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Katarina Srebotnik
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If every player was like seventh-seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, the tour would be a much healthier place. Srebotnik took down Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-0, 7-6(5), surviving a bizarre umpiring hiccup toward the end of the second set. She didn't roast the ump, who made the mistake of attempting to end the 11th game on a successful Kirilenko challenge that demanded a replay of the point. Kirilenko had ripped a backhand return that landed on the baseline. But the ball was called out just as Srebotnik made a play on it. The rules state that the point has to be replayed if a player has made an immediate play on the ball, but the umpire wasn't sure and Kirilenko went to her chair and sat. Srebotnik protested, called for the supervisor and after five minutes, the supervisor sided with the Slovenian.
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Katarina Srebotnik (born March 12, 1981 in Slovenj Gradec) is a Slovenian professional tennis player, coached by Biljana Veselinovic. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006. Her nickname amongst fans is Kata.
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The Russian triumphed 6-2, 6-4 but was made to work hard by Katarina Srebotnik who was ... responsible for the first break of Sharapova's serve at the All England Club this year. The Slovenian, ranked 57 in the world, drove the number two seed into the kind of errors that punctuated her play throughout last week's title defence at Birmingham.
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Slovenia's top tennis player, Katarina Srebotnik, has cleared the first hurdle at the US$ 18.5m Australian Open. The 28th seed defeated Lourdes Dominguez Lino (71) of Spain in three sets, 4:6, 6:0 and 9:7, in Melbourne.
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Srebotnik continues with her new tactic of coming to the net but again it is unsuccessful as Sharapova sends a crisp backhand past her. A double fault does not help Srebotnik's cause and after two service holds to love, Sharapova breaks to love.
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Srebotnik's 2004 season was highlighted by reaching the semifinal at Palermo and the quarterfinal at Strasbourg (losing to Lindsay Davenport) and Forest Hills. She was a member of the Slovenian Fed Cup Team, which suffered from a first round loss against the USA (0-3). At the 2004 Olympics, Srebotnik lost in the second round in singles and in the first round in doubles (with Krizan). She won her seventh doubles title in Tokyo at the Japan Open (with Shinobu Asagoe) Srebotnik withdrew from the Pan Pacific (Tokyo), Bogotá, Acapulco and Indian Wells with a right elbow injury.
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