October 26th, 2018
Stephens, Bertens Round Out WTA Singapore SFs
The final four at the WTA Finals are set, and none of the Top 4 seeds made it.
Posted by Staff @ 7:59 pm in WTA Championships | No Comments »
October 25th, 2018
Svitolina Wins White Group At WTA Finals, Pliskova Makes SFs; Stephens-Kerber Fri.
Caroline Wozniacki revealed at the WTA Finals in Singapore yesterday that she has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.
Posted by Staff @ 8:40 pm in WTA Championships | 1 Comment »
October 24th, 2018
Stephens And Kerber Win Thrillers At Singapore Finals; Svitolina-Wozniacki Thurs.
Two semifinal berths are set to be filled Thursday at the Singapore WTA Finals.
Posted by Staff @ 8:24 pm in WTA Championships | 4 Comments »
October 5th, 2018
Wozniacki, Osaka Advance To Beijing Semifinals
Noami Osaka is closing in on another huge title.
Posted by Staff @ 7:17 pm in beijing | 3 Comments »
September 29th, 2018
Halep Leads All-In China Open Women’s Field, Del Potro Heads Men; Preview
Interesting starts for (17) Keys vs. American countrywoman (LL) Pera, the struggling (9) Stephens vs. Pavlyuchenkova, (3) Kerber vs. the unpredictable Mladenovic, (10) Goerges vs. Konta, (7) Pliskova vs. (WC) Stosur, (12) Ostapenko vs. Rybarikova, (14) Muguruza vs. Makarova, and (2) Wozniacki vs. Bencic…
Posted by Staff @ 7:12 pm in Tennis | No Comments »
September 10th, 2018
Serena Was Wrong, Ramos Was Wrong, Osaka Is The Undeniable Champion
The chaos and controversy over the women’s final at the US Open continues.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 2:13 pm in US Open | 141 Comments »
September 8th, 2018
Naomi Osaka: When I Hugged Serena At The Net I Felt Like A Little Kid Again
Naomi Osaka is the this new Grand Slam champion this year.
Posted by Tom Gainey @ 11:21 pm in US Open | 7 Comments »
September 8th, 2018
Another Serena US Open Blow-up Mars Osaka Win in Final
A dumpster-fire of a trophy ceremony saw the crowd booing and Osaka crying. Williams to her credit told the crowd to stop booing, but the damage had been done.
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 9:54 pm in US Open | 49 Comments »
September 6th, 2018
Serena Williams v Osaka, Who Idolizes Her, in US Open Final
“This is going to sound really bad,” Osaka said on what she was thinking during the match, “but I was just thinking — I really wanted to play Serena. Because she’s Serena.”
Posted by Staff @ 11:32 pm in Tennis, US Open | 118 Comments »
September 5th, 2018
Keys Wins, Up Thursday with Serena in US Open Semifinals
“To break in both sets, having solid games there, was really important tonight,” Keys said afterwards.
Posted by Staff @ 10:57 pm in Tennis, US Open | Comments Off
September 5th, 2018
Stephens Dumped Out as Serena Advances at US Open; Keys, Osaka On Wednesday
“The crowd was really for me and I felt so bad that I wasn’t winning,” said Williams. “I said ‘I got to try even harder.’”
Posted by Staff @ 9:38 am in Tennis, US Open | 2 Comments »
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…
Posted by Staff @ 9:28 pm in Tennis | Comments Off
August 5th, 2018
Preview: Serena Drops Out, Insane Men’s Openers at Rogers Cup Tennis
The outrageous number of opening-round seeds vs. floaters match-ups includes (16) Kyrgios vs. (WC) Wawrinka, (11) Schwartzman vs. Edmund, (6) Cilic vs. Coric, (3) Del Potro vs. Nishikori, (14) Fognini vs. Johnson (winner to meet Shapovalov), (5) Dimitrov vs. Verdasco, (10) Goffin vs. Raonic, (4) Anderson vs. Rublev, (7) Thiem vs. the fast-rising Tsitsipas, (9) Djokovic vs. Chung, and (2) Zverev vs. Ferrer…
Posted by Staff @ 11:31 am in Canadian Open, Montreal, Tennis, Toronto | 1 Comment »
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 »
May 14th, 2018
Osaka Crushes Azarenka, Vince Retires; Sharapova On Court Tues. In Rome
Naomi Osaka was a force on the red clay.
Posted by Staff @ 11:01 pm in Rome | 1 Comment »