Astrid Besser is an Italian tennis

Tennis

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 player who plays professionally.

Besser currently resides in Quarrata

Quarrata

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, Italy, and has many siblings.

Besser played in the 2008 Gastein Ladies

2008 Gastein Ladies

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 tennis tournament on the prestigious Women's Tennis Association

Women's Tennis Association

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's 2008 WTA Tour

2008 WTA Tour

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, along with Estonia

Estonia

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's Maret Ani

Maret Ani

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, but lost in the first round due to retirement to Andrea Hlaváčková

Andrea Hlavácková

Andrea Hlaváčková is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is World No.87, which she reached on 31 January 2011, and her highest doubles ranking is World No.17, reached on 15 August 2011...

 and Lucie Hradecká

Lucie Hradecká

Lucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:...

. She competed once more on the tour at the 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open

2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open

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 in Portorož

Portorož

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, Slovenia

Slovenia

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, with Maja Kambic, losing to fourth seeds María José Martínez Sánchez

María José Martínez Sánchez

María José Martínez Sánchez is a Spanish professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, the 2009 Swedish Open, the Premier 5 event, 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the 2011 Gastein Ladies and the 2011 Hansol Korea Open. She...

 and Arantxa Parra Santonja

Arantxa Parra Santonja

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, 6-2, 6-2.

Besser's highest singles ranking so far is World Number 393, a ranking which she managed to reach on 19 May 2008, and her highest doubles ranking, which was achieved on 16 June 2008, was World Number 401.

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