16,952
edits
m
→Early life and tennis career: clean up
No edit summary |
CleanupBot (talk | contribs) m (→Early life and tennis career: clean up) |
||
| Line 55: | Line 55: | ||
Later that year, in April, she couldn't qualify for the [[1998 Makarska International Championships|Makarska Championships]], being defeated by [[Virág Csurgó]]. Although she lost in the final qualifying round of the [[1998 Croatian Bol Ladies Open|Bol Open]], she received entry into the main draw as a [[Glossary of tennis terms#Lucky loser|lucky loser]]; however, she lost the encounter against [[Amélie Mauresmo]]. She also went on to lose in the qualifying stages of both the [[1998 Páginas Amarillas Open|Páginas Amarillas Open]] and the [[1998 French Open|French Open]], as well as [[1998 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], the [[1998 Bank of the West Classic|Bank of the West Classic]], the [[1998 Boston Cup|Boston Cup]], and the [[1998 US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. She then won the [[Bronze Medal]] at the [[Tennis at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok Asian Games]] in Mixed Doubles, partnering [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]. | Later that year, in April, she couldn't qualify for the [[1998 Makarska International Championships|Makarska Championships]], being defeated by [[Virág Csurgó]]. Although she lost in the final qualifying round of the [[1998 Croatian Bol Ladies Open|Bol Open]], she received entry into the main draw as a [[Glossary of tennis terms#Lucky loser|lucky loser]]; however, she lost the encounter against [[Amélie Mauresmo]]. She also went on to lose in the qualifying stages of both the [[1998 Páginas Amarillas Open|Páginas Amarillas Open]] and the [[1998 French Open|French Open]], as well as [[1998 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], the [[1998 Bank of the West Classic|Bank of the West Classic]], the [[1998 Boston Cup|Boston Cup]], and the [[1998 US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. She then won the [[Bronze Medal]] at the [[Tennis at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok Asian Games]] in Mixed Doubles, partnering [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]. | ||
The [[1999 WTA Tour|1999 season]] saw her losing her qualifying matches at the [[1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts|Thalgo Open]] and the [[1999 Australian Open|Australian Open]] (falling to [[Brie Rippner]] and [[Sandra Kleinová]], respectively). She further failed to qualify for the clay court WTA events she played in | The [[1999 WTA Tour|1999 season]] saw her losing her qualifying matches at the [[1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts|Thalgo Open]] and the [[1999 Australian Open|Australian Open]] (falling to [[Brie Rippner]] and [[Sandra Kleinová]], respectively). She further failed to qualify for the clay court WTA events she played in April–May, losing to [[Eva Bes Ostariz]], [[Rosa Maria Andres-Rodriguez]], [[Janet Lee]], and [[Surina De Beer]], at the [[1999 Estoril Open|Portugal Open]], the [[1999 Flanders Women's Open|Belgian Open]], the [[1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg|Internationaux de Strasbourg]], and the [[1999 French Open|French Open]], respectively. She also had a disappointing result at [[1999 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]. However, at the [[1999 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], she did have two good wins in qualifying against [[Tathiana Garbin]] and [[Katalin Marosi]], followed by two further qualifying wins against [[Mirielle Dittmann]] and [[Magdalena Maleeva]] at the [[1999 Wismilak International|Malaysian Open]], and another at the [[1999 Pattaya Women's Open|Thailand Open]] against [[Tatiana Kovaltchouk]]. | ||
After promising wins against [[Jaslyn Hewitt]] and [[Kimberly Po]] at the [[2000 Australian Open]] qualifying, she fell to [[Kerry-Anne Guse]]. At [[2000 French Open|Roland Garros]], she lost to [[Desislava Topalova]]; and at [[2000 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], she lost to [[Vanessa Webb]]. She did manage to win a match at the [[2000 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], though, against [[Sybille Bammer]] in the qualifying. Sanjeev then went on to represent [[India at the 2000 Summer Olympics|India]] at the [[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]], playing in the women's doubles event with [[Manisha Malhotra]]. The team suffered a defeat at the hands of [[Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Australian]]s [[Jelena Dokic]] and [[Rennae Stubbs]] in round one. Earlier in the 2000, she won her second (and ultimately the last) [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]] title in April, winning against [[Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram]] in the $10,000 tournament held on [[carpet court]]s in [[New Delhi]]. Nirupama won a total of four ITF doubles titles in 2000, and reached a further two finals, making it a career-best season in doubles. | After promising wins against [[Jaslyn Hewitt]] and [[Kimberly Po]] at the [[2000 Australian Open]] qualifying, she fell to [[Kerry-Anne Guse]]. At [[2000 French Open|Roland Garros]], she lost to [[Desislava Topalova]]; and at [[2000 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], she lost to [[Vanessa Webb]]. She did manage to win a match at the [[2000 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], though, against [[Sybille Bammer]] in the qualifying. Sanjeev then went on to represent [[India at the 2000 Summer Olympics|India]] at the [[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]], playing in the women's doubles event with [[Manisha Malhotra]]. The team suffered a defeat at the hands of [[Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Australian]]s [[Jelena Dokic]] and [[Rennae Stubbs]] in round one. Earlier in the 2000, she won her second (and ultimately the last) [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]] title in April, winning against [[Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram]] in the $10,000 tournament held on [[carpet court]]s in [[New Delhi]]. Nirupama won a total of four ITF doubles titles in 2000, and reached a further two finals, making it a career-best season in doubles. | ||