Nicole Vaidisova

Monday, October 29, 2007

2007


Vaidisova reached the semifinals of the Tier II Medibank International in Sydney, Australia. She beat Daniela Hantuchova, Yuliana Fedak and Ana Ivanovic (for the first time), before falling to Jelena Janković 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

At the Australian Open in Melbourne, Vaidisova reached her second Slam semifinal, defeating Jill Craybas, Milagros Sequera, Katarina Srebotnik, Elena Dementieva,and Lucie safarova en route. She was defeated in the semifinal by the eventual champion, Serena Williams, 7-6, 6-4.

At the Tier II Open Gaz de France, she was the 5th seeded. She lost in round 16 to Lucie Šafářová, 6-4, 6-2. In March, she had a successful run at Indian Wells, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova at the quarterfinal in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

At the 2007 French Open, Vaidisova, seeded 6th, was defeated in the quarters by #4 seed Jelena Jankovic, 6-3,7-5.

In her first grass tournament of the season, the International Women's Open in Eastbourne, England, Vaidisova lost in the quarterfinals to world number 1 Justine Henin, 6-2, 6-2 in just under one hour. At the Wimbledon Championships, Vaidisova lost to Ana Ivanović 4-6, 6-2, 5-7 in the quarterfinals, after failing to convert three match points. She had earlier dismissed the reigning champion and fourth seed Amélie Mauresmo in the fourth round.

Vaidisova has not played since Wimbledon due to glandular fever and signed up for several tournaments before withdrawing. She returned at the U.S. Open, where she lost to Shahar Pe'er in an epic third round match, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(5).

Her next event was the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, where she was the #8 seed. She had defeated Russians Yaroslava Shvedova and Elena Vesnina in straight sets before losing to #4 seed Serena Williams in the quarters with a score of 6-4, 7-6(7).

Next week at Zurich, Vaidisova reached the semis defeating Katarina Srebotnik, world No.3 Jelena Janković and Alona Bondarenko all in straight sets. In semis, she faced world No. 1 Justine Henin and, despite coming back from 3-5 down in the third set, Vaidisova ended up losing 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

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