UK Female Celebrity News

Anne Keothavong the 25 year old UK Tennis player who is currently the UK No1  and ranked No49 in the world will be performing at Wimbledon on 22 June and carrying the nations flag as best hopeful to achieve a Brit success story on home turf. Risng star this lady, she’s made three semi finals since her entry into the WTA Tour this season which has propelled her into the Worlds Top 50 in startling fashion. This high point has been followed by a very recent low when she played at the French Open in Paris  and was for a want of a better word “crushed” into defeat the score being 6-0, 6-0.  A 2 and very rapid straight set defeat at the hands of non other than the World No1 Russian Player Dinara Safina. A wake up call for Keothavong and a taste of what standards are required to get into the World Top 10 in Womens Tennis, make no mistake.

How she deals with this early exit in the French Open and applies it to Wimbledon is critical to her success there, but she is a persistent and patient player, important qualities, there is ability here as World Ranking form shows, she has come from humble beginnings playing Tennis in Hackney, London to gracing the courts of Wimbledon and this is not an overnight success story, but a slow and steady slog getting her ever closer to the top.

Difficult to predict what her level of success at Wimbledon will be, but that match against Safina may just have upped her mindset and raised her game level up just a few notches, it could be surprises either way!

She has had a good draw at this years Wimbledon and is set to play Austrian World no81 Patricia Mayr, and chances of victory look good.

Get the latest information about Anne Keothavong at her official website Anne Keothavong

Wimbledon 2009 London 22 June