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Fitzpatrick Makes Challenger
Breakthrough
 Anna
Fitzpatrick reached a new milestone
this week by qualifying for her
first Challenger event at the
$25,000 Antalya tournament in
Attaleia, Turkey.
Anna, seeded three in the qualifying
competition, dropped just four games
throughout her two matches en route
to the main draw, which begins on
Monday. After receiving a bye in the
first round, Anna cruised past
Vladlena Petushkova of Russia 6-0,
6-1 and then overcame India’s Sonal
Phadke 6-2, 6-1 in the final
qualifying round.
Looking ahead to the main draw, Anna
was delighted to have progressed
through the qualifying so smoothly.
“This is the first time I have
qualified for a $25,000 tournament
and it was comfortable,” said Anna.
“I'm going into the main draw
feeling good and confident that I
can do some damage. Today, I was
happy with the style of tennis I
played, I was waiting for
opportunities to come forward and I
closed the net very well. I need to
play every match with that
commitment at the net.”
MCTA Director of Coaching, David
Sammel added: “Anna qualified for
her first Challenger in style.
Hopefully this will be the start of
her being comfortable at this level.
The Monte-Carlo training camp [last
week] helped, her unforced error
count was way down.”
In the main draw, Anna will join the
Monte Carlo Tennis Academy’s Serbian
star Ana Veselinovic and trialist
Ana Timotic.
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