Hugo's Amelie Pics and News Blog

- Want to enjoy! :

2010-01-29T16:49:00.000-08:00

29/01/2010

At her home in Geneva, Amelia discovers little by little their new life away from the planning of trainings ...

Amelia: "The timing is really fun to post career. It's really nice to enjoy each day without scheduling or planning to meet. I will start in February next to a small tour de Coubertin coast to open GDF Suez a big tournament for me and gave me so many emotions during my career. I would probably also be some encouragement for my girlfriends Fed Cup in Lievin on next weekend! " On various work projects looming, proposals for various tv channels are suspended because nothing has been decided despite some advertisements in the newspaper Le Parisien. Amelia did not want to rush, it will take time to consider more concrete plans and give guidance she especially wants his new life ...

Pictures from the Press Conference

2009-12-07T11:40:00.000-08:00

Amelie retires... :

2009-12-03T10:47:00.001-08:00

03/12/2009

Amelie just gave a press conference announcing her retirement from tennis...

After a 15 year career,highlighted by prestigious titles and so much happiness.Amelie just announced her retirement:"After taking time for reflection;I finally decided to retire and turn the page."

Amelie Mauresmo retires

2009-12-03T03:58:00.000-08:00

PARIS, Dec 3 — Twice grand slam winner and former world number one Amelie Mauresmo announced her retirement today.

“I came here to announce the end of my career. I made this decision after careful consideration,” the 30-year-old Frenchwoman told a news conference before bursting into tears.

“It was becoming tough mentally. What happened is I simply did not want to go training any more. My tennis life lasted 25 years, there were extraordinary things and tough moments.”

Mauresmo first topped the rankings in September 2004 and clinched her two grand slam titles in 2006 when she won the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

She collected 25 WTA Tour singles crowns and won the Fed Cup with France in 2003.

“I had three main goals in my career, becoming world number one, claiming a grand slam title and a Fed Cup. I achieved all of them,” said Mauresmo.

“When I look back I have no regret and great pride.”

Following her Antwerp Diamond Games victory in 2007, she took longer than expected to recover from an appendectomy and suffered a series of injuries.

Mauresmo spent a long time in the wilderness and thought about quitting before storming back to claim the Paris Open title in February 2009.

“I had some luck this year because I felt some emotions I had not felt in previous years,” she said.

However, Mauresmo failed to keep up the momentum, losing to Russian Dinara Safina in the fourth round at Wimbledon in a match completed under the Centre Court’s new roof.

Serving at the start, she hit the first competitive shot under the roof in that match.

Mauresmo, who had one of the finest backhands on the tour, had not played since losing to Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak in the second round of the US Open in September.

She ruled out the idea of a farewell season.

“I watched (compatriot) Fabrice (Santoro) do it and that is something that really does not appeal to me,” said Mauresmo, the most successful French female player since Suzanne Lenglen in the 1910s and 1920s. — Reuters

- Sport for life :

2009-12-02T10:06:00.001-08:00

27/11/2009

Amelie will use all of her knowledge and experience to help the Sport for life Foundation...

Amelie has become the sponsor of the Sport for life Foundation of Hugh Quennec.Monday,at Bellevue's Country Club of Geneva,Switzerland;the president officially opened the door of the foundation that will provide the great qualities of sports.Amelie : "I want to share my experiences that I've gathered along my career with young people so that they can not walk into traps.Respect for values is the foundation for success! "

Mauresmo will speak

2009-12-02T05:32:00.000-08:00

Amélie Mauresmo should lift the veil on how she intends to give her career. The Frenchwoman had indeed summoned the press on Thursday late morning in Paris. And if doubt is still permitted, it is more than likely she announces her withdrawal from the courts after sixteen years in business. The former world number one (a position she reached in September 2004 and March 2006) no longer appeared in competition since losing in the second round of the U.S. Open in late August. A few weeks later, she ended her season, citing a lack of desire.

Having already reluctant to retire at the end of last season, Mauresmo still had re-enlisted for another year. With specific goals, namely winning a tournament and make a good performance at Wimbledon, the test which takes the most. The first was done with the title at the Open Gaz de France, the 25th of her career, before ending in the fourth round in London. "The major goal for me this year was Wimbledon. We can easily imagine that it is difficult to leave behind. There was a great cut, great moments with family, friends, etc.. C ' was a little hard, "she said on her website after the U.S. Open.

Her coach, Hugo Lecoq, talking regularly with her these days, as Xavier Moreau, her physical trainer since 2002, which was recently expressed in the columns of L'Equipe. According to him, her mood swung between "I'm able to play at the highest level" and "I feel an enormous weariness over constraints." And if she wants to be physically ready to begin the 2010 season in Australia, the Frenchwoman, 30 years old, who completed the year to 21st place worldwide, had a tight timing for taking a decision "no later than early December "according to Moreau. It is and we will then know.
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Mauresmo will speak Thursday

2009-12-01T16:04:00.001-08:00

Amélie Mauresmo will do next season? The former world number one should discuss his plans this week as it was invited by news journalists at a press conference held late Thursday morning in Paris. The French 30-year-old has not clarified the purpose of the meeting but the decision on the rest of his career is expected. Mauresmo ended the year 2009 to 21st in the world after stopping his season after the U.S. Open

Amelie in Serbia

2009-10-09T20:53:00.000-07:00

Amelie was spotted a few days ago at a supermarket in Serbia and posed with a Fan .

- Season completed:

2009-10-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

08/10/2009

Amelie will not play the last two tournaments she had initially provided in her program.

Amelie will not play the last two tournaments she had initially provided in her program: Linz and Luxembourg: "Since my return from the U.S. Open, I tried to drag me, but I have not found the desire to resume competition. I do not want to rush or force things. I still leave time for reflection before making a decision for the rest of my career. "

- Neither Tokyo nor Beijing ... :

2009-09-28T17:46:00.001-07:00

28/09/2009

Amelie decided not to participate in two tournaments in Asia.

