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Kirsten-Andrea Weedon
Kirsten-Andrea Weedon (born 18 February 1989) is a Guatemalan tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 608, achieved on 5 August 2019. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 634, reached on 24 September 2018. Playing for Guatemala Fed Cup team, Weedon has a win–loss record of 34–23 in Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ... competition. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups) Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups) External links * * * 1989 births Living people Guatemalan female tennis players Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Guatemala Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2007 Pan Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Washington
Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects."Amber" (2004). In Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (eds.) ''Encyclopedia of New Jersey'', Rutgers University Press, . Amber is used in jewelry and has been used as a healing agent in Traditional medicine, folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as Inclusion (mineral), inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ''ambrite'' is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams. Etymology The English word ''amber'' derives from Arabic (ultimately from Middle Persian ''ambar'') via Medieval Latin, Middle Latin ''ambar'' and Middle French ''ambre''. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
