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Russia's newest wonder girl; Chakvetadze breaks Top 10To face Mauresmo; Clijsters v. GolovinBy Abe Kuijl, Special to TennisReporters.net  Cynthia Lum/WireImage.com
2007 is going great for Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
FROM THE PROXIMUS DIAMOND GAMES IN ANTWERP – Anna Chakvetadze keeps on churning and after her 6-3, 6-4 win over Nadia Petrova in the quarterfinals, cracked the Top 10 for the first time. Amazingly, the 19-year-old is 4-0 against her elder Russian, who has been a solid Top-10 player for two years. "I don't know if her game suits me, I think she made a lot of unforced errors today," Chakvetadze told TennisReporters.net. "But she played a lot of matches lately so she could be tired. I didn't know I could reach the Top 10 today. It's nice, but I won't play in Dubai and Doha the next weeks so I will drop out again. I don't really care that much about my ranking anyway. I just want to improve my game, win matches and then my ranking will take care of itself." Petrova came off a title run in Paris last week, where she beat red-hot Czech Lucie Safarova in the final. Chakvetadze lost in the French capital against Amelie Mauresmo in the quarters, but will have a chance to get her revenge on Saturday, when the two square off for a final berth. Mauresmo convincingly brushed aside Dinara Safina, 6-3, 6-1. The '07 Hobart champion looks forward to face Mauresmo in a neutral ambiance. "In Paris, the atmosphere was not nice," Chakvetadze said. "You know that the crowd will support Amelie, but they were not fair to both players. Here in Antwerp everyone is supporting Kim, but they show respect for the others as well." © TennisReporters.net 2007
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