Amelie will not play in Asia. As she said a few weeks ago she must be fresh physically and wants to be able to deliver a 100% match and take a maximum of pleasure. Amelie keeps with the goal tournaments in Linz and Luxembourg for the end of the season.

Amelie in training :

2009-09-18T07:04:00.001-07:00

Amelie is actually in training for the upcoming 2 tournaments in Asia:Tokyo and Beijing .

Amelie: " My return from New York was very difficult because I was not satisfied with my performance at the USO despite the hopes that the semis in New Haven had brought me the week before.After a few days of rest,I went back to training with the goal of finding the utmost pleasure in order to be in a good mind frame in Asia and for the end of the season.I'll follow up with tournaments in Linz and Luxembourg" .

Out of Us Open

2009-09-02T14:00:00.000-07:00

Amelie lost in the 2nd round at the 2009 Us Open the loss was a shock ,She lost 4-6, 0-6. Better Luck Next Time

1st Round Win

2009-09-01T01:07:00.000-07:00

Amelie Beat Tatjana Malek 6-3,6-4 today to win her !st round match at the 2009 US Open Amelie only needed 1 Hour and 21 min to close out the match .Good Luck Next Round

Training/Practice at Pilot Pen

2009-08-29T08:42:00.000-07:00

All thanks to Sapp . :)

Amelie out of Pilot Pen

2009-08-29T08:40:00.000-07:00

Amelie lost her Semi-Final match yesterday 7-5,1-6,2-6 . The match was delayed and had to be moved indoors because of rain .Off to the US Open . Good Luck Amelie

Into the Semifinals

2009-08-28T05:11:00.000-07:00

Amelie booked a place in the Semifinals yesterday at Pilot Pen for the 2nd strait year by Beating Fellow Friend Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (11-9) , 2-6 , 6-3 In a Quarterfinal marathon match that Lasted 2 Hours and 36 Minutes . GOOD LUCK IN THE SEMIS , Allez Amelie

US OPEN DRAW

2009-08-28T05:09:00.000-07:00

Alona Bondarenko [30] vs. Alla Kudryatseva
Gisela Dulko vs. Ekaterina Makarova
Yaroslava Shvedova vs. Masa Zec-Peskiric
Roberta Vinci vs. Jelena Jankovic [5]

Elena Dementieva [4] vs. Q
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Melanie Oudin
Polona Hercog vs. Christina McHale
Tsevana Pironkova vs. Maria Sharapova [29]

Vika Azarenka [8] vs. Alex Dulgheru
Q vs. Q
Alberta Brianti vs. Stephanie Vogele
Q vs. Francesca Schiavone [26]

Li Na [18] vs. Ioana Raluca Olaru
Michelle Larcher de Brito vs. Mathilde Johansson
Maria Kirilenko vs. Q
Patricia Mayr vs. Aga Radwanska [12]

Marion Bartoli [14] vs. Rosanna Neffa de los Rios
Vika Kutuzova vs. Kim Clijsters
Kirsten Flipkens vs. Jelena Dokic
Gail Brodsky vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues [20]

Kaia Kanepi [25] vs. Q
Magdalena Rybarikova vs. Q
Bethany Mattek Sands vs. Iveta Benesova
Vera Dushevina vs. Venus Williams [3]

Vera Zvonareva [7] vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives
Q vs. Anna Chakvetadze
Q vs. Jill Craybas
Lucie Hradecka vs. Elena Vesnina [31]

Amelie Mauresmo [17] vs. Tatjana Malek
Aleksandra Wozniak vs. Laura Granville
Olga Govortsova vs. Sania Mirza
Edina Gallovits vs. Flavia Pennetta [10]

Samantha Stosur [15] vs. Ai Sugiyama
Vania King vs. Anastasia Yakimova
Timea Bacsinszky vs. Q
Meghann Shaughnessy vs. Daniela Hantuchova [22]

Sybille Bammer [28] vs. Maria Jo Martinez Sanchez
Q vs. Andrea Petkovic
Melinda Czink vs. Maria Elena Camerin
Alexa Glatch vs. Serena Williams [2]

Finding Her Rhythm

2009-08-26T19:36:00.000-07:00

Amelie is finding her rhythm on court again Amelie was on a roll in her Second match At New Haven beating Alona Bondarenko 6-1, 6-1 in just 54 Mins .Next up is Good friend and Doubles Partner Svetlana Kuznetsova .ALLEZ AMELIE

A Good Start

2009-08-25T11:31:00.000-07:00

Amelie won her First Match in New Haven Beating Ai Sugiyama 6-4,6-1 in 1 Hour and 20 mins with this win Amelie improved her record vs Ai Sugiyama to 11-0 . Goo Luck Next Match ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO

New Haven Draw

2009-08-21T18:37:00.000-07:00

1 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS - ZHENG, Jie CHN
Q - KLEYBANOVA, Alisa RUS
BONDARENKO, Alona UKR - SHAUGHNESSY, Meghann USA
SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN - 8 MAURESMO, Amelie FRA

4 PETROVA, Nadia RUS - CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS
BAMMER, Sybille AUT - MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP
VESNINA, Elena RUS - DULKO, Gisela ARG
CORNET, Alize FRA - 7 CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK

6 BARTOLI, Marion FRA - MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, Maria Jose ESP
SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA - Q
BENESOVA, Iveta CZE - STOSUR, Samantha AUS
Q - 3 PENNETTA, Flavia ITA

5 RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL - Q
SCHNYDER, Patty SUI - RAZZANO, Virginie FRA
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS - PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS
SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP - 2 WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN

A Loss/Win In Toronto

2009-08-18T16:30:00.000-07:00

A very Rusty Amelie lost her first match since Wimbledon yesterday to Francesca Schiavone 2-6 , 6-3 ,1-6. Amelie and her Doubles partner Svetlana Kuznetsova also known as Momosova played their first match in Toronto a few hours later Beating Husarova/Parra Santonja 6-0 , 6-4 to advance to the next round .Good Luck Girls .

