't very interested in tennis anymore, so ...

controlfreak

· #11 · Jul 30, 2003

I know Anne (Kremer) would love to play another Olympics but I have my doubts. She hasn't played since the Australian Open - 6 months out is a lot for a wrist injury. Plus she will soon be 28. I would be surprised (but delighted) if she ever returned to the tour.

Lee-Waters' Boy

· #12 · Jul 30, 2003

TheBoiledEgg said:
Natasha has retired for good
she says its "no fun" anymore

she tried it out last yr but didn't enjoy it.

she's gonna be sadly missed.

This is sad :sad:

:sad:

but I dunno what else I expected. Where did you hear about it?

ChrisGermany

Discussion Starter · #13 · Jul 30, 2003

I didn´t know about Zvereva

Kandarr is sort of retired as psoted here (studying)

What I don´t understand is the Pistolesi-thing, Anna finally made it in 2002, I doubt her retiring. I think you mixed Kremer and Pistolesi.

Kremer I think is coming back as well as Schwartz. Schwartz has a game that should give most of the top30 the hell of trouble. But the Austrian example of Sylvia Plischke showed what injury-problems can do to a promising youngster. She retired early.

jrm

· #14 · Jul 30, 2003

Is any of these players officially retired: Catalina Cristea, Amelie Cocheteux, Dawn Buth, Pavlina Nola, Elena Wagner, Andrea Glass, Sandra Cacic, Yvette Basting, Amanda Hopmans, Holly Parkinson, Fang Li, Laurence Courtois, Erika De Lone,

ChrisGermany

Discussion Starter · #15 · Jul 30, 2003

I think Li is retired same as Hopmans (2 weeks ago) and Cristea. Wagner retired last year.

I think Glass is retired too, I believe that 2nd class German players don´t officially announce retirement, same as Kandarr didn´t do so but seems retired.

Cacic made a comeback on the tour earlier this year but seems to struggle again.

DeLone announced retirement earlier this year or at the end of last year but I saw her name in a challenger draw last week maybe she kind of returned on a semi-pro-level just for USTA events.

I wonder if anyone is into Schwartz- and Hrdlickova-Peschke-news in here ?!

mn73

· #16 · Jul 30, 2003

Amazing that Zvereva could be allowed to retire so quietly. She was an amazing player and should never have let her career end in such a quiet way. She deserved a big send-off. She will be missed.

Wimanna

· #17 · Jul 30, 2003

ChrisGermany said:
DeLone announced retirement earlier this year or at the end of last year but I saw her name in a challenger draw last week maybe she kind of returned on a semi-pro-level just for USTA events.

I saw her name in a double draw this week ($10.000 in yhe US I think)

Yvette Basting: Retired, Yes
Laurence Courtois: She did retire last year, but played doubles with Maes somewhere....she is pregnant now...

Jana

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jrm

· #18 · Jul 30, 2003

thank you for clarification

ChrisGermany

Discussion Starter · #19 · Jul 30, 2003

I think if you look at Martina Navratilova´s return I doubt Tasha Zvereva did retire for good. I think she´s one of those players that could return for doubles in 6-8 events a year next year if you look at girls like Pat Tarabini and Caroline Vis still doing it. I think she maybe struggled to find a partner it´s fun to play with and starting all over.

TheBoiledEgg

· #20 · Jul 30, 2003

Natasha was at Wimbledon this yr
and worked quite a bit for BBC Radio as a summariser
she explained why she gave up

agree she should have gotten a great send off

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