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Navratilova bows to Huber
FILDERSTADT.
Germany. Oct 15: Mprtina Navratilova refused to leave the stage easily in her final
European tennis tournament, fighting off six match points Friday before losing a three-set thriller to Anke Huber at. the Porsche Grand Prix, reports AP.
The 37-year-old tennis great made her last appearance in Europe a memorable one for the 3,000 fans before the 19-year-old Huber defeated her in a quarterfinal match 6-3, 3-6. 6-4.
In a late match, first seed Conchita Martinez of Spain was upset by unseeded Karina Habsudova of the' Slovak Republic 6-4. 6-T. Martinez, the feigning Wimbledon champion played throughout with an ankle injury that was treated courtside several times and badly hampered her game.
In another late meet, third seed Mary Pierce of France needed only 44 minutes to defeat Gigi Fernandez of the US, 6-0. 6-1.
Martina Hingis, the 14-year-old Swiss prodigy, also lost In her second tournament as a pro. Showing inexperience, she squandered four
match points before American Marianne Werdel pulled out a 0-6. 6-2. 7-6 (7-5) win.
Huber meets Werdel in Saturday's semifinals, with Pierce facing Habsudova.
Navratilova, seeded second, appeared to be beaten when
she trailed 2 5 in the final set against the former top-10 player, whose career has been slowed by injuries in the last year
But accompanied by cheers of “Mar-teen-a", she warded off five match points’ to win the
game. Twice more Navratilova fought off the winning point as she cut the eighth-seed's lead to 4-5.
But on the seventh match point, Navratilova's forehand missed, ending the match in two hours and 20 minutes.
' Navfatllova. who has said she will end her unparalleled -career with two tournaments In the United Stales, will be honored at a special ceremony at Saturday's semifinals. She has won the tournament six times.
She won 167 career titles, including qine Wimbledon and two French Open titles.
Hingis used steady ground strokes to force Werdel into mistakes in ripping through the first set in Just 23 minutes.
But in the secoryi set. the 26-year-old Werdel began to slam easy winners off the weak serve of Hingis, who won Junior titles at the French Open and Wimbledon
Hingis blew her match points while holding 5-4 and 6-5 leads In the final set. finally losing In one hour and 54 minutes
At 5-5 in the third set, I already felt beaten. I didn't think I would have any more matrhbails," said Hingis.