Canada Open

2009-08-15T07:12:00.000-07:00

Dinara Safina (1) vs BYE
Alize Cornet vs Aravane Rezai
Alisa Kleybanova vs Aleksandra Wozniak
Sara Errani vs Dominika Cibulkova (16)

Victoria Azarenka (9) vs Shuai Peng
qualifier vs Kim Clijsters
Anabel Medina Garrigues vs Patty Schnyder
BYE vs Jelena Jankovic (5)

Venus Williams (3) vs BYE
qualifier vs qualifier
Valerie Tetreault vs Agnes Szavay
Carla Suarez Navarro vs Agnieszka Radwanska (14)

Nadia Petrova (10) vs Maria Sharapova
Sybille Bammer vs Anna Chakvetadze
qualifier vs Stephanie Dubois
BYE vs Vera Zvonareva (7)

Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) vs BYE
qualifier vs Samantha Stosur
Virginie Razzano vs Ekaterina Makarova
qualifier vs Flavia Pennetta (12)

Amelie Mauresmo (15) vs Francesca Schiavone
Shahar Peer vs qualifier
Iveta Benesova vs Ai Sugiyama
BYE vs Elena Dementieva (4)

Caroline Wozniacki (8) vs BYE
Elena Vesnina vs Jie Zheng
qualifier vs Kaia Kanepi
qualifier vs Ana Ivanovic (11)

Marion Bartoli (13) vs Alona Bondarenko
qualifier vs qualifier
qualifier vs Daniela Hantuchova
BYE vs Serena Williams (2)

- Resumption of training:

2009-08-01T10:34:00.000-07:00

28/07/2009

Amélie's been training since Wednesday in the company of Hugo for tennis and Xavier for the physical work

Amelie has just started her preparation for the American tour. The departure is scheduled for next August 10: Amelie: "After two good weeks of holidays, the resumption racket in hand is a little difficult but after a few sessions all the feelings came back fast enough. I can not wait to return to competition! "

Happy 30th Birthday Amelie !

2009-07-04T15:07:00.000-07:00

Amelie Bows Out of Wimbledon

2009-06-29T11:04:00.000-07:00

Amelie lost her round of 16 Match today vs number 1 seed Dinara Safina in 3 tight sets 6-4 , 3-6 ,4-6 Amelie pushed Safina to the limit but in the end fell short in 2 hours and 9 mins of play , Amelie like always was gracious in defeat , Still a good run at Wimbledon this year .ALLEZ AMELIE

Momosova Lose

2009-06-28T09:21:00.000-07:00

Amelie and Kuzzy lost their 3rd round Doubles match to Stoser/Stubbs 3-6 ,2-6 .Even though they lost Amelie and Kuzzy were their usual Smiling Happy selves and did not seem to care about the loss . Good Luck Next Time .

Into the Round of 16

2009-06-28T09:18:00.000-07:00

Amelie is Into the Round of 16 at Wimbledon beating Flavia Pennetta yesterday 7-5 , 6-3 to set up a clash wit World Number one Dinara Safina on Center Court Monday . Amelie only needed 1 Hour and 30 mins to get the win Amelie had 8 Aces along with 8 DF and 31 UE .Good Luck Monday Momo . ALLEZ AMELIE

Wimbledon 2009

2009-06-27T05:45:00.000-07:00

Momosova Into the 3rd Round

2009-06-27T05:43:00.000-07:00

Amelie and Kuzzy made quick time to beat the teen pair of Robson and Stoop yesterday winning in just 1 hour and 5 mins 6-3,6-4 Good Luck next round girls GO MOMOSOVA

Momosova into the 2nd round

2009-06-24T10:38:00.000-07:00

Kuzzy and Momo won their 1st match in womens doubles today vs Malek/Petkovic in strait sets 6-3,6-4 In just 1 hour and 7 mins Good Luck in the Next Round ,ALLEZ MOMOSOVA

Into The Next Round

2009-06-24T10:32:00.000-07:00

Amelie won her fist match at Wimbledon yesterday beating Melinda Czink in 3 sets 6-1 ,4-6 , 6-2 Amelie played a great 1s set winning it in just 19 mins and had a concentration proplem in the second but came bac to win it in the 3rd Amelie won the match in 1 hour and 20 min she had 11EU , 10 Aces a serve of 62 % along with 7DF . Next up is Kristina Kucova . Good Luck Amelie ALLEZ AMELIE

Wimbledon Singles & Doubles Draw

2009-06-20T04:01:00.000-07:00

Dinara Safina RUS (1) v Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Nicole Vaidisova CZE v Rossana De Los Rios PAR
Elena Baltacha GBR v Alona Bondarenko UKR
Kirsten Flipkens BEL v Agnes Szavay HUN (30)
Amelie Mauresmo FRA (17) v Melinda Czink HUN
Katarina Srebotnik SLO v Aiko Nakamura JPN
Vania King USA v Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP v Flavia Pennetta ITA (15)

Caroline Wozniacki DEN (9) v Kimiko Date Krumm JPN
Petra Kvitova CZE v Maria Kirilenko RUS
Alberta Brianti ITA v Tathiana Garbin ITA
Marta Domachowska POL v Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (20)
Anna Chakvetadze RUS (32) v Sabine Lisicki GER
Patricia Mayr AUT v Anne Keothavong GBR
Pauline Parmentier FRA v Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Akiko Morigami JPN v Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (5)
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Doubles Draw

Su-Wei Hsieh TPE (5)/Shuai Peng CHN (5) v Sorana Cirstea ROU/Caroline Wozniacki DEN
Naomi Cavaday GBR/Katie O'Brien GBR v Mariya Koryttseva UKR/Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Rika Fujiwara JPN/Aiko Nakamura JPN v Kristina Barrois GER/Tathiana Garbin ITA
Sara Errani ITA/Carla Suarez Navarro ESP v Lisa Raymond USA (9)/Vera Zvonareva RUS (9)

Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (16)/Amelie Mauresmo FRA (16) v Tatjana Malek GER/Andrea Petkovic GER
Jade Curtis GBR/Anna Smith GBR v Laura Robson GBR/Georgie Stoop GBR
Maria Elena Camerin ITA/Anna Chakvetadze RUS v Edina Gallovits ROU/Katalin Marosi HUN
Sarah Borwell GBR/Anne Keothavong GBR v Samantha Stosur AUS (3)/Rennae Stubbs AUS (3)

A Loss

2009-06-17T09:22:00.000-07:00

Amelie loss her second match at Eastbourne today Amelie lost to Ekaterina Makarova 6 (8)-7 , 6 (13) - 7 in a match that lasted over 2 Hours . Amelie had plenty of chances but could not pull out the win . Better Luck next time.

