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Tathiana Garbin (born June 30, 1977 in Mestre) is an Italian female tennis player. She is probably best known for her shocking defeat of the defending champion and the then-world number one Justine Henin in the second round of the French Open in 2004. On May 21, 2007 Garbin reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 22. She is the number one ranked Italian in the world.
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Tathiana Garbin's defeat to Adriana Gersi in the final certainly did not take the gloss off a great tournament for the second seed who is ranked 86 in the world. The 22 year-old Italian has enjoyed a tremendous rise to prominence after just two years on the tour and 2000 looks like being her best year to date. Despite failing to progress past the first round of the Australian Open in January, Garbin went on to reach the final of the Bogota Open, losing 2-1 to Patricia Wartusch at the final stage. She was knocked out early in Sao Paulo in her next tournament, but bounced back with a vengeance in Dubai. "I am having a good year," said the right hander. "Adriana was too good for me in the final, but overall Dubai was good for me and I would love to come back here next year and win!"
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Anna Kournikova cruised into the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open on Wednesday with an excellent 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tathiana Garbin of Italy. The win sees Anna into the last eight of a tournament for the third time this year.
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Maria will play her 3rd round match at the Australian Open on Saturday against Tathiana Garbin of Italy. The match is 1st up on Rod Laver Arena at 11.00 Melbourne time (1.00 CET, 19.00ET and 14.00PT today)
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Ivanovic, seeded fourth at Melbourne Park, committed 27 unforced errors in the match but capitalized on the weak serve of Garbin to grab most of her winners. Garbin won just 38 percent of her first serves compared to a 72 percent mark for Ivanovic.
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In her first outing under the lights on a centre court at a grand-slam event, the fourth-seeded Serb crushed world number 40 Tathiana Garbin 6-0 6-3. The 20-year-old Ivanovic, who recently described herself as a party pooper, gave the crowd on Rod Laver Arena a show that lasted just 66 minutes. But with her crunching forehands, athletic movement and a variety that is rare on the women's tour, Ivanovic ensured she would have more nights on the big stage at this year's event.
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