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Never has, I bet cannot, lose with grace.......

Venus feels effects of three-week break


MOSCOW -- Magdalena Maleeva upset top-seeded Venus Williams 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3) on Thursday in the second round of the Kremlin Cup.

Williams, who had a first-round bye, looked tired and had trouble with her returns against the 27-year-old Bulgarian.

"You know, I didn't play for three weeks and I'm really tired,Fn1. <img border="0" alt="[crying]" title="" src="graemlins/crying.gif" /> '' said Williams, who was playing in her first match since losing to her sister, Serena, in the U.S. Open finals. "She (Maleeva) played really well, she played good at the right points.

"I made a lot of mistakes <img border="0" alt="[crying]" title="" src="graemlins/crying.gif" /> . It wasn't always going the best from me. Playing against her, I wasn't playing my best.''

In the decisive third set, Maleeva went up 3-1 on a break, but Williams evened it at 3 and both held serve to force a tiebreaker.

At 2-2 in the tiebreaker, Williams double faulted for the eighth time in the match, and Maleeva won the next three points to take a 6-2 lead. Maleeva closed the match with a powerful serve.

Williams will next play at the season-ending WTA Championships in Los Angeles from November 6-11.

"I want another break. It's nice to be at home,'' Williams said. "It's quite difficult to play all year. Then you need a break because even if you do go home you have to practice.

"There is not a moment you can be away from tennis. Right now, I think it's my problem that I need to be away and do other things in my life.''

In other second-round play Thursday, third-seeded Lindsay Davenport defeated Spanish qualifier Magui Serna 6-4, 6-3.

Nadia Petrova of Russia reached the quarterfinals when Anna Kournikova withdrew from the tournament after injuring her left ankle during her doubles match Wednesday.

Tests done Thursday morning showed Kournikova partially ruptured her left ankle ligament.



Fn1. Instead of saying, she kicked my ass, she has to offer an excuse. She makes me ill.

<small>[ October 03, 2002, 01:27 PM: Message edited by: rickheel ]</small>
Funny, I often ask the same question about Bunting the Belly.
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