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The Odlum Brown Women-s Open - August 10, 2004
Angelika Bachmann of Germany, above, is serving to Sesil Karatantvheva
of Bulgaria, the 15-year-old junior sensation, at the Odlum Brown Women's Open in
Vancouver. Sesil won the match in three sets.
The Jericho Tennis Club is hosting the tournament
August 7 - 15, a WTA tour event with US$110,000 in prize money.
Current WTA star Russian Maria Sharapova won the 2002 Open and went on to win the Wimbledon
this year. German Anna-Lena Groenefeld, winner of the 2003 event, now ranks in the top 100.
French Bartoli Marion is seed number 1 and ranks 56 in the world.
This is the biggest women's tennis event here since the1987 Federation Cup. For those who
want to recapture a glimpse of that 1987 tournament, click here to see US team
members Zina Garrison, Chris Evert, Elise Burgin and Pam Shriver practicing at the West
Vancouver Tennis Club.
The media are out in force for the event, including Vancouver Sun photographer Stuart Davis,
taking a shot of fourth-seeded Laura Granville on opening day, Monday (the shot appeared in
the Sun's Tuesday edition). In the background is Granville's opponent: American Samantha
Reeves.
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