PARIS: Corina Morariu lost a tennis match on Thursday – but in remission from a leukaemia nightmare which struck in 2001 the 25-year-old American was still able to draw many positives from her 6-1, 6-1 loss to Argentine Paola Suarez at the French Open.
She was still smiling through even after the defeat Lina Krasnoroutskaya and Elena Dementieva of Russia inflicted on her and doubles partner Rennae Stubbs barely two hours after Suarez had booked the centre court tussle with Belgian second seed Kim Clijsters that Morariu had ideally hoped to land for herself.
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