In other news Amelie will be seeded 17th at Wimbledon this year and will be playing doubles with Svetlana and they are seeded 16th in Doubles this year . Good Luck at Wimbledon

A Win

2009-06-16T13:04:00.000-07:00

Amelie won her first match in Eastbourne today beating Vera Zonareva 6-3 ,1-6 ,6-3 in 1 Hour and 39 Mins Amelie had a poor service of only 53% along with 10 DF and 6 Aces but on a day where most of the Seeded players Lost Amelie won . Allez Amelie , Go Momo

Eastbourne Draw

2009-06-13T06:33:00.000-07:00

1 DEMENTIEVA, Elena RUS
2 KIRILENKO, Maria RUS

3 CORNET, Alize FRA
4 RAZZANO, Virginie FRA

5 BALTACHA, Elena GBR
6 LI, Na CHN

7 QUALIFIER
8 RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL

9 JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB
10 CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS

11 DULKO, Gisela ARG
12 BARTOLI, Marion FRA

13 BAMMER, Sybille AUT
14 KEOTHAVONG, Anne GBR

15 MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP
16 AZARENKA, Victoria BLR

17 WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN
18 KLEYBANOVA, Alisa RUS

19 STOSUR, Samantha AUS
20 LISICKI, Sabine GER

21 QUALIFIER
22 QUALIFIER

23 MAURESMO, Amelie FRA
24 ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS

25 PETROVA, Nadia RUS
26 IVANOVIC, Ana SRB

27 SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN
28 QUALIFIER

29 SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP
30 ZHENG, Jie CHN

31 WOZNIAK, Aleksandra CAN
32 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS

- Objective Wimbledon! :

2009-06-09T17:06:00.000-07:00

09/06/2009

Amélie began training on grass last Monday to prepare for the Eastbourne tournament ...

The departure is planned Thursday for England. Amélie: "I'm happy to go play on grass and start a tournament that I know well and who will be this year a mixed tournament as boys have the tournament schedule. This gives a different atmosphere in the competition and allows move rapidly into the atmosphere of the Grand Slam tournaments. I then go directly to Wimbledon! "

Match Pics

2009-05-24T17:25:00.001-07:00

Mauresmo loses in 1st round of French Open

2009-05-24T16:09:00.000-07:00

Amelie Mauresmo has been upset in the first round of the French Open, losing to Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4, 6-3.

The 29-year-old Mauresmo has never advanced past the quarterfinals at her home Grand Slam tournament, losing at that stage in 2003 and ’04.

The two-time Grand Slam champion, who lost in the second round at Roland Garros last year, won her 25th career title at the Paris Indoors in February.

Mauresmo was seeded 16th at this year’s French Open.

French Open Draw

2009-05-22T06:04:00.000-07:00

(3) Venus Williams vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Safarova vs. Sabine Lisicki
Elena Vesnina vs. Severine Bremond
Q vs. (29) Agnes Szavay
(20) Dominika Cibulkova vs. Alona Bondarenko
Stephanie Foretz vs. Kirsten Flipkens
Tamira Paszek vs. Gisela Dulko
Anna-Lena Groenefeld vs. (16) Amelie Mauresmo

Madrid Pictures

2009-05-20T12:47:00.001-07:00

A Good Run in Madrid

2009-05-20T12:41:00.000-07:00

Amelie had a great run in Madrid beating Jie Zheng 6-2 - 7-5 , Elena Dementieva 1-6 - 6-4 - 6-2 ,Agnes Szavay 5-7 - 6-1 - 6-1 to reach the Semi's but Lost in the Semi's to Caroline Wozniacki 6-7 (1-7) - 3-6 . Amelie payed great in this tournament but in the end had no energy left to pull off the win . Because of the run in Madrid Amelie ranking went up she is now # 16th going into the French Open .Allez Amelie , GO MOMO

Madrid Win

2009-05-11T14:21:00.000-07:00

Amelie won her First round match vs Ai Sugiyama winning 6-2 , 6-4 Amelie only needed 1 Hour and 14 mins to close out this win to improve her Head to Head vs Sugiyama to 10-0 , Keep playing great .Allez Amelie .

Amélie bows:

2009-05-04T05:33:00.000-07:00

French bows in three sets in the first round of the tournament in Rome.

Amélie has not had the time she hoped to be able to prepare and enter the tournament under the conditions expected. Scheduled today, Sunday, she was beaten by Martinez Sanchez 4-6, 7-6, 6-2. The Spaniard thus deprived France of a duel 100% light in the second round, she will meet Marion Bartoli.
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Rome Main Draw

2009-05-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

[1]Safina vs BYE
Razzano vs Rybarikova
Vesnina vs Q
Dechy vs [14]Zheng

[11]Bartoli vs Peng
Mauresmo vs Martinez Sanchez
Keothavong vs Navarro
BYE vs [8]Petrova

[4]V.Williams vs BYE
Safarova vs Q
Woziniak vs Errani
Chakvetadze vs [15]Garrigues

[10]A.Radwanska vs A.Bondarenko
Kleybanova vs Q
Schiavone vs Q
BYE vs [5]Ivanovic

Fed Cup Day 2

2009-04-27T06:34:00.000-07:00

Amelie Saves the Day ( France Wins 3-2)

2009-04-26T16:26:00.000-07:00

Alize Cornet lost her 2nd Match in this Fed Cup Tie vs Dominika Cibilkova 6-2 , 5-7 ,6-4 giving the Slovaks a 1-2 lead in the tie .

