| Nice Information |
| Anke is playing in the Nice tournament which starts on Monday, the draw has jut come out and here it is: (1)Venus Williams bye Anne-Gaelle Sidot vs Maja Palaversic Magui Serna vs Emilie Loit (6)Amy Frazier vs Meilen Tu (4)Elena Dementieva bye Camille Pin vs Tatiana Panova Patty Schnyder vs Magdalena Maleeva (8)Justine Henin vs Karina Habsudova (7)Amelie Mauresmo vs Asa Carlsson Anna Smashnova vs Kvetsoslava Hrdlickova Sonja Jeyaseelan vs Anne Kremer (3)Nathalie Tauziat bye (5)Anke Huber vs Denisa Chladkova Anca Barna vs Nathalie Dechy Silvia Farina-Elia vs Sarah Pitkowski (2)Conchita Martinez bye Anke will be playing on either Monday or Tuesday against Denisa Chladkova, they have played once before, last year in Hamburg, with Anke winning 6-3 4-6 6-0. Anke won that match 6-4 6-2 and she next faces Nathalie Dechy of France, Anke leads their head-to-head record 1-0 with the win coming in the Estoril final last year. Today Anke beat Nathalie in 3 battling sets 6-2 4-6 6-3, it was a tough match and Anke was not at her best but she still won, it much give her confidence to know when she is not at her best that she can beat top players. Next up is Silvia Farina-Elia, Anke leads their head-to-head 4-0 with all the victories coming in straight sets. their last meeting was in 1998 in Leipzig and Anke won by the score of 6-4 6-2. Anke beat Silvia today in the quarter-finals 6-2 6-2, she next plays Amelie Mauresmo of France, there head to head is 2-1 and their last meeting was last week in Paris, with Amelie winning the final 7-6 6-1. Anke lost to Amelie today 6-2 1-6 1-6. |