She reached the final four of the 2000 Australian Open, her first Grand Slam semifinal in nine years. |
The closing minutes of the first semifinal heat saw a strong set, some jumbled take-offs and a few crowd-pleasing wipeouts. |
The attackman from Duxbury tallied three points in the semifinal loss to second-ranked Virginia. |
Meanwhile, Seabiscuit comprehensively overturned first-round running with Hulkster in the second semifinal. |
His rise to prominence, culminating at this year's French Open where he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal, has been a hard slog. |
Without him, and Tiago Silva, Brazil will go into its semifinal against Germany severely weakened. |