Editorial Review Product Description Chapters: Tamarine Tanasugarn, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Paradorn Srichaphan, Danai Udomchoke, Sonchat Ratiwatana, Sanchai Ratiwatana, Suchanan Viratprasert, Luksika Kumkhum, Kittipong Wachiramanowong,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thai: , ; born 24 May 1977) is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top twenty in both singles and doubles. Tanasugarn's highest WTA ranking has been world number 19, a ranking she achieved on 13 May 2002, which is the highest ranking ever achieved for a Thai female player. She has won three singles titles. She was briefly a doubles partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two titles in 2003. Tamarine won a total of five doubles titles. Her highest doubles ranking was world number 15 which she achieved on 13 September 2004. With Liezel Huber, she reached the 2004 US Open doubles quarterfinals. Her biggest success came in 2008 when she became the first Thai tennis player ever to reach quarterfinals in a Grand Slam. In her career, Tanasugarn has defeated former and current number one players, including Amélie Mauresmo, Jennifer Capriati, Jelena Janković, and Dinara Safina. She has also beaten an Australian Open and French Open champion, Mary Pierce. Tanasugarn is also widely regarded as grass court specialist, having made the fourth round at Wimbledon for six times (1998-2002, 2004) and eventually succeeded in reaching the quarterfinals in 2008. She has reached three grass court WTA finals in Ordina Open in 2008, 2009, and Birmingham in 2000. Besides all these results, five out of her seven victories over top ten players also came on grass. That included a win over Dinara Safina at Ordina Open 2009,...http://booksllc.net/?id=2614952 ... Read more |