Amelie won her 2nd match in the Fed Pup Tie today beating Daniela Huntuchova 7-5 , 6-4 in a amazing match that lasted 2 Hours and 22 mins Amelie played a brilliant match to give France a chance she gave France a 2-2 tie .

Amelie was chosen to replace teammate Mathilde Johansson in playing the deciding match in this Tie she was partnered with Nathalie Dechy to lift France to Victory to keep them safe in the World Group . Amelie and Nat played a brilliant 3 set victory vs Cibilkova/Huntuchova winning 4-6, 6-1 , 6-4 . Giving France the 3-2 lead and the Tie Win . Amelie was the Force behind all of France 3 Points .

Fed Cup Day 1

2009-04-25T17:08:00.000-07:00

France vs Slovak Republic (Tied 1-1)

2009-04-25T17:00:00.000-07:00

France and Slovak Republic are tied 1-1 in their Playoff tie .Alize Cornet Lost her 1st match to Daniela Hantuchova 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4.

Amelie won her 1st match Finally Beating Dominika Cubulkova who in the 3 times she played her Amelie has lost all 3 times but today she beat the teen 4-6 , 6-2 , 6-3 . Amelie had 43 Ue , 3 DF and a serve of 58% along with 10 Aces in a match that took 2 Hours and 12 Mins.

Target Fed Cup

2009-04-24T06:04:00.000-07:00

Amelie got back to training with the tie that will pit France against the Czech Rep in Fed Cup...

The focus this week has been to her rhythm on the clay as fast as possible for Amelie because of the Fed Cup tie since she hasn't competed since Miami.The French team will announce their selection Tomorrow.

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Fed Cup Draw

Saturday
Alize Cornet (FRA) v Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) v Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

Sunday
Alize Cornet (FRA) v Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) v Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Nathalie Dechy/Mathilde Johansson (FRA) v Dominika Cibulkova/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)

Momosova are the Champs

2009-04-05T19:11:00.000-07:00

Momosova won the Doubles title in Miami beating Peschke/Raymond 4-6 , 6-3 , 10-3 IT is Momosova 2nd Title together .Congratulations Girls . Keep it up .

Momosova In the Finals

2009-04-03T13:38:00.001-07:00

Momosova just won their semifinal match vs Schnyder/Groenefeld to win 7-6(6) , 6-3 to reach the Finals in Miami . Good Luck Girls

Momosova in the Semi's

2009-04-01T12:46:00.000-07:00

Momosova just booked a spot in the Semifinals in doubles in Miami .They beat N Llagostera Vives / M Martinez Sanchez 5-7 ,7-5,10-6 . Keep It Up Girls

Momosova still going

2009-04-01T06:28:00.000-07:00

Momosova took out the Number 1 seeds in Doubles beating the team Black/Huber 6-4 ,4-6 ,10-4 .Keep it up Girls .

Out Of Miami

2009-03-30T13:44:00.002-07:00

Amelie lost her 4th round match today vs Samantha Stosur losing in strait sets 4-6,4-6 .Good Luck Next Tournement .

Sweet Revenge

2009-03-30T05:13:00.000-07:00

Amelie got revenge on Flavia Pennetta in their 3rd round match up at Miami yesterday evening . Amelie won the match 6(5)-7, 6-2 , 6-2 Amelie had 8 DF throughout the match along with 2 Aces and a serve of 60% .It took Amelie 2 Hours and 20 Mins to beat the Italian . Good Luck Next Round .ALLEZ AMELIE.

2nd Round Win

2009-03-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

Amelie won her 1st match in Miami today beating Magdalena Rybarikova 6-3 , 1-6 , 6-2 . Amelie had 1 DF along with 3 Aces and a serve of 56% . Next up is F. Pennetta Time for some revenge .Good Luck Amelie . ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO

Momosova Win First Match

2009-03-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

Momosova Won their first match in Miami Yesterday taking out S Cirstea / C Wozniacki .They won 4-6 , 6-4 , 10 - 8 . Good Luck Next Round .

Miami Single and Doubles Draw

2009-03-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

A. IVANOVIC [7] Vs Bye
QUALIFIER Vs CIRSTEA, Sorana
SCHIAVONE, Francesca Vs PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana
Bye Vs A. SZAVAY [25]

A. CHAKVETADZE [22] Vs Bye
OUDIN, Melanie Vs HANTUCHOVA, Daniela
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia Vs QUALIFIER
BYE Vs AZARENKA, Victoria [11]

F. PENNETTA [15] Vs Bye
BONDARENKO, Kateryna Vs KIRILENKO, Maria
RUS, Arantxa Vs RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena
A. MAURESMO [20] Vs Bye

S. BAMMER [27] Vs Bye
ARVIDSSON, Sofia Vs STOSUR, Samantha
JOHANSSON, Mathilde Vs MIRZA, Sania
Bye Vs D. SAFINA [2]

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[1] Black/Huber vs. Peng/Savchuk
Cirstea/Wozniacki vs. [WC] Kuznetsova/Mauresmo
Mattek-Sands/Petrova vs. [WC]McHale/Stephens
Koryttseva/Voskoboeva vs. [6] Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez

[4] Stosur/Stubbs vs. Yan/Zheng
Pavlyuchenkova/Vesnina vs. Hradecka/Uhlirova
Groenefeld/Schnyder vs. Dechy/Santangelo
[WC] Martic/Vandeweghe vs. [5] Hantuchova/Sugiyama

[7] Chan/Schiavone vs. Erakovic/Sun
Bondarenko/Bondarenko vs. Craybas/Makarova
Amanmuradova/King vs. Dushevina/Shvedova
Kudryavtseva/Rodionova vs. [3] Peschke/Raymond

[8] Kirilenko/Pennetta vs. A Radwanska/Szavay
Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova vs. Chuang/Mirza
Gallovits/Poutchek vs. Dulko/Peer
Kleybanova/Niculescu vs. [2] Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual

Long 2nd Round Win

2009-03-13T14:34:00.001-07:00

Amelie beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld today in a match that lasted 2Hours and 57 Mins. Amelie won the match 5-7 , 6-3 ,6-4 Amelie had a rusty start but got the win Amelie had 6 Aces and a whopping 10 DF and a serve of 56% . Amelie I hope you get plenty of rest . GOOD Luck Next Round .ALLEZ AMELIE

Momosova Are Back

2009-03-12T20:10:00.001-07:00

Amelie Mauresmo And her doubles Partner Svetlana Kuznetsova (Momosova)upset the 2nd seed team of A Medina Garrigues / V Ruano Pascual Winning 6-2 7-6 (7-5) it only took them an Hour and Twenty Nine minuets to get the Win . Good Luck next round Momosova .

