WTA update

S. Mirza has moved to the second round in singles and doubles in the Pacific Life Open. She next plays Bethanie, Mattek from USA. Sorry Bethanie but I am rooting for Sania. She has Ai Sugiyama from Japan as a partner, an dup next is Cara Black from Zimbabwe, and Rennae Stubbs from Australia.

Kim Clijsters pulled out of this tournment bc of injury.

Mauresmo wins

Amelie Mauresmo won the Open Gaz de France title. Shahar Peer from Israel won the Pattaya Women’s Open in Thailand. The next tournments are Proximus Diamond Games in Belgium (Clijsters home country, probably will be out), and the Bangalore Open from India.

Beligum’s are quitters

Miss Henin-Hardenne quit, and people talk about the French giving up during war. More to Come.

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http://sports.iwon.com/news/01272006/v0284.html
She retired because of stomach pain, there was another player who withdrew. She did because of the hit, and #1 ranked player(Kim Clijsters as of 1/30/06) withdrew because of a tendon injury.

Belgium is going down

Henin-Hardenne is down 5 games to zero. She is getting whipped by the French.

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Who is Amlie Mauresmo? http://www.ameliemauresmo.fr/en/
Who is Justine Henin-Hardenne? http://www.henin-hardenne.be/bin/index.asp?lang=en