I was a fan of Tamira when she made a surprising splash during Wimbledon in 2008 but I was surprised to find her struggle afterwards and didn't hear any more success stories from her - until this week! Tamira Paszek of Austria re-enters the Top 100 at #92, jumping a hefty 59 positions, after her win last week at Quebec City. Tamira is the hope of the future for Austrian tennis and hopefully, with this win, she can slowly climb back to the Top 50 within a year or so. I also won't be surprised if she can make a dent in the slams next year as she was able to do it already before.
This was her path to the Quebec City Championship -
1R - Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-0, 6-4
2R - Jill Craybas (USA) 6-3, 6-2
QF - Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-3, 6-4
SF - Christina McHale (USA) 6-2, 6-2
Finals - Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 7-6, 2-6, 7-5
Her path towards the finals was easy, just dropping 20 games, but she meets veteran player Sands in the finals and the fight was evident from the tight score. In the end, Paszek held her ground and won herself a WTA title.
Tamira also got to the 2R in the last US Open, falling to Chan of Chinese Taipei.
wow I like Tamira
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