July 28th, 2019
Svitolina Seeks First Title Of Year In San Jose; Venus, Anisimona In Field; Vandeweghe Makes Return
Mihaela Buzarnescu and Victoria Azarenka are the lone former champions in San Jose.
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August 12th, 2018
No Warm Welcome for Serena Williams in WTA Cincinnati Draw: Preview
Tough starts for (4) Kerber vs. Pavlyuchenkova who she is 6-6 career against, the wrist-addled (13) Keys vs. (WC) Mattek-Sands in an all-American, (9) Pliskova vs. Radwanska (winner to meet Konta), (6) Garcia vs. (WC) Azarenka, (8) Kvitova vs. the Serena-Gavrilova winner, (15) Mertens vs. Rybarikova who she has a losing record against, (5) Svitolina vs. (WC) Kuznetsova, and (2) Wozniacki vs. the Bertens-Vandeweghe winner…
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June 30th, 2018
Wimbledon Preview: Serena in Group of Death, Stephens Can Become No. 1
The Group of Death contains two former No. 1s, a No. 2, and last year’s US Open semifinalist and quarterfinalist among other floaters…Tough starts for (5) Svitolina vs. the grasscourt title-winner Maria, (21) Sevastova vs. Giorgi, (32) Radwanska vs. Safarova 2nd rd., and (2) Wozniacki vs. Makarova 2nd rd…(25) Serena’s early path is former world No. 1 junior Arantxa Rus, a qualifier/wildcard, then (5) Svitolina, then (10) Keys.
Posted by Staff @ 10:57 am in Tennis, Wimbledon | 1 Comment »
June 17th, 2018
Former Wimbledon champions Muguruza, Kvitova Headline WTA Birmingham on Grass
Four of the WTA Top 10 along with Vandeweghe and last week’s grasscourt title winner Barty make Birmingham a tough title to raise…
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June 11th, 2018
Vandeweghe, Mannarino Lead Fields at Co-ed Libema Open on Grass; Previews
(8) Sabalenka starts against last year’s teenage Wimbledon quarterfinalist Vondrousova, and (3) Bertens against last year’s runner-up Vikhlyantseva…
Posted by Staff @ 12:37 pm in Tennis | 3 Comments »
May 12th, 2018
Top Seeds Halep, Wozniacki in Deep at Italian Open; Preview
Tough starts went to (1) Halep vs. the Azarenka-Osaka winner, (13) Keys vs. Pavlyuchenkova, (9) Stephens vs. the crafty Strycova, (3) Muguruza vs. the Gavrilova-Bellis winner, (16) Barty vs. Sharapova…
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May 5th, 2018
Halep Goes for Madrid Triple; WTA Preview
Interesting starts were dealt to Ostapenko vs. Irina-Camelia Begu (winner to face Maria Sharapova), Wozniacki vs. Daria Gavrilova, and Vandeweghe vs. Kristina Mladenovic.
Posted by Staff @ 3:50 pm in Tennis | 8 Comments »
April 29th, 2018
Pliskova Stops Vandeweghe Clay Power Play in WTA Stuttgart Final
It was the 10th career win for Pliskova, who improved to 10-10 in career finals, winning her last four.
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April 28th, 2018
Vandeweghe Reaches First Clay Final In Stuttgart, Faces Pliskova
A first time 2018 champion will be crowned Sunday in Stuttgart.
Posted by Staff @ 8:32 pm in Stuttgart | 15 Comments »
April 27th, 2018
Coco Crushes Halep As 3 Of Top 4 Seeds Fall In Stuttgart Quarters
3 of the Top 4 seeds fells Friday in Stuttgart.
Posted by Staff @ 11:07 pm in Stuttgart | 4 Comments »
April 25th, 2018
Kerber Tops Kvitova In Stuttgart; Halep Wins, Stephens Falls Winning One Game
Two-time Stuttgart champion Angelique Kerber thrilled her home fans beating Petra Kvitova.
Posted by Staff @ 9:25 pm in Stuttgart | 3 Comments »
April 22nd, 2018
Defending Champion Americans, Juggernaut Czechs Line Up Fed Cup Final
The Czechs are into their sixth Fed Cup final in the last eight years, winning in 2011-12 and 2014-16.
Posted by Staff @ 12:58 pm in Fed Cup, Tennis | 1 Comment »
January 15th, 2018
CoCo Goes Nuts, Venus Loses Amidst Day 1 Upsets at Australian Open
Vandeweghe received two code violations during her loss, the first when she refused to restart play at the end of the first set until she was brought bananas.
Posted by Staff @ 8:59 am in Australian Open, Tennis | 13 Comments »
January 12th, 2018
Preview: Serena Out; Women’s Australian Open Likely to See a 1st-Time Winner
(5) Venus vs. Bencic the must-watch 1st rd. match in Melbourne…Other tough starts for (31) Makarova vs. Begu, and the injury-hampered (13) Stephens vs. Zhang, who she has previously lost to…
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 2:08 pm in Australian Open, Tennis | 1 Comment »
November 12th, 2017
U.S. Stumbles But Vandeweghe Leads to 1st Fed Cup Title in 17 Years
Both the No. 78-ranked teenager Sabalenka and the 23-year-old No. 87-ranked Sasnovich had beaten the U.S.’s Sloane Stephens in singles, while Vandeweghe kept the U.S. in the tie with two singles wins.
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