August 1st, 2010
Roddick, Jankovic, Wozniacki Star at Washinton, San Diego, Copenhagen
Loaded non-seeded field with former No. 1s Ivanovic and Safina, and former No. 2 Kuznetsova unseeded; first-round match-ups of interest are (6) Bartoli vs. Hantuchova, (7) Peer vs. (WC) Ivanovic, (8) Wickmayer vs. Kuznetsova, and potential second-round match-ups after seeded byes (1) Jankovic vs. Rezai and Stosur vs. Azarenka or Oudin
Posted by Staff @ 3:32 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
May 25th, 2010
Safina a Krumm Bum Next to Inspirational Date at French Open
“I was very, very happy to play on Suzanne Lenglen Court. I have a big memory there,” Date Krumm said. “In 1995, I beat Iva Majoli there, then played on Philippe Chatrier against Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in the semifinals. I don’t like red clay so much, but today I beat Safina, so it’s a big, big memory again. Even if I lost, I’d still be very happy to be there — I’d be playing Safina on Suzanne Lenglen.”
Posted by Staff @ 9:27 pm in French Open, Tennis | 3 Comments »
May 21st, 2010
Venus, Serena Williams Bookend French Open Draw: Preview
Serena Williams receives a soft draw, opening against Swiss Stefanie Voegele, and potentially meets No. 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third round, and No. 13 Marion Bartoli in the fourth round. No. 7-seeded Sam Stosur is in Serena’s quarter of the draw, but the favorite to meet the younger Williams sister in the quarterfinals is No. 22-seeded Justine Henin.
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 11:47 am in French Open, Tennis | 17 Comments »
May 8th, 2010
Kuznetsova Upset, Serena Williams Headlines Loaded Field at WTA Madrid
The Top 8 players in the world make up the top eight seeds in Madrid: Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Dinara Safina, Venus Williams, Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva, Jelena Jankovic and Sam Stosur.
Posted by Staff @ 11:09 pm in Tennis | 8 Comments »
May 4th, 2010
Serena Williams Victorious in Return at Rome
After three months away Serena Williams has returned to the WTA circuit.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:04 pm in Rome | 7 Comments »
May 3rd, 2010
Williams Sisters, Loaded Field at WTA Rome
Top 8 Seeds: Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Dinara Safina, Venus Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva, Jelena Jankovic, Aggie Radwanska
Posted by Staff @ 12:04 am in Tennis | Comments Off
April 25th, 2010
Federer, Nadal in Rome; Loaded Stuttgart WTA Field; Previews
Wow, two unseeded former No. 1s in Henin and Ivanovic; lots o’ first-round meetings of interest…
Posted by Staff @ 1:52 pm in Tennis | 70 Comments »
April 8th, 2010
Del Potro, Soderling, Sharapova Withdraw From Tournaments
Injuries are hitting the clay tournaments hard.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:51 pm in Injuries, Monte Carlo | 25 Comments »
March 19th, 2010
Serena Williams, Del Potro Withdraw from Miami
Former champion Serena Williams and Juan Martin Del Potro have withdrawn from next week’s Miami tennis event.
Posted by Tom Gainey @ 5:54 pm in Injuries, Miami | 4 Comments »
March 2nd, 2010
Roger Federer to Withdraw From Indian Wells?
Might Roger Federer be withdrawing from Indian Wells?
Posted by Tom Gainey @ 6:25 pm in Indian Wells, Injuries | 76 Comments »