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Meet The Coochies

Most everyone knows about the three sets of sisters who got direct entry into the main draw at the Australian Open: the Williamses (Venus and Serena), the Radwanskas (Agnieszka and Urszula) and the Bondarenkos (Alona and Kateryna).

But off the radar of most fans are the Kucovas (Zuzana and Kristina), the former of whom joined her younger sister in the main draw by making it through the qualifying draw.  The Slovak Sisters Kucova are known to their legions of diehard fans as "The Coochies" (from the pronounciation of their last name -- KOOCH-ova). 

Here's a quick rundown of what you need to know about The Coochies as you embark on a lifetime of being ardent supporters of everything they do:


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Name Zuzana Kucova
Kristina Kucova
Age 27 19
Ranking #138 #108
Australian Open Entry
Qualifying Draw
Direct Entry
Hairstyle Subdued Ponytail Um...Other
Career Wins on Pro Tour vs. Sister One - 6-0, 6-2 -Jounieh 2007 One - 6-4, 6-4 - Charleston 2009
First Round Opponent at Australian Open Gisela Dulko (ARG) #9 Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

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Ummm, two sets of sisters? How about the Radwanskas? You know, the older one is a top 10 player? The younger one just lost to Serena today? And both won the Wimbledon Girls title and were #1 in juniors.

by Powow on Jan 19, 2010 2:38 PM EST reply actions  

Wow, whoops. Don’t know how I missed them.

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