Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
"I'm really gutted because it means I've had to cut out pizza. I'll have to ask my coach if I can have a slice tonight to celebrate" - A slimmed-down Elena Baltacha's new regime pays off as she wins her first-round match at Wimbledon.
Sify (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
It might be the end of the road for Sania Mirza in the singles, but the Indian, along with her American partner Bethanie Mattek, made an impressive start to theír doubles campaign routing English duo of Elena Baltacha and Naomi Cavady 6-4, 6-2, at the Wimbledon tennis Championships here at the All England Club.
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
London, June 27 (IANS) It might be the end of the road for Sania Mirza in the singles, but the Indian, along with her American partner Bethanie Mattek, made an impressive start to theír doubles campaign routing English duo of Elena Baltacha and Naomi Cavady 6-4, 6-2, at the Wimbledon tennis Championships here at the [...]
The Herald (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Elena Baltacha’s hopes of reaching the third round at Wimbledon for the second time in her career were extinguished in little over an hour yesterday.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Anne Keothavong, first up on Centre Court today, is the British women's sole standard bearer in the singles after Elena Baltacha, overwhelmed with emotion after securing her second-round place, was unable to draw on those reserves to take a second step yesterday.
icWales (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
ELENA Baltacha denied she was the victim of stage fright as she crashed out of Wimbledon – and is convinced she has the tools to crack the top 100.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
No tears this time. No joyful sobbing into her towel. And no steward-thwarted attempt to walk off with the towel afterwards, either. (You have to leave them behind these days, as Elena Baltacha learnt on Monday.) Instead, the British No 4 packed quietly and left, defeated 6-2, 7-5 in the second round by Zheng Jie, of China, yet she more than fulfilled her role as a “British hopeful” by making it as...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
It took just 48 hours for the euphoria of a Wimbledon win to be replaced by the quintessentially British ritual of treating a defeat as a "positive experience".
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
CHINA'S Zheng Jie won the battle of the wildcards as she beat Britain's Elena Baltacha 6-2, 7-5 in the second round at Wimbledon.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Elena Baltacha will bid reach the third round at Wimbledon for the first time since 2002 when the British number four takes on Jie Zheng on Wednesday afternoon.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Elena Baltacha will bid to reach the third round at Wimbledon for the first time since 2002 when the British number four takes on Jie Zheng on Wednesday afternoon.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Elena Baltacha will bid reach the third round at Wimbledon for the first time since 2002 when the British number four takes on Jie Zheng on Wednesday afternoon.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Elena Baltacha admits she will have to raise her game if she is to reach the third round at Wimbledon for the first time in six years.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Times Online (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
After the weeping and the win, the impulse on Monday was to celebrate “Elena Baltacha - rare British success story”. Her father, Sergei, will celebrate her whichever pigeonhole we fancy, although the enthusiasm he reserves for the Russia football team suggests that hers is a success rooted back beyond the old iron curtain.
