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Maleeva - Kandarr

Estoril, Portugal, April 2001

Jana Kandarr upset 2nd seeded Bulgarian, Magdalena Maleeva, in the women's tournament today. The victory earns the world-ranked number 73 German player a passage into the Quarter-Finals of the Estoril Open. The elimination of the second-seeded clay-court specialist is one of the big surprises of the tournament.

Jana Kandarr won by two sets to love, the scores being 6 - 3 and 7- 5, in a match that lasted 1 hr 25 min.

After the match, the German Player was naturally pleased. Asked about the possibility of her winning the tournament, she was not prepared to make any predictions.

"At the moment I'm just thinking about my next match. This isn't the time to be thinking of the final. This is a very tough tournament, and I'm in a very competitive quarter," answered the German, who in her next match meets the winner of the match between Tathiana Garbin and Janette Husarova.

Magdalena Maleeva said, "I'm disappointed at losing. I think it was because I didn't play as well as my opponent on the most important points."

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