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August 8th, 2016

Serena Wins In Singles, Suffers First Loss In Doubles At Rio Olympics; Kerber-Bouchard Monday

The Williams sisters suffered their first defeat in the Olympics today.

Posted by Staff @ 12:23 am in Olympics | 1 Comment »

August 7th, 2016

Venus Flipped Out Of Rio Olympics; Serena, Kerber And Muguruza Sunday

Venus Williams went out of the singles on Day 1 at the Olympics.

Posted by Staff @ 12:02 am in Olympics | 1 Comment »

July 29th, 2016

Venus Williams, Eugenie Bouchard KO’d Out Of Montreal; Russians Rise Up As A New Champion Will Be Crowned

A new champion will be crowned Sunday at the Canadian Open women’s event after both former winners were knocked out on Thursday.

Posted by Staff @ 1:26 am in Canadian Open | Comments Off on Venus Williams, Eugenie Bouchard KO’d Out Of Montreal; Russians Rise Up As A New Champion Will Be Crowned

July 27th, 2016

Inspired Eugenie Bouchard Advances with Upset, Venus Lines Up Madison Keys at Rogers Cup

“It feels special playing in Montreal,” said Bouchard, who will next face Kucova. “I don’t get to do it often, so it just makes me extra motivated…I felt very solid and very focused; it’s important for me to keep my focus and keep my energy up.”

Posted by Staff @ 10:14 pm in Canadian Open | 2 Comments »

July 26th, 2016

Eugenie Bouchard Survives Upset Bid In Montreal; Simona Halep Advances, Garbine Muguruza Withdraws

Venus Williams, Angelique Kerber begins play Wednesday at the Canadian Open in Wednesday.

Posted by Staff @ 11:25 pm in Canadian Open | 5 Comments »

July 26th, 2016

Petra Kvitova, Sam Stosur Advance In Montreal; Eugenie Bouchard v Lucie Safarova Tuesday

Eugenie Bouchard will hope to avoid the demons Tuesday in Montreal.

Posted by Staff @ 12:14 am in Canadian Open | 1 Comment »

July 20th, 2016

Dimitrov, Bouchard, Defending Champ Stephens Fall In D.C.; Fritz v Zverev Today; Venus In Stanford

Teens Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz collide this afternoon in steamy Washington D.C.

Posted by Staff @ 9:32 am in Stanford, Washington | 4 Comments »

July 18th, 2016

Isner, Stosur Headline Men’s, Women’s Fields at Washington Citi Open

CITI OPEN Washington, D.C., USA; Surface: hard ADHEREL Men’s Seeds: John Isner, Gael Monfils, Bernard Tomic, Benoit Paire, Steve Johnson, Jack Sock, Alexander Zverev, Sam Querrey, Kevin Anderson, Viktor Troicki, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Grigor Dimitrov, Ivo Karlovic, Gilles Muller, Marcos Baghdatis, Borna Coric Men’s Floaters: none Men’s Notes: No Top 10ers, but three Top 20 players…The […]

Posted by Staff @ 12:55 am in Tennis | 1 Comment »

July 2nd, 2016

Petra Kvitova Sent Out Of Wimbledon; Madison Keys, Simona Halep Advance; Serena Sunday

The Williams sisters are the only former champions left at Wimbledon!

Posted by Sean Randall @ 7:31 pm in Wimbledon | 8 Comments »

June 29th, 2016

Konta Avoids Brexit; Kvitova On Song; Thurs. Preview at Wimbledon

“So, of course, why not? I know it’s a big thing to build a roof. It’s not easy. But, of course, more roofs, would be better. I think in Australia at the moment, it’s the best.”

Posted by Staff @ 10:24 pm in Tennis, Wimbledon | 30 Comments »

June 11th, 2016

4 WTA Top 10 Led by Radwanska in Birmingham; Spain Debuts Mallorca Event

Strong field with four Top 10 seeds, and all seeds are ranked in Top 20…Potential tough starts for (1) Radwanska vs. Vandeweghe, (3) Halep vs. Safarova, and (2) Kerber vs. Peng…Wildcards went to Radwanska, Kvitova and Brits Naomi Broady and Tara Moore…

Posted by Staff @ 7:01 pm in Tennis | 5 Comments »

June 5th, 2016

Wozniacki Returns in Nottingham; Men, Women Combine on Grass in Netherlands

Wozniacki returns from a foot injury…Wildcards were awarded to Pliskova and Brits Robson and Freya Christie…The slew of tournament withdrawals included former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, Madison Keys, Petra Cetkovska, Irina Falconi, Monica Niculescu and Lesia Tsurenko…

Posted by Staff @ 8:39 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »

May 26th, 2016

Serena, Top Women Again Ease Through at French Open; Venus Beats Down Teen

“She expected me to put a lot of variation in my game, so I had to find another game plan in order to get the upper hand,” Bacsinszky said of Bouchard.

Posted by Staff @ 7:39 pm in French Open, Tennis | 14 Comments »

May 24th, 2016

Genie Bouchard Was So Stressed Out Over Tennis That She Couldn’t Eat

Genie Bouchard felt so much pressure to win that she could hold down food last summer.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 6:24 pm in French Open | 6 Comments »

May 10th, 2016

Serena Makes Winning Start On Clay In Rome; Petra Kvitova-Madison Keys Wednesday

Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Venus Williams and Roberta Vinci are in action Wednesday in Rome.

Posted by Staff @ 10:46 pm in Rome | 19 Comments »