Zuzana Zalabska is another player on the comeback. She'd won two ITF doubles titles before disappearing from the circuit in 2008. She reappeared this summer, better than ever. In fact, she won her first ever ITF singles title in her first tournament back, at the 10K Piestany, Slovak Republic on clay. Entered as a qualifier, she defeated the No. 1 seed Paula Kania in straight sets, along the way.
She reached the finals of her next tournament, the 10K Vienna, Austria on clay, defeating the #3, #5, and #1 (Iveta Gerlova) seeds, in succession. She fell in the final to former double partner, and another comeback player, Lucie Kriegsmannova.
In her third tournament, she upgraded to the 25K Trnava, Slovak Republic on clay. Again entered as a qualifier, she reached the semifinals, taking out two seeds along the way, before falling to #1 seed and compatriot Sandra Zahlavova.
After Trnana, she re-entered the rankings at #579.
In September, she entered the 10K Antalya, Turkey on clay as the #2 seed. There, she reached the finals before falling to the No. 1 seed, Viktoria Kamenskaya.
Zuzana won the 10K Bad Waltersdorf last week, upsetting the top three seeds, including #1 seed and fellow countrywoman Diana Sumova in the final! This was Zuzana's first title since 2011, and third career title.
Here was her full run:
Rd1 (8) Zuzana ZALABSKA CZE d. wc Lisa FRIESS AUT 62 63
Rd2 (8) Zuzana ZALABSKA CZE d. q Anna VRBENSKA CZE 61 62
QF (8) Zuzana ZALABSKA CZE d. (3) Karolina MUCHOVA CZE 60 26 63
SF (8) Zuzana ZALABSKA CZE d. (2) Maria MARFUTINA RUS 75 63
F (8) Zuzana ZALABSKA CZE d. (1) Diana SUMOVA CZE 57 75 61
She'll rise from #757 to to #666 with the new rankings.
Probably the next big Czech prodigy, after Marketa. :) She's still only 11 (born May 1, 2005) and winning matches at good U14 level! :worship:
She played Les Petits As (the U14 Slam) a month ago and actually upset 8th seed Alina Scherbinina, 6-3 3-6 6-2 in R1, before losing a close R2 match to...
This 19 yo (born August 21, 1996) from Olomouc is having a really solid year. She was out of the Top 600 at the start of the year (around 630), and she's now getting close to the Top 400, this week at a new CHR of 436 (+27). :D She could be a member of the Czech Top 100 army in a few years...
Age: 14 (born March 11, 2004)
Club: TK Sparta Praha (and before, Severočeská tenisová)
Best singles results in 2018:
• won Cat. 2 G16 in Milovice on indoor hard in January (she was the 3rd seed, beat 2nd seed Linda Noskova 5-7 7-6(6) 6-1 in SF :eek: :worship: and 4th seed Ada Piestrzynska 1 &...
I'm creating another thread , bear with me :hysteric: (I should apply for an episode of My Strange Addiction :oh:), but there really is a promising bunch amongst the 2004-2005 born Czech girls! :D
Age: 14 (born March 25, 2004 in Prague)
Club: I.ČLTK Praha
Favourite player: Sharapova :devil...
Another good Czech junior. :D
She was born on April, 11 1997 in Most and has a CHR of 41 (#45 this week). :)
She's won 2 G2s this year: Epitok-Abris Cup in Hungary (she was seed 5 and thrashed seed 2 Dalma Galfi 1 & 1 in the final :eek:) & Ex Pilsen Wilson Cup in Czech Rep (she was the top...
