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 »
June 30th, 2017
Preview: Serena You are Missed at Wimbledon; 5 Players Vie for No. 1
(2) Halep could be up against it with an early road of qualifier and two-time grasscourt doubles winner Marina Erakovic, then Brit Laura Robson, then Bouchard
Posted by Staff @ 11:33 pm in Tennis, Wimbledon | 2 Comments »
June 18th, 2017
Kerber, Azarenka, Kvitova This Week at Birmingham, Mallorca; WTA Previews
Victoria Azarenka returns to the tour after giving birth to her son, Leo, and Sabine Lisicki also makes her 2017 debut after a shoulder injury suffered last November…
Posted by Staff @ 12:44 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
May 9th, 2017
Halep Wins Madrid Thriller Over Vinci; Kerber v Bouchard Wednesday
Simona Halep won a tight battle of former Grand Slam finalists.
Posted by Staff @ 11:12 pm in Madrid | 1 Comment »
April 27th, 2017
Maria Sharapova Victorious Over Vinci In Return From Drug Ban
Maria Sharapova won her first match back after a 15-month doping ban.
Posted by Staff @ 12:35 am in Stuttgart | 6 Comments »
February 19th, 2017
Struggling Kerber, 5 of Top 10 at WTA Dubai; Budapest; Previews
Interesting starts for the struggling (1) Kerber after a bye vs. the Jankovic-Barthel winner, (3) Cibulkova after a bye vs. Makarova, (10) Woz vs. the Russian riser Kasatkina, and (11) Vandeweghe vs. her U.S. Fed Cup teammate Riske…
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January 30th, 2017
Halep, 3 Top 10ers, Venus Williams in St. Pete; WTA Previews
Three Top 10ers in the field, in addition to Australian Open runner-up and former No. 1 Venus Williams
Posted by Staff @ 12:35 am in Tennis | Comments Off on Halep, 3 Top 10ers, Venus Williams in St. Pete; WTA Previews
January 7th, 2017
WTA Previews: Kerber, 6 of Top 10 in Sydney; Ho-Hum in Hobart
Six of the Top 10 in attendance…Lots of unseeded floaters including a former No. 1 and a Slam winner…
Posted by Staff @ 9:24 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
December 31st, 2016
Nadal, No. 1 Kerber Among Headliners Next Week at Brisbane International Tennis; Previews
Five Top 10ers in the impressive field…The Top 4 seeds receive opening-round byes…Opening-round testers for (1) Raonic vs. Querrey, (5) Nadal vs. The Dog, (7) Dimitrov vs. Johnson, (8) Ferrer vs. Tomic, and (6) Pouille vs. Simon…
Posted by Staff @ 7:10 pm in Tennis | 25 Comments »
October 1st, 2016
Kerber, Murray Headline Elite China Open Fields
Nine of the Top 10 players, sans Serena Williams, in the field…Potential tough starts for (3) Radwasnka second round vs. the powerful Makarova, (13) Vinci second round vs. the resurgent Wozniacki, (5) Pliskova vs. Safarova, (15) Pavlyuchenkova vs. (Q) Riske (winner to meet Stosur), (8) Keys second round vs. the winner of Jelena Jankovic and Kristina Mladenovic, and the shaky-of-late (2) Muguruza vs. Begu…
Posted by Staff @ 1:54 pm in China Open, Tennis | 1 Comment »
September 23rd, 2016
No Serena, But No. 1 Kerber and 8 of Top 10 at Loaded WTA Wuhan
The Top 8 seeds receive opening-round byes in Wuhan, so Kerber will start against either American CoCo Vandeweghe or France’s Kristina Mladenovic. From there her difficult path will likely see No. 14 and Slam winner Petra Kvitova, then No. 7 Carla Suarez Navarro or No. 11 Johanna Konta, then likely No. 4 Simona Halep or No. 8 Madison Keys in the semifinals.
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 9:37 pm in Tennis, Wuhan | 10 Comments »
September 7th, 2016
Kerber Punches the Clock Tues., Now Serena’s Turn Wed. in Race for No. 1 at US Open
“I think the key of the match was the first set,” said Kerber, broken three times in the first set, and breaking it down for any media members that couldn’t read the scoreline. “I think in the second set, what I did good [was] that I played the first few games really tough so that I was up 3-0 very fast. Then I could continue my good play, yeah, in the next few games.”
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 12:16 am in Tennis, US Open | 9 Comments »
September 4th, 2016
Serena, Venus in Action Monday at US Open; Woz Schools Keys, Kerber Looms
“It’s been a good week,” said Wozniacki, who covered the court like her days at the No. 1 ranking. “I’m really happy about the way I played. Obviously Madison is a strong player. She hits the ball really hard. But I managed to really play well, get a lot of returns in. I served well, which I was pleased with.”
Posted by Staff @ 11:06 pm in Tennis, US Open | 4 Comments »
September 2nd, 2016
Keys Stuns, Bellis Bashed, Kerber Still Hunting Serena, Both Williams On Saturday at US Open
“You never gave up on me and really helped me get through,” the 21-year-old Keys told the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd.
Posted by Staff @ 10:48 pm in Tennis, US Open | 1 Comment »
August 21st, 2016
Everyone Withdraws from WTA Connecticut; Gasquet Leads Winson-Salem
This tournament has turned into a complete mess with the seeding in chaos as Svetlana Kuznetova withdrew citing a shoulder injury, Johanna Konta pulled with a back injury, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova withdrew citing a back injury, then today (Sunday) Madison Keys injured her neck practicing and withdrew…
Posted by Staff @ 3:34 pm in Connecticut Open, Tennis, Winston-Salem | 2 Comments »