- Teaming up... :

2009-03-12T14:41:00.001-07:00

12/03/2009

Amélie's competition starts today by playing doubles with Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Amélie will be alongside the Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova to enter the tournament. Amélie: "It's always a good thing to start with doubles that will allow me to pay attention to my quality of service and return before my first round singles match."

Indian Wells Doubles Draw

2009-03-11T10:15:00.001-07:00

(8) Chan/Sun vs Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova
Kops-Jones/Spears vs Dechy/Santangelo
Dulko/Peer vs Chuang/Mirza
Hsieh/Peng vs Peschke/Raymond (3)

(6) Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez vs A.Radwanska/Szavay
(WC)Sharapova/Vesnina vs Makarova/Poutchek
Cirstea/Voskoboeva vs Mattek-Sands/Washington (WC)
(WC)Kuznetsova/Mauresmo vs Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (2)

Good Luck Momosova

Indian Wells Draw

2009-03-10T04:23:00.000-07:00

(4) Zvonareva - Bye
Q vs Chan
Kvitova vs Parmentier
(26) Benesova - Bye
(17) Mauresmo - Bye
Niculescu vs Groenefeld
Li vs Tanasugarn
(13) Schnyder - Bye

(9) Wozniacki - Bye
Arvidsson vs Bacsinszky
Razzano vs Q
(18) Kanepi - Bye
(29) Suarez Navarro - Bye
Q vs (WC) Glatch
Q vs (WC) U.Radwanska
(6) Kuznetsova - Bye

- Arrival at Indian Wells:

2009-03-09T09:06:00.002-07:00

09/03/2009

After arriving Friday afternoon in Los Angeles, Amelie and Hugo took the road ...

Friday, Amelie and Hugo took the road for Indian wells which represents about three hours by car. Everything goes well, the jet-lag is almost digested and feel on the ground are excellent.

- Direction Indian Wells:

2009-03-07T06:14:00.001-08:00

06/03/2009

Amélie flies today to Indian Wells where she will get back to the competition ...

Amélie sets off today to the United States. Upon her arrival and awaiting the start of the tournament, the program will be normal. Jogging to recover faster from jet lag and immediately put the body into action and the afternoon will be devoted to tennis workouts.

- Training ... :

2009-02-26T08:31:00.001-08:00

26/02/2009

After a week of rest, Amélie resumed training since Monday.

All goes well for Amélie. After a good week at home in Geneva, the French returned to training since Monday and she alternated sessions of physical training and tennis. She will fly to Indian Wells on the 6th.

- Well-deserved rest! :

2009-02-20T11:49:00.000-08:00

17/02/2009

After obtaining his title Sunday at the Open GDF Suez, Amélie took the direction of Geneva.
Amélie: "It feels really nice to put his affairs at home from Australia because I had not had the opportunity to spend several days like that." The days are mostly resting place even if it had filled the fridge, do a few machines, but with much pleasure out on some good bottles ..

Tennis - WTA - Dubai - Mauresmo withdraws

2009-02-18T07:52:00.000-08:00

After her victory in the Paris Open, Amélie Mauresmo has announced that she would not contest the Dubai tournament, which began Sunday. The Frenchwoman had little chance to shine in the UAE since the organizers have scheduled on Monday, against the Spaniard Medina Garrigues (No. 14), which would have forced to travel through the night to arrive on time.

Championship Pictures

2009-02-16T16:17:00.001-08:00

Amelie Is Champion

2009-02-15T16:43:00.000-08:00

Amelie Won the 17th Open Gaz De France today in front of a Packed Stadium to win her 25th career Title . Amelie Bead Elena Dementieva 7-6 (9-7) , 2-6 , 6-4 . In a match that lasted 2hours and 32 mins . Amelie was very emotional after winning her first title in over 18 months . Amelie played brilliant today and held her Nerve when she needed to Amelie had 2 Aces along with 4 DF and a serve of 56 % . Congratulations Amelie , Many More titles to come in 2009 . ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO

Match Pictures

2009-02-14T14:27:00.000-08:00

Into the Finals

2009-02-14T14:23:00.000-08:00

Amelie has reached her first Final in over 18 months today by beating Jelena Jankovic 6-2 , 6-0 , 6-1 Amelie played a fantastic 1st and 3rd Set to win the Semi Final match Amelie Asked and drew on the home crowd support . Amelie needed 1 hour and 50 mins to win this she had 6 Aces along with 7 DF and a serve of 59 % . Amelie will Play Elena Dementieva For the 17th Open Gaz De France Championship . Good Luck Amelie , ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO

Match Pictures

2009-02-13T17:50:00.000-08:00

A Brilliant Win

2009-02-13T14:53:00.000-08:00

Amelie continued her brilliant play today in her Quarterfinal match vs Agnieszka Radwanska beating her 6-2 , 6-0 in just an Hour and 8 mins Amelie was in control from the start of this match and played amazing to get herself into the Semifinals tomorrow Amelie had 5 Aces , 2 SF 24 Winners and 13 UE along with a Serve of 63 % . Next up is Jelena Jankovic . Good Luck Amelie , ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO

Match Pictures

2009-02-12T15:02:00.000-08:00

A Sweet Victory

2009-02-12T14:59:00.000-08:00

Amelie won her 2nd round match today beating Monica Niculescu 6-1 , 6-2 in an Hour and 28 mins Amelie played great today and earned the win the match was a lot closer than the score says .Amelie had 5 Aces along with 4 DF and a serve of 65% . Next up is A. Radwanska . Good Luck Amelie , ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO

Match Pictures

2009-02-12T06:48:00.001-08:00

Revenge Is Sweet !

