On January 11th, Bulgarian Teen Sesil Karatancheva was once again eligible by the ITF for competition . Wasting no time to get back on track, she entered a $25k ITF tournament in Arizona and won 3 matches (in a day!!) to qualify into the main draw. She won the tournament and entered another 25k tournament in La Quinta, California the following week, and once again won 3 matches to qualify for the tournament and eventually going onto win as well. After only 2 weeks back in tennis with a 16-0 record already , she has recieved legal pressure from the Bulgarian Sports Federation for not reporting to national duty for Bulgaria in their Fed Cup tie against Hungary . That would have been heroic of her to have played and won the tie for her nation but it is understandable that she needed to re gain rankings and earnings.
Although Karatacheva plays in a 75k tournament in Michigan this week which will yield tougher competition with players like Hsu Su Sweih of Taiwan and German up and comer Sabine Lisciki, a return to the WTA is almost inevitable for her. Everyone deserves a second chance in life and we wish her the best of luck.
Keywords: Comeback, ITF, Sesil Karatacheva, WTA
