Tammy won her quarterfinal match in the Netherlands last night! It was her second comeback match in a row, as she lost the first set in both matches.
Here is the article from the Sony Ericsson Women's Tennis Tour website:
New Champion Guaranteed at 's-Hertogenbosch
's-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands - Experience prevailed over youth in the first two matches on quarterfinals day at the $175,000 Ordina Open on Thursday, with top seed Elena Dementieva and Thai veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn making the semis.
In the bottom half of the draw, local interest ended with the exit of Michaella Krajicek at the hands of Tanasugarn, 36 63 64, after two hours, nine minutes. Krajicek, who defeated Safina in the 2006 final here to thrill her home crowd, started strongly but Tanasugarn's grass court experience - she has reached the fourth round at Wimbledon no less than six times - won out in the end.
"I was happy with the way I played today but it could have gone either way," Tanasugarn said. "I had good luck with my game early in the third set. That helped a lot because Michaella started playing unbelievably well in the third set after 4-1. In the end I was just trying to play good tennis, play smart and go for the right shots at the right time."
The last player to reach the semifinals was No.8 seed Alona Bondarenko, who surprised No.2 seed and defending champion Anna Chakvetadze, 62 36 62.
Bondarenko and Tanasugarn will play each other for the first time to take on one of the Top 10 Russians from the top half of the draw.
"My sister played her first match; I am familiar with her game so that will help," Bondarenko added. "I just have to concentrate on my game."
With Krajicek and Chakvetadze being sent to the sidelines and Klara Zakopalova falling in the first round earlier in the week, there is guaranteed a new champion at the Ordina Open.
Bangkok Post
DEN BOSCH : Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn pulled off a thrilling three-set victory over American Ashley Harkleroad in the second round of the WTA Ordina Open in Den Bosch, Holland yesterday.
The Thai star lost the first set but eventually came through with a hard-fought 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory over the talented American.
In the final set Tamarine rallied from 3-1 down to take the set and the match.
In the first round Tamarine had defeated last week's DFS champion Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.
Red-hot Tammy shows her class
The Nation
Daily Xpress
Published on June 18, 2008
Tamarine Tanasugarn caused one of the biggest upsets at the US$175,000 Ordina Open in Hertogenbosch yesterday when she beat Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine in just 74 minutes.
The Thai qualifier displayed her skills on grass to spoil the run of her 45th-ranked opponent, who lifted the Birmingham title on Sunday, with a 6-3 6-3 win.
Tamarine, who climbs to No 85 this week, will play American Ashley Harkleroad, who beat fourth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy, in round two.
Double whammy
On Monday, Tamarine and Andreea Ehritt-Vanc of Romania won their doubles first-round match, beating Germans Nadine Hassinger and Anne Priska Schaefer 6-1 6-3.
The Nation
Payback time for Tammy
Daily Xpress
Published on June 17, 2008
Tamarine Tanasugarn exacted sweet revenge on former Wimbledon semi-finalist Mirjana Lucic of Croatia to qualify for the main draw of the US$175,000 Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch.
A few hours after her first-round win over Stephanie Dubois of Canada, Tamarine was cruising to a set and a 4-0 lead before the 1999 semi-finalist at All England fought back to force the third set. She eventually won 6-3 4-6 6-4.
The Thai had lost to the Croat, then a rising star, in the round of 16 at Wimbledon nine years ago.
Tamarine will have her hands full in the main draw as she is pitted against in-form Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko.
Last Saturday, Kawakami-san and I decided to try out the new sweet potato smoothie. The La Belle Cour staff told us that we were the first employees to try it, but actually after reading Memoppi comments, it looks like Mr. Fukuju was the first one to try it on Friday, June 13.
I have also been cooking different things at home. The other day I went to Kaldi Coffee Farm in Motomachi and found some bottled Thai basil and chili sauce. It is very convenient for making spicy fried rice. I made pork fried rice with a fried egg on top for extra protein. It was very spicy!!!!!!
