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Kimiko Date-Krumm calls her longevity 'a miracle'
Kimiko Date-Krumm is as amazed as everyone else that she's still playing Grand Slam tennis at 42.
''It's a miracle,'' she said.
After a week of setting age-related records and becoming the media darling of this year's Australian Open, the Japanese player bid farewell to the big stage for now after losing her third-round singles match on Saturday.
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January 19, 2013
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Notes: Date-Krumm, 42, in 3rd round
Kimiko Date-Krumm is still winning in the Grand Slam arena at age 42, much to the dismay of her former peers.
Asked what her 1990s-era rivals such as Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini say when they see her, Date-Krumm said: ''Everybody say to me, `You are crazy.' First word is always, `You are crazy.''
Date-Krumm advanced to the third round of the Australian...
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January 17, 2013
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Kimiko Date-Krumm: The Finest Wine in Tennis
Kimiko Date-Krumm continues to defy the “unwritten” age restrictions and inspire us all.
Age restrictions on the WTA Tour have wrested dominance from the prepubescent prodigies of old. Week-to-week, players of all ages continue making their mark, all products of their generation. The young guns are fiery, full of determination. Those in their mid-twenties are methodical, but...
Notes and Quotes From Down Under – Day Two
Kimiko Date-Krumm ©Tennis Panorama
(January 15, 2013) A look at some the questions and answers from day one of the 2013 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Q. I think you set a record today. ( At 42, Date-Krumm became the oldest player to win a match at the Australian Open)
KIMIKO DATE‑KRUMM: Of course not. You know, it’s many times I play...
Japan's Date-Krumm sets record at Australian Open
Now that she's 42, Kimiko Date-Krumm is older than some of her opponent's parents.
Her memory is starting to get fuzzy, too. She can't remember whom she played when she last won a match at the Australian Open - but she remembers it was way back in 1996.
On Tuesday, the Japanese veteran became the oldest woman to win a singles match at Melbourne Park when she beat No...
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January 15, 2013
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WTA Shenzhen Sunday Schedule
SHENZHEN LONGGANG GEMDALE OPEN
Shenzhen, China
December 30, 2012-January 5, 2013
$500,000/International
Hard/Outdoors
Order Of Play – Sunday, December 30, 2012
Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kimiko Date-Krumm vs. Zhang Yuxuan (tbc; Singles Q)
2. Jessica Pegula vs. Wang Qiang (Singles Q Final)
3. Zheng Saisai vs. Monica Niculescu
4. Laura Robson vs. Edina Gallovits-Hall...
Svitolina Stops Date-Krumm for Pune Title
No. 7 seed 18 year-old Elina Svitolina, ranked 156th in the world defeated fifth seed Kimoko Date-Krumm 6-2, 6-3 to win the Royal Indian Open in Pune.
“The win over Petkovic yesterday gave me a lot of confidence, she’s a great player, she was Top 10. I had to play really well,” the Ukranian Svitolina said. “Today I knew how Kimiko plays and knew I just had to play every ball...
Date-Krumm Moves into Pune Final
ROYAL INDIAN OPEN
Pune, India
November 5-11, 2012
$125,000/WTA $125
Hard/Outdoors
Results – Saturday, November 10, 2012
Singles – Semifinals
(5) Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (8) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 64 57 64
(7) Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. (6/WC) Andrea Petkovic (GER) 62 75
Doubles – Final
(2) Bratchikova/Kalashnikova (RUS/GEO) d. (4) Glushko/Lertcheewakarn (ISR/THA) 60 46...
Japan leads Belgium in Fed Cup World Group playoff
Ayumi Morita and Kimiko Date-Krumm both won in straight sets on Saturday as Japan took a 2-0 lead over Belgium in a Fed Cup World Group playoff.
Morita beat Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 6-4 in the first match and Date-Krumm overpowered Tamaryn Hendler 6-1, 6-4 in the second match at Ariake Colloseum.
Morita faces Hendler and Date-Krumm will take on Van Uytvanck in Sunday's reverse...
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April 21, 2012
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Notes: Date-Krumm, 41, loses in first round but not ready to retire
Monday's Australian Open notes: Despite losing in the first round at the Australian Open for the fourth consecutive year since her return to tennis in 2008, 41-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm isn't ready to call it quits.
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