Judy Murray and Elena Blatacha’s husband and former coach Nino Severino comply with the coffin of Elena Baltacha in Ipswich. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
The British tennis stars Laura Robson and Tim Henman have been amongst the mourners who gathered in Ipswich on Monday to spend tribute to Elena Baltacha, the former British tennis No 1 who died of liver cancer aged 30.
Baltacha died on four May possibly from a single of the most deadly kinds of liver cancer. She was diagnosed in January, just two months following she had retired from tennis and just a number of weeks right after her marriage to her lengthy-time coach, Nino Severino.
Hundreds attended the private funeral held at St John’s church in Ipswich, the town the place Baltacha set up her own tennis academy. They integrated Judy Murray, the mother of the British tennis No 1 Andy Murray, Laura Robson and former players Jo Durie, Annabel Croft and Tim Henman. Mourners were asked to wear their brightest colours at the request of Baltacha, who did not want absolutely everyone in black.
The hearse was filled with floral tributes with one spelling “EBAT x” in honour of the Elena Baltacha Academy of Tennis, and a Ukrainian flag was laid on top of the coffin in a nod to her heritage.
Born in Kiev to Ukranian mother and father, Baltacha was raised in Perth, Scotland, and counted Judy Murray amongst her former tennis coaches. At the age of 19, the tennis star was diagnosed with a unusual continual liver condition, major sclerosing cholangitis, which she managed with medicine during her job.
In spite of her situation, Baltacha went on to win 11 tennis singles titles, was ranked as Britain’s prime player for 132 weeks and reached a job-substantial world ranking of 49 in 2010.
Just just before her retirement from the sport, Baltacha opened the Elena Baltacha Academy of Tennis, which helps disadvantaged children to perform the sport.
Judy Murray, who travelled from Scotland for the funeral, stated: “She was 1 of the most selfless, undemanding, appreciative little ones I ever came across.
“We want to do no matter what we can to make confident she is remembered, to make confident she has a legacy and this academy, that was so dear to her heart, survives and thrives as lengthy as we’re all around to do that.”
Tennis stars amongst mourners at funeral of former No 1 Elena Baltacha
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