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Beatrice Capra, Teen Sensation, Ought to Consider College

By Greg CouchSep 4th 2010 – 9:00PM

NEW YORK -- Well, this was embarrassing. Beatrice Capra, already beginning to be promoted as the next teen sensation after just two rounds at the U.S. Open, had the attention, the focus. They put her on tennis' biggest stage, Ashe Stadium, with the opportunity to climb one of the highest mountains. Beat Maria Sharapova,...

Maria Sharapova Blanks Beatrice Capra in Straight Sets

By Hal SpivackSep 4th 2010 – 3:03PM

This year's Cinderella story for the American women at the U.S. Open ends two rounds and a few days earlier than it did last year. Maria Sharapova defeated 18-year-old Beatrice Capra without dropping a game in Saturday's windy match, 6-0, 6-0. Capra, ranked No. 371 in the world, had a terrific run at Flushing Meadows,...

Beatrice Capra May Not Be Tennis' Latest Oudin, but She's Loving the Ride

By Greg CouchSep 2nd 2010 – 8:39PM

NEW YORK -- She is cute and bubbly. She is overly polite, and even a little awkward about it. She's a teenager from small town America. "Very small and dull,'' she said. Have you written any inspirational words on your shoes? "Not yet,'' she said. Well then Beatrice Capra (pictured above) is not quite the next...

Beatrice Capra News From the Web

  • 05/26/12 NCAA Women's Tennis Singles/Doubles ACCtion: Friday,... Source: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Duke freshman and second-ranked Beatrice Capra continued her journey through the 2012 NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championship Friday afternoon, defeating ninth-ranked Lauren Embree of the University of Florida, 6-1, 6-3, at a humid, sun-soaked Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia.
  • 05/23/12 Duke falls short in comeback Source: The Chronicle - Duke Univ - Durham NC After storming back from a 3-0 deficit to bring the match down to the final point, Duke fell short in one of its closest matches of the season.
  • 05/23/12 W. Tennis. Wu falls in opener; doubles next Source: VUCommodores.com Vanderbilt women's tennis senior Jackie Wu fell in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women's Singles Championship, but thanks to a scratch in the Doubles Championship, she will continue play in Athens, Ga. Wu drew the number two overall seed in the singles championship, Duke's Beatrice Capra.
  • 05/19/12 Blue Devils bounce Bulldogs in NCAA quarterfinals Source: Athens Banner-Herald - Athens GA Chelsey Gullickson did her part for the Georgia women's tennis team Saturday night, knocking off the nation's second-ranked singles player.

Background on Beatrice Capra

Beatrice "Trice" Capra (born April 6, 1992 in Ellicott City, Maryland) is an amateur American tennis player.

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