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Anabel Medina Garrigues
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.
Anabel Medina Garrigues was born on July 31, 1982 in Valencia Spain. Her height is five feet six and half inch, and weight 59 pounds. She is a right-handed two back handed player. In juniors, won Roland Garros doubles title and was a finalist at the European Championships.
In 1999, she won first pro singles title at ITF, International Tennis Federation and Pontevedra-ESP. She played first Tour qualifying at Madrid. In 2001, first Top 100 finish. He played all four Grand Slams for the first time, and after reaching 2 round at Australian Open, she broke into Top 100 on January 29, won first tour singles title at Palermo, first Tour semifinals at Antwerp and Madrid, she won first four Tour doubles titles at Acapulco, Porto, Bol and Basel.
In 2002, she started with quarter final finish at Auckland followed by second career singles final in Hobart at Australian Open, forced to retire at 4-2, 30-0 in first set of 4 round verses Seles due to torn anterior cruciate ligament in right knee and underwent surgery shortly afterwards. She returned to ITF Circuit events in September, reaching one quarterfinals.
In 2004, she was in top 50 at number 48 for first time. In 2005, her best season to date, highlighted by two singles titles and impressive doubles results, captured third and fourth career tour singles titles at Tier III Strasbourg and at Tier IV Palermo.
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