NEWS ARCHIVES:

22/8/2002
Alicia has played 3 tournaments since the last update, all the results are up in that particular section. The next big tournament is the US Open in New York which starts on the 26th of August. Alicia has drawn Patricia Wartusch who is ranked 68th (Alicia is 80th at the moment), but if she wins that, 2nd round will probably be Venus Williams. More frequent updates as the tournament approaches. Good luck Alicia!

25/7/2002
Sorry about the lack of updates, but I've been away for a few weeks. Anyway, Alicia has had some terrific results at the Fed Cup winning all her matches, and won one of those close matches, which (if you look in the articles section) has given her a lot of confidence. I've got 11 new pictures up, 2 new articles and the results from Wimbledon and the Fed Cup, more updates soon!

27/6/2002
Alicia will be playing in both mixed and ladies doubles today at Wimbledon with Wayne Arthurs and Magui Serna respectively. Those other updates I promised will up either Friday or Saturday.

25/6/2002
Alicia had very tight match against Mary Pierce in the first round, but lost 4-6 6-4 6-8. Alicia did fight hard against her more experienced opponent, saving match point at 2-5 and 4-5 down in the last set and nearly achieved a good win. In case you were wondering, Fox Sports showed the game live last night at around 7pm Perth time. Alicia is playing in the doubles and might be playing today, as the official site just says TBA. There is a new article about her Pierce match up, and there will be quite a few new photos and results coming in the next few days.

21/6/2002
Alicia has again unfortunately been beaten in a close match at Easbourne, after getting to the second round. Vanessa Webb won with a 7-6 (13-11) 3-6 7-5 score line over Alicia. The next tournament is Wimbledon which starts on Monday. The draw sheets are already out and Alicia has drawn a tough first round match against Mary Pierce. Also Alicia has been named in the Fed Cup squad against the Netherlands later in the year. Good luck Alicia at Wimbledon!

13/6/2002
Alicia lost her first round match at the DFS Classic in a very close encounter with two tie-break sets. The final result was 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (8-6), in favor of Tatarkova. Alicia is also playing doubles in the same tournament with Maqui Serna. Alicia's next tournament is in Eastbourne which starts next week, there is a link to the tournaments website in the links section.

8/6/2002
Alicia unfortunately was beaten in the first round of the singles of the French Open, but she did make it through to the 3rd round of the doubles. The results and articles have been updated. Next up is the lead up tournaments in England before Wimbledon. Sorry for not updating earlier but I've had a very busy week.

26/5/2002
Alicia was knocked out of the Madrid Open in the second round by Anna Smashanova in two sets. The French Open starts tomorrow and Alicia is playing Emilie Loit, who is French, so I guess Alicia won't have a lot of support from the crowd. In Australia the Open is on both on free to air and pay TV, with Fox showing it live (I think).Also the Madrid Open results have been updated, as well as 2 new good pics from Madrid. Good luck Alicia at the French!

21/5/2002
Alicia has played the first round of the Madrid tournament and won with a 6-4 6-3 over Amy Frazier, hopefully she will get her self into some good form before the French Open next week. I've put up the result and also 3 pictures from Alicia's first round match. Next update will be after Alicia's 2nd round match.

18/5/2002
As promised, I've updated the pictures section and put the new pictures up

16/5/2002
Alicia has been at home for a few weeks and will head of to Madrid for the tournament today which is a lead up on clay before the French Open. Alicia has had an ankle injury for the past 3 months, that caused her to have cartisol injections due to the inflammation in the joint, but it has come good. More photo's in the next few days hopefully.

1/5/2002
Australia has just finished their Fed Cup tie against Belgium, and went down 3-1. Alicia wasn't able to get into any form when she was up against world number 8 Justine Henin and number 3 Kim Clijsters. Alicia will be playing in a lead up tournament to the French Open in Madrid which starts on May 20th, a week before the French. The results and links sections are the only sections updated today.

18/4/2002
Alicia unfortunately drew Mary Pierce, the wildcard, in the first round of the Family Circle Cup. Mary Pierce is apparently coming back and starting to hit some good form, which was unlucky for Alicia. The final score was 6-3 6-4 with Alicia with the one break of serve in the match.

