I thought you'd be interested to read what I've been writing about
María Antonia on the Selesians Yahoo! Group:


Last week was a great week for Selesians as, on top of Monica's Hong
Kong victory, María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo put her injury-problems
behind her to have a great run on the Gold Coast, where she won five
matches to qualify and then reach the quarter-finals.

In qualifying for Gold Coast, María Antonia beat Maria Vento-Kabchi
6-0 6-4, Roberta Vinci 6-2 6-0, and Klara Koukalová 6-1 6-3.

In the first round of the main draw, María Antonia beat third seed Ai
Sugiyama in a marathon match, 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 7-5. Iva Majoli lost to
Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian, and it's at times like these that I think that
the Spaniard rather than the Croatian should have been billed as the
new Monica Seles, even though I'm a fan of Iva and only a demi-fan of
María Antonia. They were both born in 1977, but it's María Antonia who
has the two-handed forehand.

María Antonia beat Emilie Loit 7-5 6-4 in the second round, but fell
in the quarter-finals 6-4 2-6 6-4 to eventual runner-up Marie-Gaïané
Mikaelian.


María Antonia is my favourite Selesian other than Monica (and one of
the hottest girls in tennis to boot! ;-) ). She's right-handed, and
unlike Monica (who keeps her left hand at the bottom of the handle at
all times) she switches her hands on the racket depending if it is a
forehand or a backhand. Technically, then, María Antonia has a
left-handed two-handed backhand as her forehand.

Sadly María Antonia had serious injury-problems, and was out from June
2001 to February 2002. With a current ranking of #111, she struggles
to get into the main draws of WTA tournaments.

--
Andrew Broad
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/tennis/
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/tennis/seles/
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/tennis/seles/selesians.html

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