Bienvenue! My name is Jamie and I like golf. I grew up playing tennis in eastern Massachusetts, but fell in love with the game after watching Se Ri Pak defeat Jenny Chausiriporn at the 1998 U.S. Womens Open. I studied Hospitality & Tourism Management (with a focus on Event, Tourism, and Convention Management) at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Tennis is my first love, but golf is a very close second.
I believe style should equal substance, and the latter is nothing without the former.
"you can't make harmony, when everyone is singing the same note."
Speaking of Comebacks.. Date-Krumm UPSETS Kleybanova
After what felt like countless three set losses to top-30 players, Kimiko Date-Krumm finally came full circle today, upsetting 5th seed and 30th ranked Alisa Kleybanova in the 2nd round of the Hansol Korean Open earlier Thursday. Kimiko had to fight off a match point in the second set to Kleybanova at 5-3, to overcome the big babe Russian, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 to advance to her first tour quarterfinal in nearly 13 years.
Date-Krumm had won her first WTA main draw match since her comeback began last year, when she beat Korean wildcard Ye-Ra Lee in the opening round 6-3, 6-4. Lee, a former top 200 player who rarely plays outside of Korea, had been battling injury problems this year, and has dropped outside the top 500.
None the less Date-Krumm has a lot to be proud of. She has suffered some heartbreaking three set losses this year to Kaia Kanepi, Sabine Lisicki, Caroline Wozniacki, and to Anabel Medina-Garrigues last week.
It’s going to bet only tougher in the next round as she takes on top seeded Daniela Hantuchova who dispatched Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1 today.
I had a feeling Date-Krumm might tough it out against Kleybanova, a huge hitter, with her slower shots, and super flat game. Alisa is a tall girl, and getting down to her low balls is not her strength. Her blowing another lead is certainly troubling for a player who has gone downhill since her SF loss to Sharapova (where she lead midway through the 3rd set).
