The WTA rang in the first week of the season with three champions; Julia Goerges in Auckland, Aryna Sabalenka in Shenzhen and Karolina Pliskova in Brisbane. All were fantastic in winning, although one has to feel for Lesia Tsurenko who was 3 points away from upsetting Pliskova before the former world #1 fought back to … Continue reading
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Andrea Petkovic, Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka Amuse Themselves While Waiting Out The Rain At Wimbledon
So this is what tennis players do when the rain keeps them off the court? Andrea and Nole try their skill, but it is Vika that shows them how it’s done. That tandem try by Nole and Andrea at the beginning looked a bit…freaky. 🙂
Julia Goerges Continues To Roll At 2011 Mutua Madrid Open; Li Na Joins Her In Semifinals
A day after beating Caroline Wozniacki for the second straight time, Germany’s Julia Goerges continued her shining play, dismantling Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4 6-2. The streaking Goerges fired 6 aces en route to winning a stellar 87% of her first serve points and holding serve the entire match, saving all 6 break opportunities against … Continue reading
Julia Goerges Does It Again, Beats Caroline Wozniacki At 2011 Mutua Madrid Open; Bethanie Mattek-Sands Knocks Out Francesca Schiavone
The upsets keep on coming at the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open. Maria Sharapova. Gone. Samantha Stosur. Gone. Vera Zvonareva. Gone. But the biggest upset of all happened on Thursday, as Julia Goerges dismissed world #1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 1-6 6-3. Â Some might say that is not a big upset given that Goerges beat Wozniacki in … Continue reading
Maria Sharapova, Li Na Advance At 2011 Mutua Madrid Open; Andrea Petkovic Upset
Maria Sharapova used her powerful serve and all-court coverage to defeat dangerous lefty and fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova at the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open, 6-3 3-6 6-1. Although Maria didn’t have a lot of aces, and in fact had more double faults (6) than aces (5), she served 77% on first serves, often hitting service … Continue reading
Victoria Azarenka Rolls Into 2011 Marabella Final
2011 Sony Ericsson Open champion Victoria Azarenka keeps on rolling, as she downed Italy’s Sara Errani 6-2 6-1 to reach her second straight WTA final. She will face Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania, who won an error-filled match with Svetlana Kuznetsova, 3-6 7-6 (3) 6-4. Although I can’t say that I like Begu’s chances in the … Continue reading
Training With Victoria Azarenka
They say practice makes perfect, and it certainly was a perfect ending for Vika at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, her second title in Miami in three years. Can she be #1? Honestly, I’m not sure and it’s not really important. There is such tough competition on tour, so many different great players and winners … Continue reading
Victoria Azarenka Wins 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, Takes Second Crown In Three Years At Miami
For three straight rounds, I have picked against Victoria Azarenka. I picked her to lose to Kim Clijsters. I picked her to lose to Vera Zvonareva. I picked her to lose to destiny and Maria Sharapova. So how did that work out? 🙂 On Saturday, Vika easily defeated Sharapova to win her second Sony Ericsson … Continue reading
Victoria Azarenka Upsets Listless Kim Clijsters; Vera Zvonareva Keeps Hopes Of #2 Ranking Alive At 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
One day after overcoming errors and a shaky serve to stage a thrilling comeback against Ana Ivanovic, 44 unforced errors (!), 8 double faults and 6 service breaks against her doomed defending champion Kim Clijsters in her quarterfinal loss to Victoria Azarenka. Losing 6-3 6-3, it’s actually amazing that Kimmie even won 6 games in … Continue reading
Kim Clijsters, Ana Ivanovic Set To Battle At 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
Two of the biggest stars of the WTA are set for a fourth round showdown as Kim Clijsters and Ana Ivanovic will meet at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open. Kim is the much higher ranked player and were she 100% I would easily pick her to win. But she looked shaky in her 6-4 4-6 … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 