This week's Canberra tournament was noteworthy in that it had two
Selesian quarter-finalists!

First round:
* MARÍA ANTONIA SÁNCHEZ LORENZO (9) beat Evie Dominikovic (WC)
6-7 (5/7) 6-4 6-0
* Arantxa Parra beat Monique Adamczak (WC)
6-1 6-4

Second round:
* MARÍA ANTONIA SÁNCHEZ LORENZO (9) beat Emmanuelle Gagliardi
7-5 4-6 6-4
* Arantxa Parra beat Marlene Weingartner
walkover

Quarter-finals:
* MARÍA ANTONIA SÁNCHEZ LORENZO (9) lost to SILVIA FARINA ELIA (1)
3-6 6-1 3-6
* Arantxa Parra lost to PAOLA SUÁREZ (2)
2-6 2-6


Here are the matches involving Selesians in the first round of the
Australian Open (Selesians on the left):

Men's singles:
* Jan-Michael Gambill v Gregory Carraz
* Raemon Sluiter v Mario Ancic
* Fabrice Santoro v Peter Luczak (WC)

Women's singles:
* Akiko Morigami v Marie-Eve Pelletier (Q)
* Adriana Serra-Zanetti v DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ (15)
* Marion Bartoli v Alexandra Stevenson
* Arantxa Parra v Barbora Strycová (Q)
* María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo v LISA RAYMOND (25)

Adriana Serra-Zanetti v Daniela Hantuchová is an interesting first
round, because it's the third Grand Slam in a row that Daniela has
drawn a Selesian, having drawn Marion Bartoli in the first rounds of
both Wimbledon and the US Open 2003. It's also a repeat of Adriana
and Daniela's second round of the Australian Open 2003, which
Daniela won 7-6 7-6 en route to the quarter-finals.

Adriana has reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open too -
in 2002. Daniela on average form would have no trouble getting past
Adriana (Daniela has a 4-0 lead in their head-to-heads, with Adriana
winning one set), but her 2004 form so far has been... well below
average to put it mildly.

Adriana v Daniela is on Monday. My loyalty has to be with Daniela,
because she's the one for whom I have made a vow of fanship. Good
luck to all other Selesians.

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/seles/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/seles/selesians.html
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/hantu/

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