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Arantxa Parra Santonja

Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes.

There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hardcourt. Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players.

Arantxa Piarra Santonja is well known Tennis player. She is right handed player and was born on 9 November 1982 in Valencia, Spain. Her height is 5 foot 9 inch and weight is 134 pounds. She is resident of Barcelona, Spain.

In 2001, she reached first six ITF, International Tennis Federation circuit signals finals, winning four titles and she also won first ITF circuit doubles title. In 2002, she won two ITF circuit titles, first tour qualifying at Bol and first Grand Slam qualifying at US Open.

In2003, she reached first tour semi final of career in consecutive weeks at Tokyo and Tashkent. She qualified for Warsaw and scored first Top 15 win and also qualified for Doha, Estoril, Los Angeles reaching second round. She is one of the most prominent tennis players who has carved a niche in the world of tennis and has left her mark on everyone.

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