1. Sarah Leah Borwell was born on 20 August 1979 and is an English former professional tennis player who enjoyed her greatest success in doubles.
29 Facts About Sarah Borwell
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Sarah Borwell attended Nunthorpe School, where Jonathan Woodgate and Liam Plunkett were fellow students, she even shared a class and school football team with Woodgate who is a year her junior at The Avenue Primary school, where dual year classes were present.
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Sarah Borwell was a regular player for the Schools boys football team, more than holding her own and deserving her place in the team.
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Sarah Borwell's father is a scout at Aston Villa FC, and her mother coaches Mini Tennis and is a supervisor for school sports.
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Sarah Borwell played four more tournaments that year and reached the quarterfinals of two of them.
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Sarah Borwell notched up one more semifinal loss and another quarterfinal loss in ITF events before making her debut on the WTA Tour at the Tier III Birmingham Classic.
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Sarah Borwell experienced a defeat in the first round of qualifying at the hands of a young future world No 1, Maria Sharapova.
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Sarah Borwell was then granted a wildcard into the qualifying event of her home Grand Slam tournament, Wimbledon, where she was defeated in straight sets by Argentine Gisela Dulko in the first round.
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Sarah Borwell spent the rest of the year on the ITF Circuit, reaching two more semifinals, and finished 2003 ranked 349.
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Sarah Borwell played the entire year on the ITF Circuit, reaching only one quarterfinal and one semifinal and as such her year-end ranking fell 68 places to No 417.
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Sarah Borwell made a more promising start to 2005, reaching the quarterfinals in her second ITF tournament of the season and the semifinals in her third.
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Sarah Borwell managed to go one better than her previous year's appearance at the tournament by beating 16th seed Sunitha Rao in three tight sets, before losing to eighth seed Rika Fujiwara from Japan.
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Sarah Borwell lost in the first round to Emma Laine of Finland.
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In February 2006, Sarah Borwell attempted to qualify for the Bangalore Open, a Tier III tournament held in India.
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Sarah Borwell had a shock victory here by winning her first-round match against world No 66, Marta Domachowska.
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Sarah Borwell's ranking was 218 at the end of this season.
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From January to June 2007, Sarah Borwell played on the ITF Circuit.
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Sarah Borwell lost in qualifying for the Birmingham Classic, Eastbourne International and Wimbledon, before reaching the quarterfinals of the ITF tournament held in Felixstowe.
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Sarah Borwell finished the year at a ranking of 264.
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Sarah Borwell spent most of 2008 playing on the ITF Circuit, reaching two consecutive finals in March in Dijon and Bath.
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Sarah Borwell lost the first to Olga Brozda and won the second by defeating Stephanie Vongsouthi.
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Sarah Borwell was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying draw of Wimbledon where she was beaten by Yaroslava Shvedova, in three sets.
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Sarah Borwell reached the quarterfinals of four International tournaments: Birmingham Classic, Hobart International, Mexican Open and the Monterrey Open.
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Sarah Borwell made the semifinal of the main tour event in Bad Gastein.
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In 2010, Sarah Borwell teamed up full-time with American Raquel Kops-Jones.
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Sarah Borwell did win a round with Colin Fleming in the mixed doubles, before losing in the second to top seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Sam Stosur.
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The blow to the head, Sarah Borwell received in that match turned out to be a brain bleed that kept her out of action for about a month, causing her to miss the US Open.
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Sarah Borwell returned to action at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, competing for England in both the women's and mixed doubles.
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In 2011, Sarah Borwell reached the first round of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships but lost both times.