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Alicia Molik
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During the Australian Open 2007, Alicia Molik won through her first and second round matches against rising Chinese Taipei doubles talent Yung-Jan Chan and Estonian Kaia Kanepi before losing a 3setter against the eighth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland. With her impressive 3rd round performance, Molik improved her then-141 ranking to inside the top 100, the first time since withdrawing from numerous tournaments due to that ear infection. Molik ... competed in the 2007 French Open losing 1st Round in singles but winning the Doubles with Mara Santangelo. Molik also played in a Wimbledon warm up tournament in Eastbourne losing to Mel South in the first round 1-6 6-3 7-6 and also lost first round in the doubles to Natalie Dechy and Tiantian Sun 6-2 4-6 6-4. Molik was able to bounce back from these early losses to easily win her first round match at Wimbledon, defeating Russia's Anastasia Rodionova in straight sets, before losing a second round meeting with Serena Williams. Molik is also seeded six in doubles with Mara Santangelo.
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Defending champion Alicia Molik retired in the second set of her first-round match at the Zurich Open on Tuesday, the eighth time in nine tournaments the Australian has been knocked out in the opening round. Also, Patty Schnyder beat Gisela Dulko 6-1, 6-3 and Daniela Hantuchova rallied to beat Ai Sugiyama 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 and will face top-seeded Lindsay Davenport in the second round.
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Group B: Australia bt Czech Republic 2-1Women's singles: Alicia Molik (AUS) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 7-5 6-2; Men's singles: Tomas Berydch (CZE) bt Peter Luczak (AUS) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4. Mixed doubles: Molik/Luczak (AUS) bt Safarova/Berdych (CZE) 7-5, 6-3.
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The major change in Molik's career has been her decision to hire Melbourne-based Nicole Bradtke as coach. They have been working together for six weeks. Previously, Paul Kilderry had coached Molik, who had never been coached by a woman on a full-time basis.
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If these comments were coming from an American accent, one would be forgiven for accusing Molik of being cocky to the point of arrogance. Having seen how affable and downright nice she is, arrogance is one thing Molik is not.
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Molik reckons she can scale the mountain again, because she still has the game. A self-proclaimed "confidence player", she says she has not lost the faith. "I believe so, absolutely," she says, when asked if the top 10 were attainable.
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