Michaella Krajicek Wins Third WTA Title

Seventeen-year-old Michaella Krajicek won the first significant junior girls tennis tournament I attended--the 2004 U.S. Open Junior Championships--so I've watched her pro career develop over the past year and a half with more interest than that of say, Nicole Vaidisova, whom I never saw play as a junior. This week Krajicek won the tournament that her half-brother Richard promotes, and her wins over Dementieva and Safina are her biggest yet.

The Sony Ericsson WTA site has the details, as well as a much more current photo than the one above, which I found in my archives. Krajicek plays Samantha Stosur of Australia in her first match at Wimbledon and if she wins that she'll likely see World No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo across the net in the second round. But it's terrific she's put the serious knee injury behind her and goes into her first main draw at Wimbledon full of confidence.