2009-02-11T17:45:00.000-08:00

Amelie got revenge on Sara Errani today at the Open Daz De France in her 1st round match winning 6-2 , 6- 0 . Amelie played a clean match with only 1 DF and 9 UE , She also had 18 Winners and 4 Aces along with a serve of 56 % in a match that only lasted 56 Mins . Lets Hope Amelie keeps playing like this . Next Up is Monica Niculescu . Good Luck Amelie . ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO

Loic about Amélie

2009-02-10T05:15:00.001-08:00

Loic about Amélie

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"I have not seen her matches this weekend in Fed Cup but I have followed like everyone else. She will find the Italian Sara Errani, but it will be completely different because the game was not so Sunday (France had already been conducted and thus eliminated 0-3). She found her favorite tournament at Coubertin, it is HER tournament. She has a beautiful story with the public, with the tournament. She will be well motivated and it will be a different ballgame than on Sunday. I feel good. She had a tough game Saturday against Pennetta but was on the verge of winning against a girl who is 12th worldwide. Before her audience, she will prevail against Errani, I am sure. To look a little further, Amélie has the means to return to the Top 20. It had started in Australia, she beat Ivanovic then lost against a very good Azarenka. She plays well, she does not hurt for a long while. She plays to her audience, she can smile, just to make a good result and can leave with Amélie. It takes just two-three results will happen to her, and I think she can do in Paris. She is always in contact, obviously I'm away but it is in very good terms, I think it will go well for her. "

FedCup 2009 France-Italy.

2009-02-09T10:51:00.001-08:00

FedCup 2009 France-Italy.
Video sent by Beckham18

Amelie's reaction on Flavia fckin gesture.Thanks to tRUstus .

France Lose Fed Cup Tie vs Italy

2009-02-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

France Lost their Quater Final Fed cup Tie vs Italy losing all 5 matches Amelie Mauresmo lost her second match vs Sara Errani 3-6 ,4-6 . Alize Cornet lost to Flavia Pennetta 6-2 , 6-2 and Severine Bremond/Nathalie Dechy lost 6-4 ,6-4 in their Doubles match . Better Luck next time Girls . Allez Les Blues

Open Gaz De France 2009 Draw

2009-02-08T13:01:00.000-08:00

1 - S.WILLIAMS (USA) vs I.BENESOVA (RTC)
P.KVITOVA (RTC) vs QUALIF.
QUALIF. vs N.VAIDISOVA (RTC)
K.KANEPI (EST) vs 7 - A.MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP)

3 - E.DEMENTIEVA (RUS)vs A.SUJIYAMA (JAP)
A.PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS)vs V.RAZZANO (FRA)
S.CIRSTEA (ROU)vs N.DECHY (FRA)
A.BONDARENKO (UKR) vs 6 - P.SCHNYDER (SUI)

8 - A.MAURESMO (FRA) vs S.ERRANI (ITA)
T.BACSINSZKY (SUI)vs M.NICULESCU (ROU)
A.KLEYBANOVA (RUS) vs T.PIRONKOVA (BUL)
QUALIF.4 - A.RADWANSKA (POL)

5 - A.CORNET (FRA) vs QUALIF.
E.MAKAROVA (RUS)vs D.HANTUCHOVA (SVK)
A.SZAVAY (HUN) vs N.LI (CHN)
F.SCHIAVONE (ITA)vs 2 - J.JANKOVIC (SRB)

Mauresmo furious with Pennetta over Fed Cup 'finger insult'

2009-02-07T16:32:00.000-08:00

Amelie confronting the Referee on the Incident after her loss

Amelie Mauresmo slammed the umpire after he handed Italy's Flavia Pennetta only a verbal warning for making an obscene gesture during their Fed Cup first round tie on Saturday. In the opening rubber between France and Italy, Pennetta reacted angrily toward the umpire after he overruled a backhand passing shot by her that had initially been called in. The overrule handed Mauresmo a match point in the second-set tiebreak. "I did not see the incident because I was facing the other side but I heard the announcement of the warning," said Mauresmo, "(Team mate) Alize Cornet saw it all and saw what she (Pennetta) told the umpire. She should have been kicked out of the court. "There are no limits anymore in the behavior a player can have with an umpire. It is unbelievable." After the incident, Mauresmo went on to double fault on the match point. Pennetta regained her focus to give Italy a 1-0 lead. "I lost my rhythm because we had to wait (for play to resume) but I'm not looking for excuses," Mauresmo said. "We have prepared a letter for the supervisor to have the result of the match being revised," Escude said. Pennetta, who did receive a warning for her conduct, said she was sorry afterwards.

"I am not pleased with myself but that's the first time such a thing has happened to me - it was a gruelling match from the start and I lost control as I really thought the ball was in," said the Italian.

France Off To Rough Start Down 0 - 2

2009-02-07T16:18:00.000-08:00

France is off to a rough start going down 0-2 to Italy on Day One if their Fed Cup Tie . Amelie who was first up Lost her battle vs Favia Pennetta 6-2 , 6-7(7-9) , 4-6 in a thrilling 3 set battle that lasted 2 Hours and 43 Mins Amelie had plenty of chances to Win this match and often made Error's on crucial points . Alize Cornet Lost her Battle to Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 2-6, 8-6 , Alize fought hard but in the end was not enough The youngster took the loss hard.

For France to win this Tie vs Italy they will need to win all 3 Matches tomorrow Alize is first up to play Pennetta , Amelie is second up to play Schiavone then the 2 teams will Play a Doubles match . France has never come back from being down 0-2 But hopefully Tomorrow will be the First . Allez Les Blues .

Fed Cup Training and Press

2009-02-06T22:01:00.000-08:00

- Amelie to start . . . :

2009-02-06T21:51:00.000-08:00

06/02/2009

The draw was just carried out and Amelie will start the tie...

