Tag: Date-Krumm

Kimiko Date-Krumm reaches the semis in Monterrey!

If you ask Roger when he is going to retire ...well it might be in ten years time! 43 years-old Kimiko Date-Krumm is seting an incredible benchmark for the tennis community. The Japanese has now reached the semifinal in Monterrey beating Monica Pui (23 years...

Monterrey. 43 yeard-old Date-Krumm to the 3rd round!

Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm after upsetting the first seed Flavia Pennetta in the 1st round beats now 20 years-old Timea Babos in 2 hours and 18 minutes. Kimiko conceded only 2 breaks in the entire match to score 109 points vs. Babos’99. With this...

16 year-old Bencic beats 43-year-old Date-Krumm at Australian Open

That was a hell of a generation gap! There were 27 years (!!!) between Belinda Bencic and Kimiko Date-Krumm and the youngster won it! The Japanese had a good start to lead 3-0, but then Belinda rallied to win the opening set 6-4. The Japanese used...

Serena Williams dismantles evergreen Date-Krumm in Wimbledon

Serena is flying toward the title in Wimbledon. The victim this time was the wonderful Japanese Date-Krumm that is still trading shots in Wimbledon at 42 years of age (chapeaux). The match was quite a one way one with Serena in utter control of the situation....

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