Kimiko Date-krumm

Japanese media on Monday hailed veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm's first tournament victory in 13 years, which made her the oldest winner of a WTA event since Billie Jean King in 1983. Date-Krumm, who celebrated her 39th birthday on Monday, won the Korean Open on Sunday in Seoul when she upset Spain's second seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3. The mass-circulation Yomiuri Shimbun wrote in a headline, "A series of fine shots makes up for a lack of speed" and the influential daily Asahi Shimbun praised her "fighting spirit". It was Date-Krumm's eighth career title and the first since her comeback in 2008. Her last title ... Read Full Story

Q. How are you feeling physically? KIMIKO DATE KRUMM: Physically? Of course, a little bit tired. But I have still energy little bit. I just standing at the start line compared to other player, so I need little bit more recover the body of course tonight and maybe I can play more. Q. How does it feel to perhaps be the oldest player in the draw? KIMIKO DATE KRUMM: Yeah, when I go back to the locker room, I speak with Rennae Stubbs. She said, Good job. Then she said, I'm 37 years old and you are 38, so you are older. She said, ... Read Full Story

Q. You were so close. KIMIKO DATE KRUMM: Yeah, it's so close match. It was close match. I didn't know that almost three hours I was playing, because I like the hot place and I like more humid compared to qualifying. So I didn't feel. Just concentrate the match. I just concentrate, so I didn't feel no bad. I didn't think about I will win or not, lose easy. Just concentrated today. My body was moving very quite good. So just to enjoy to play. Of course, after losing, if I took one more point or four more points, of course it's a little ... Read Full Story

Here is Kimiko Date's second blog post from Pattay... she also answered wuestion from her fans and talks about her doubles match... check it out... Hello everybody, I had my first doubles match today, my partner was Sesil Karatantcheva from Kazakhstan. Unfortunately, we lost. I haven't had a chance to play doubles this year until now, because my doubles ranking is very low. This was the first time I've played doubles since November, actually. I was trying to get my rhythm but couldn't get into a groove until the end. It was also the first time I played with Sesil, and we probably need ... Read Full Story

Kimiko Date Krumm will be blogging from the Pattaya Open... Here is her first blog post for WTA .. Monday, February 9, 2009 Hi everyone, This is Kimiko Date Krumm - some of you old-timers may remember me from 13 years ago! I returned to tennis last May. This is my first time doing the blog on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour website. This was not done when I used to tour, so I'm very excited to write to you all from Pattaya City this week. I started this season in Auckland, New Zealand, then went to Australian Open qualifying. I was happy to ... Read Full Story