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01-29-2006, 02:19 PM
Results – Friday, January 13, 2006
Singles - Final
(1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Yoon Jeong Cho (KOR) 64 06 64
Doubles - Final
(3) Domachowska/Vinci (POL/ITA) d. (4) Curran/Dekmeijere (GBR/LAT) 76(5) 63
Final Facts:
Medina Garrigues wins her fifth career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title, in addition to Palermo (2001, 2004 and 2005) and 2005 Strasbourg. It serves as her third tournament victory in the last nine months (2005 Strasbourg and Palermo)
Medina Garrigues’ semifinal victory over No.4 seed Shahar Peer lasted three-hours, 30-minutes, a match that ranks as No.9 in longest matches in Tour history.
Cho was appearing in her third Tour final and now drops her career Tour singles finals record to 0-3, also finishing runner-up at Pattaya City in 2002 and at Auckland in 2003
Domachowska/Vinci win their first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles title together. This is the first Tour title of any kind for Domachowska, who has finished runner-up twice each in singles and doubles in her career, while it was the third Tour doubles title for Vinci.
Curran/Dekmeijere were partnering together for the first time
Quotes
Anabel Medina Garrigues, 2006 Canberra singles champion:
"At 0-6 I felt like I didn’t want to stay on court. But then I relaxed and I said to myself ‘okay Anabel, play like you can and if you lose it doesn’t matter’. Then I start to play better. When you are seeded No.1, every other player wants to beat you. I have had some tough matches so that makes it good to win. I am very happy but very tired also."
Yoon Jeong Cho, 2006 Canberra runner-up:
"I am disappointed because I had a chance to win the tournament. But it was a good match and I felt like the crowd was lifting me. It is disappointing, but this is still a good result for me to take the top seed to three sets like this. I don’t think I was nervous, but in the third set I was tired and I started to lose confidence."
Singles - Final
(1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Yoon Jeong Cho (KOR) 64 06 64
Doubles - Final
(3) Domachowska/Vinci (POL/ITA) d. (4) Curran/Dekmeijere (GBR/LAT) 76(5) 63
Final Facts:
Medina Garrigues wins her fifth career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title, in addition to Palermo (2001, 2004 and 2005) and 2005 Strasbourg. It serves as her third tournament victory in the last nine months (2005 Strasbourg and Palermo)
Medina Garrigues’ semifinal victory over No.4 seed Shahar Peer lasted three-hours, 30-minutes, a match that ranks as No.9 in longest matches in Tour history.
Cho was appearing in her third Tour final and now drops her career Tour singles finals record to 0-3, also finishing runner-up at Pattaya City in 2002 and at Auckland in 2003
Domachowska/Vinci win their first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles title together. This is the first Tour title of any kind for Domachowska, who has finished runner-up twice each in singles and doubles in her career, while it was the third Tour doubles title for Vinci.
Curran/Dekmeijere were partnering together for the first time
Quotes
Anabel Medina Garrigues, 2006 Canberra singles champion:
"At 0-6 I felt like I didn’t want to stay on court. But then I relaxed and I said to myself ‘okay Anabel, play like you can and if you lose it doesn’t matter’. Then I start to play better. When you are seeded No.1, every other player wants to beat you. I have had some tough matches so that makes it good to win. I am very happy but very tired also."
Yoon Jeong Cho, 2006 Canberra runner-up:
"I am disappointed because I had a chance to win the tournament. But it was a good match and I felt like the crowd was lifting me. It is disappointing, but this is still a good result for me to take the top seed to three sets like this. I don’t think I was nervous, but in the third set I was tired and I started to lose confidence."