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Academy Stars
Suffer Tough Losses
 Anna
Fitzpatrick’s three-week tour of
Canada came to an end in the second
round of the $50,000 ITF tournament
in Vancouver as she went down in
straight sets to in-form Stephanie
Dubois.
Despite playing
well, Fitzpatrick suffered a 6-1,
6-2 defeat against the No. 2 seeded
Dubois, the World No. 121 who has
now won 12 consecutive matches in a
run that has brought back-to-back
titles in Hamilton and Kentucky in
the last three weeks.
“I’m disappointed
that the score was so one-sided
because I know that I put my game on
the court,” said Fitzpatrick. “It
was only unforced errors when I was
attacking that lost me the match.
Had I made a few more balls, it
could have been a lot closer score
wise.
“I prepared very
well and mentally it was a pretty
good match. I kept at my game plan
throughout. I just need to do that
in every single match I play now.
Today is like a benchmark in terms
of preparation mentally as well as
physically, and how to approach the
first 10 minutes of every match.”
Despite the loss,
it has been a successful tour of
Canada for Fitzpatrick and fellow
Monte-Carlo Tennis Academy star Ana
Veselinovic. Last week in Calgary,
Veselinovic claimed the singles
title and teamed up with Fitzpatrick
to win the doubles as both players
moved to career-high rankings –
Veselinovic at No. 364 and
Fitzpatrick at No. 387.
Both players will
now begin preparations for two
tournaments in Moscow, which begin
on August 20 in Russia.
Meanwhile at the
Legg Mason Tennis Classic in
Washington, South African Wesley
Moodie went down 7-6(5), 7-6(3) in
the second round against No. 12 seed
Vincent Spadea.
The World No. 107
now turns his attention to the
doubles, where he and Australian
partner Todd Perry face top seeds
Bob and Mike Bryan in the
quarterfinals.
Moodie’s next
singles tournament will be at the
Western & Southern Financial Group
Masters which begins in Cincinnati
on August 13.
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