March 18th, 2011
Federer, Wawrinka Play Two at Indian Wells; Nadal Withstands Dr. Visit
Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka play singles then doubles today at Indian Wells.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:46 am in Tennis | 225 Comments »
October 17th, 2010
Jankovic Headlines Moscow; Dementieva in Luxembourg: WTA Previews
Notes: (1) Dementieva opens against Peng, and (3) Wickmayer against the Osaka finalist Schnyder; wildcards went to Dementieva, Russian Yulia Putintseva, Luxembourg’s Mandy Minella, and France’s Virginie Razzano; in last year’s final Francesca Schiavone defeated Olga Govortsova.
Posted by Staff @ 11:36 pm in Tennis | 8 Comments »
August 14th, 2010
Ivanovic Says ‘F**** You,’ Clijsters Favored Next Week at WTA Montreal
The development was that Montreal’s star power suddenly began to dip with all the pull-outs, and Lapierre came back to Ivanovic with the wildcard offer — which she promptly told him, in so many words, to stick up his ass.
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 4:38 pm in Tennis | 11 Comments »
August 7th, 2010
Jankovic Headlines; Only 1 American Direct Entry at WTA Cincinnati
The sadly-slowing American drumbeat goes on this week at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open. World No. 1 Serena Williams is sidelined with a cut foot, and elder sister Venus is out with a tweaked knee. No Americans are seeded, and only one American, Melanie Oudin, got directly into the main draw via her ranking (barely).
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 4:55 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
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 »
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 »
March 25th, 2010
Serena Collects Three WTA Awards; Clijsters, Oudin Also Winners
The WTA Tour announced there annual award winners.
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January 24th, 2010
Henin Overcomes Wickmayer Test, Petrova Next at Australian Open
Justine Henin moved within six sets of returning to Grand Slam glory.
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January 10th, 2010
Belgians Clijsters, Wickmayer Win WTA Titles During Week 1 of 2010
“I think we set the bar for pretty high for ourselves for the rest of the year but obviously it’s a great tournament to start off the year and a great match, so I couldn’t be happier with myself, but I would also like to congratulate Justine,” Clijsters told the crowd afterwards. “This is the first tournament that she’s back and she’s really played at a really high level.” Clijsters donated her $37,000 winner’s check to the Royal Brisbane Hospital children’s wing, which she visited before the tournament began.
Posted by Staff @ 9:02 pm in Tennis | 10 Comments »
November 12th, 2009
Yanina Wickmayer Tennis Doping Press Conference
- On February 18, 2009 I went online and Googled the general email address of the
doping agency, and sent them and email to ask for information as I had heard several
players talk about the new anti doping program.
Posted by Staff @ 11:49 pm in Tennis | 10 Comments »