By Steph Cockroft Friends and family gathered today to say their final goodbyes to tennis player Elena Baltacha, who died from liver cancer aged 30. More than 300 family and friends - including Judy Murray and Tim Henman - gathered at a private ceremony in Ipswich, Suffolk, dressed in their brightest colours, as a final tribute to the 'incredible, inspiring' woman. Miss Baltacha, 30, known as Bally, died just two months after revealing she had been diagnosed with liver cancer and just six months after marrying her coach, Nino Severino, 48. Scroll down for video Elena Baltacha's husband Nino Severino is supported by Judy Murray as he follows the coffin into the church in Ipswich, Suffolk. Miss Baltacha died on May 4, two months after revealing she had liver cancer
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Elena Baltacha, 30, battled a chronic liver condition since she was 19
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She died just six months after being diagnosed with liver cancer
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Flowers saying 'Bally' lay across coffin as it was taken to funeral in Ipswich
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The tennis star made a final request for mourners to wear brightest clothes
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Tim Henman, Judy Murray and Laura Robson among 300 mourners
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Husband Nino Severino: 'We know her memory and her spirit will live on'
A fundraiser which she had planned for June to raise money for the academy, Rally for @placeholder, will now go ahead in her memory.