Anne Keothavong, 6th seed, claimed the biggest tournament of her career after defeating world Monica Niculescu, ranked 53rd and 3rd seed, 7-6 4-6 6-3 to win the Krakow Open in Poland.Keothavong is ranked 75 in the world and should now move to a career-high position in the new listings following on from her third-round showing at the U.S. Open. This are Anne Keothavong's results during this week in Poland...Anne KEOTHAVONG (GBR) (6) defeated Vesna MANASIEVA (RUS) 6-4 6-2 Anne KEOTHAVONG (GBR...Read Full Story
Flushing Meadows can be the cruellest place to play tennis. The physical and mental distress of defeat proved almost too much to bear for Britain's Anne Keothavong.Read Full Story
Anne Keothavong is enjoying her best season in the WTA tour. She has reached the top 100 a few weeks ago and is having a very good week in Stanford where she hopes can keep getting better and better.After winning 3 qualifying matches Anne Keothavong faced Sania Mirza in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic. The world number 82 had nothing too lose and displayed some very good tennis that help her score a great 2 sets win, 7-6 and 61, over the 2007 finalist.The first set was very...Read Full Story
Anne Keothavong Wimbledon 2010 Interview June 22nd
Q. What went wrong today?
ANNE KEOTHAVONG: I think nerves just got the better of me, to be honest. You know, I really fought my heart out out there. You know, she held her nerve better than I did. She’s the one who walks off the court with a win.
Q. Did it cloud your mind the fact there was no British winner yesterday?
ANNE KEOTHAVONG: That had nothing to do about when I was on court. On court, I was fully focused on what was going on, on my...Read Full Story
Anne Keothavong Wimbledon Interview- Day 2 June 21st 2011
A. Keothavong bt N. Broady 6 2, 6 4
Q. Must have been nice to get back to winning ways at Wimbledon
ANNE KEOTHAVONG: Yeah, you know, it wasn’t an easy match out there. You’re playing another British player. It was a match where really she had nothing to lose and, you know, I was the one who, yeah, was expected to win. All the pressure’s on me.
You know, it was a tough match, but I’m glad I came through it. And, yeah, I have another...Read Full Story
Anne Keothavong was knocked out of the Strasbourg International by Mirjana Lucic, the British number two losing 2-6 7-5 6-4. Keothavong made a flying start against the world number 119 before fading badly against a player ranked 43 places lower ...
• Briton won first set before going down 2-6, 7-5, 6-4• Elena Baltacha lost to Stéphanie Foretz Gacon on MondayAnne Keothavong failed to build on a good start against Mirjana Lucic as she was knocked out in the first round of the Strasbourg International.Keothavong won the first set against Lucic, who is ranked 119 in the world – 43 places below the British No2 – but the Croatian battled back to win 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.Keothavong follows Elena...
• World No75 beaten 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 by Klara Zakopalova• Londoner broken in fourth game of deciding setAnne Keothavong has been knocked out of the Budapest Grand Prix in the first round by the fourth seed Klara Zakopalova.The world No75, from London, had chances to spring a surprise but let a set point slip in the first set and was eventually beaten 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 in two hours 38 minutes.With Zakopalova, who is from the Czech Republic, serving at...