Selected in singles by the captain of the French fed cup team Nicolas Escude,Amelie will start things against Flavia Pennetta.It's worth nothing that France has lost 2 consecutive ties against Italy in 2006 and 2007.Les "Bleues" certainly have payback in mind ...

Fed Cup Schedule

2009-02-06T05:32:00.000-08:00

Saturday
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) v Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Alize Cornet (FRA) v Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

Sunday
Alize Cornet (FRA) v Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) v Alize Cornet (FRA) v Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Severine Bremond/Nathalie Dechy (FRA) v Sara Errani /Roberta Vinci (ITA)

French Fed Cup Team Training

2009-02-04T05:54:00.000-08:00

Amélie has something to celebrate ...

2009-02-04T05:47:00.000-08:00

So this year she will celebrate her 30th birthday, Amélie Mauresmo will also have an opportunity to celebrate her tenth participation in the Open GDF SUEZ in 2009. And the former world number one could well take the opportunity to dominate Coubertin for the third time.

This annual event in February, she knows well. Above all she particularly appreciates. This year, Amélie Mauresmo will be present to delight the Parisian public. And why not afford a third sacred Coubertin after won in 2001 and 2006. For its tenth consecutive Amélie wants to wait all weekend to blow the candles. And hope the cross in the final is far from being incongruous.

Associated with this season Hugo Lecoq, Team player GDF SUEZ is finally rid of these glitches that have marred physical much of her 2008 season. Determined and ambitious, the former world number one found on a particular game and the technique into the big world of women's tennis in 2006. More compelling on her service and its return, the French player was offered a semi-final in Brisbane in early January and came up against the Belarussian Azarenka in the third round of the Australian Open. In the year she turns 30, Amélie is determined to surprise. Why not start on her favorite tournament to Coubertin?

Resumption of the racket. :

2009-02-01T20:31:00.000-08:00

30/01/09.

After a few days rest, Amelie resumed training today with coach Hugo Lecoq. She will rejoin the rest of the French Fed Cup team on Sunday evening. They plan to leave for Orleans on Tuesday afternoon.

Whilst they wait, the whole team will be reunited in order to prepare together for next Sunday's tie with Italy.

That Twirl

2009-01-26T04:57:00.001-08:00

Anyone who watched Amelie's 3rd round match at the 2009 AO knows about the Racket twirl Amelie did and her reaction to winning a challenge .

- Amelie tilts ... :

2009-01-24T08:10:00.000-08:00

24/01/2009

The French had just been eliminated in the third round of the Australian Open ...

Amélie at the exit of the court: "On leaving the field, I thought this might be my last match here in Melbourne but it does not worry any more than that. We'll see," said French 29. "I hope I won't be asked this question at the end of each tournament. Honestly I do not know. In my head, I go for 2009 and will report at the end of the year. This will depend much fun that I had taken on the ground because it is mainly what I look for today. If I had played better tennis in my first two matches, it might have been easier. Aujourd ' Today there has been better at the game was also largely better than what I was able to produce last year. But it will not back a coup like that. It will take a little patience. I'm just a little disappointed at not more able to distinguish when the exchange was installed. I do not have the habit of playing
matches at this level is faced with such strong girls. "

The FTT took Amelie's comments completely out of context .

Match Pictures

2009-01-23T21:32:00.000-08:00

3rd Round Loss

2009-01-23T21:24:00.000-08:00

Amelie lost her 3rd round match today vs Victoria Azarenka losing 4-6 ,2-6 Amelie did not play her best level of play and lost in 1 Hour 2 Mins. Amelie had a serve of 60% with 2 Aces , DF and 28 Unforced Errors along with 16 winners . However Amelie seemed to be in good spirits during the match she smiled a lot and also had a great reaction when one of her shots was challenged spinning her racket and raising her arms in triumph when the ball was confirmed to be good .

The comments below are from a French Site
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"On leaving the court, I thought, maybe it was my last match in Melbourne."

Signed Amélie Mauresmo eliminated in the third round.

We all hope it wont be her last match in Melbourne . Good luck Next tournament , ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO

Match Pictures

2009-01-21T21:29:00.001-08:00

Tough 2nd Round Win

2009-01-21T21:20:00.000-08:00

Amelie won her second round match today at the Australian Open beating Elena Baltacha in 3 sets 4-6 , 6-3 , 6-2 . Amelie got off to a slow start and had to deal with very heavy wind during the match she lost the first set but regained her self to win the second set , And being down 0-2 early in the 3rd set cruised to win 6 strait games to win the game , Amelie had 6 DF , 4 Aces, 33 Unforced Errors , 16 Winners and a serve of 54% in a mtch that lasted 2 Hours and 13 Minutes .Next up is Vika Azarenka , Amelie will have to raise her level of play . Good Luck Amelie , ALLEZ AMELIE , GO MOMO.

Match Picture's

2009-01-19T21:53:00.000-08:00

Solid First Round Win

2009-01-19T21:49:00.000-08:00

Amelie won her first round match today at the Australian Open in just 1 Hour and 25 minutes . Amelie beat Olga Govortsova 6-4 , 6-3 Amelie had 6 Aces , 3 DF , 23 Winners along with 26 Unforced Errors ,and a Serve of 65% . Amelie will next play Elena Baltacha in round two .Good Luck Amelie , ALLEZ AMELIE

- I feel good! :

2009-01-17T11:08:00.000-08:00

17/01/2009

Amélie has been practicing on court since Wednesday ...

Amélie: "I feel good today, I have been training since Wednesday while remaining very cautious. Today, I played against Hugo and tomorrow will do a training session with other players. My entry in the tournament should be scheduled for Tuesday, it still leaves me a little time to be fully restored. "

Update - Amelie will play her first match Tuesday vs Olga Govortsova Good Luck Amelie

Training in Melbourne

2009-01-16T22:49:00.000-08:00

Amelie Mauresmo of France returns the ball during a practice session for the Australian Open in Melbourne on January 17, 2009. The Australian Open begins on January 19 and runs until February 1.