Anna Chakvetadze Robbed In Moscow

Russian tennis star Anna Chakvetadze was tied up by masked robbers who broke into her home yesterday and stole money and items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, her father told a Russian television network.
Chakvetadze, a 2007 U.S. Open semifinalist who is ranked sixth in the world, was bound for 30 minutes in her home outside Moscow but not seriously hurt, NTV reported.

Six assailants approached the home before dawn, tied up a maid in another building, and forced her to hand over a remote control enabling them to enter the house through the garage, her father told NTV.

The robbers took about $106,000 in cash as well as jewelry and other items worth about $200,000, the network said. Moscow region police did not answer phone calls seeking comment.Chakvetadze, 20, won four singles titles and about $1.4 million in prize money in 2007.