Flashback: Zurich 2004 -- Baby Elephant Cannonballs Onto the Scene.

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October 16, 2008

Flashback: Zurich 2004 -- Baby Elephant Cannonballs Onto the Scene.

I'm so stoked! AI's 2004 Zurich match against Venus has been uploaded to YouTube. Seriously you guys, you HAVE to watch it. A) This is where she got her Baby Elephant nickname (not from the commentators but from a journo who wrote up the match), B) at 16 years old she takes Venus to two tiebreak sets, and C) she leaves to a standing ovation from the Swiss crowd.

It's uploaded in 12 parts but here is the first set breaker: