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Iroda Tulyaganova
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KOLKATA: Asian champion, Iroda Tulyaganova of Uzbekistan, who won the continental title hardly a week ago, had to use the qualifying route to get into the elite round of the WTA tier III tournament. She blew out the challenge of Indonesian Sandy Gumulya in straight sets to move into the main draw and that's where she would be looking reinvent her form that took her to the top-20 of world rankings in 2002.
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Tara lost to a far better player, Iroda Tulyaganova of Uzbekistan who had a career-high ranking of No. 16 in 2002, in the Asian Championship final. However, she may not be lucky enough to get a wild card for the Australian Open next year as her Uzbek opponent is not in the top 100 (Tulyaganova is currently ranked 148).
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Iroda Tulyaganova's comeback ended abruptly as Antonella Serra Zanetti advanced with a 64 62 victory. Tulyaganova, the hometown favorite, had made a sparkling start to her comeback after more than a year off due to injury, knocking out No.1 seed Marion Bartoli in the opening round.
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Tulyaganova, a champion here seven years ago... lost last year's final to China's Sun Tiantian. She is one of three Uzbekistan players to receive a wild card for the event, beginning on Monday. The other two are Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva and Vlada Ekshibarova.
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In the group of tennis grandees there were the best racket masters of Uzbekistan - Akgul Amanmuradova, Iroda Tulyaganova, Denis Istomin and Farrukh Dustov. The first three have deserved the right to be presented in the basic grid of competitions by the last year’s successes. Akgul – by rising in the WTA rating to the 95th position, and Iroda and Denis – by winning the champions titles of the continent. Dustov, on the other hand, had to try his luck in the qualifying tournament. However the Greek Konstantinos Economidis has disabled Farrukh to compete for the post of the strongest player - 6/3, 6/4.
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Next up for the Russian teen will be Uzbek star Iroda Tulyaganova, who powered past Kateryna Bondarenko, 61 62. Tulyaganova, a wild card into this event, was ranked as high as No.16 in the world just a few years back before her momentum was curtailed by various injury and off-court struggles. But in her first Tour event of the season two weeks ago she made a shock run to the Tier III Kolkata semis, and now finds herself in the final four for the second time in two tries.
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