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Favourite Garbin falls to Kandarr

Estoril, Portugal, April 2001

German tennis player, Jana Kandarr brought down Italian 8th seed Tathiana Garbin in two sets 7 - 5 and 6 - 2 to reach the semi-finals of the women's tournament, where she will face qualifier, Elena Bovina.

In the first set it was Garbin who first took the advantage by breaking serve in the sixth game to lead Kandarr 4-2. But the German, who beat 2nd-seeded Magdalena Maleeva in the previous round, came back to take three games in succesion, including two service breaks, to lead 5-4. The Italian returned the favour, breaking Kandarr's service, but the German showed great form, decisively winning the next two games to take the hard-fought first set.

In the second set, the Italian's game declined disastrously as she made numerous unforced errors and her first serve percentage fell to 17%. Kandarr quickly took a 4-0 lead. Garbin fought back to 4-2, but afterwards won no more games, quickly losing the match. Kandarr won in 1 hour 21 minutes. She goes on to face either Elena Bovina or Tina Pisnik.

After the final game Jana Kandarr was clearly delighted. "I'm pleased. It's been a long time since I reached the semi-finals of a tournament. Since I prefer to play the bigger tournaments, it's difficult to get to the finals or semis."

She revealed that she was well-used to playing on clay courts. "In East Germany I could only play on clay. They had no indoor courts at all."

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