Aravane Rezai

[golgol85]

i dont really follow sports, sorry. not to say i am not a fan of sports, vali felan saram sholooghe! sharayetam fargh mikone yani chi? yani inke az oon do halete zekr shode ye halate dige ham hast ke to oono dari

[Rasputin]

Mesleh inkeh aslan khabar nadari mosebeghate R Garros chieh va koja bargozar misheh ! hehehe

Barayeh in karha,bayad ya kasi pouldar basheh va ashena dashteh bashi va ya hamin vara zendegi koni! man sharayetam fargh mikoneh !

Ye dafeh digehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :Aravaneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

[golgol85]

ham footbal ham tennis? ba ye tir do neshoon mizani to germany, areh? shoma melse inke kheili behet khosh migzare. mage nabayed beri sare kar? yadam raft shomaha ke to europe hastin have much more laid back lives and you actually take time to enjoy yourselves rather than the run run rush rush lives we have here in the states. damn, right about now i wish i lived somewhere relaxing, too bad with finals in a little over a week there is no relaxation in sight.

[Rasputin]

She's wonderfull ! tomorrow i will go to watch her match ! Aravaneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

[golgol85]

wow, sounds like the dad is a little too competitive. Our iranian side always comes out, no matter where in the world we live. its good to be a bit competitive, in fact its healthy, but to this extreme, it gets to be problematic. glad to hear Aravane is doing so well though and hope she makes it to the top! another iranian female making a name for herself in a good way!

[Rasputin]

PARIS (AP) - Aravane Rezai's proudest moment used to be winning two gold medals at the 2005 Muslim Women's Games in Iran.

That changed Wednesday when the French qualifier fought her way to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over 22nd-seeded Ai Sugiyama of Japan to reach the third round of the French Open.
For Rezai, the upset means more than merely her career's most significant win in front of the home crowd. The more than $41,000 in prize money guarantees that 142nd-ranked Rezai will back on the courts for at least another season.

"I'm going to buy plane tickets so I can go to tournaments," said Rezai, who played in two tournaments last year because of tight finances.

Born in Saint-Etienne to Iranian parents, the 19-year-old Rezai took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball-girl.

Her coach is her father, Arsalan, a former soccer player who had never picked up a racket before he started training his children.

"He learned by watching tennis on television," she said.

And he stayed away from Wednesday's match, watching his daughter's big win on TV, too.

"He can't come to my matches because he gets even more stressed than me," Rezai said.

According to a story in Wednesday's French sports daily L'Equipe, the French Tennis Federation denied Rezai a wild card into the French Open because of his explosive temper.

The newspaper also reported that Rezai's father got into an argument with two Russian players at a practice court this week. Asked about the spat, Rezai refused to comment.

Her father did attend Rezai's medal-winning matches at last year's Muslim Women's Games in his hometown, Teheran.

"Winning with all my family there was really special," Rezai said. "But today might be even better."

[Rasputin]

آروانه رضايی تنيس باز فرانسوی ايرانی تبار، شادمان از پيروزی در برابر رقيب زاپنی اش در مسابقات تنيس آزاد فرانسه. خانم رضايی در تصوير گردنبندی با طرح نقشه ايران بر گردن دارد

Aravane Rezai

Height/Weight: 1.63cm / 60kg

Birthdate: 03/14/1987

Birthplace: Saint-Etienne, France
Plays: R (two-handed backhand)
Country: France
Resides: Saint-Etienne, France
Turned Pro:
Tour: WTA
Classement 142º 29/05/2006
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