10/4/2002
Alicia has been knocked out of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in the 2nd round by 6th seed Silvia Farina Elia (6-4 6-2). Silvia Farina Elia appeared to be the more aggresive player judging from the match stats, as she came to the net more, and had more winners and also unforced errors. Alicia will be next playing at the Family Circle Cup on the 13th of the month.

9/4/2002
Unkown to myself Alicia is playing in a tournament before the Family Circle Cup, thanks to Glyn from the Forum for the info. And Alicia has already played her first round match (yesterday) and won, with a 6-2 6-2 win over Ai Sugiyama. Alicia will play Silvia Farina Elia in the second round. Thanks Glyn.

6/4/2002
There is one new article up from the Sarasota Open, as well as the results. Alicia's next tournament is the Family Circle Cup in Charlston, which is to start on the 13th of April. The link to the tournament website is in the links section. About 10 new photo's will be posted in the next week or so.

5/4/2002
Alicia has lost in the second round to Jenette Husarova 6-3 0-6 2-6. I don't know of any of the details of the match, but any relevent articles will be posted soon.

4/4/2002
Alicia has won her first round match with a 6-4 6-4 win agianst Mashona Washington. The match however was rain delayed with Alicia on triple match point. Alicia's 2nd round oponent will be Janette Husarova. Lots of photo's and a few articles up soon!

3/4/2002
Alicia will be playing Mashona Washington today in the first round of the Sarasota Open. Washington is ranked 115th in the world, so hopefully Alicia will have a win, all news and results will be posted as they come to hand.

22/3/2002
Alicia has unfortunately been bundled out of the Nasdaq 100 in the first round by the qualifier Tatiana Perebiynis. Alicia was beaten 6-1 6-4, in a match where Perebiynis was the far more aggressive of the two, also Alicia hasn't played in a tournament since Doha which didn't help her cause. Alicia will have her chance to bounce back at the Sarasota tournament starting April 1.

20/3/2002
Alicia will be playing against Tatiana Perebiynis in the first round of the Nasdaq 100 today. A link to the tournament website is in the Links section. The About Alicia section has also been updated along with Alicia's ranking (49).

18/3/2002
Alicia missed Indian Wells but she is playing this week (according to the wta) in the Nasdaq 100 Open in Florida all the results, pictures and news will be posted as they come to hand

10/3/2002
Alicia isn't playing in the first major WTA tournament of the year, Indian Wells, this week as she is taking a rest at home after the Grand Prix training and race. Thanks to Caz for that bit of info from the forum.

3/3/2002
Alicia didn't have a great race at the Grand Prix, after getting T-boned on the first lap by Ben Dark! I was able to find a Quicktime movie of the driver training with a little interview with Alicia which is in the new video section.

26/2/2002
Alicia has been in training with all the celebrities at Sandown getting ready for the celeb race at the Melbourne Grand Prix this weekend. There are a two new photo's and an article from the event up now! You also might want to check out www.mini.com.au/ it's got a bit about the race your in Australia Channel 9 is covering the event, so keep a look out for her!

20/2/2002
Alicia has unfortunately lost to Panova in the first round in Dubai. The pictures, articles and results sections have all been updated. At 8:02 this evening the time and date will be 20:02 20/02 2002, it's the only time this symmetry will ever happen again, thought you might want to know.

17/2/2002
Alicia was beaten in a tough 3 setter by Seles for a final birth in the Qatar Open. Seles pushed all the way by Alicia to go down 3-6 7-6 4-6. All the articles and photo's will be up in the next few days, the results are already up.

14/2/2002
Alicia has won her second round match easily with a 6-1 6-1 victory. This takes her into the final 16, her next match shoud be on the 15th or 16th

13/2/2002
Alicia has upset Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in the first round of the Qatar Open 6-4 6-3. Articles, results and photo's will be up at the end of the tournament, but updates has they happen. Also I think Alicia has changed sponsors from Nike to Adidas, going by recent photo's.

8/2/2002
Alicia is going to be driving in the celebrity race at the Melbourne Grand Prix, where they'll be racing the new mini this year. Alicia's next tournament is in Qatar, and the tournament website link has been added to the links section

29/1/2002
My apologies, Alicia didn't make it through qualifying, she was knocked out in the final round by Saori Obabta in the Pan Pacific tournament