Third time was the charm for Li Na. After falling to Kim Clijsters and Victoria Azarenka in the 2011 and 2013 Australian Opens respectively, the Chinese superstar was finally able to hold the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup as the 2014 Australian Open women’s singles champion by besting surprise finalist Dominika Cibulkova, 7-6 (3) 6-0. Already … Continue reading
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Can New Coach Thomas Hodgstedt Get Caroline Wozniacki Back To The Top Of Women’s Tennis?
Coach Thomas Hogstedt has been successful in recent years with two of the highest profile tennis players in the world…heck, two of the highest profile women’s athletes in the world, Maria Sharapova and Li Na. Most recently Hogstedt parted ways with former world #1 Sharapova, but not before helping her win the 2012 Roland Garros … Continue reading
Abby Wambach Wins 2012 FIFA World Women’s Player of the Year; Pia Sundhage Wins World Coach of the Year
Congratulations to United States Women’s National Team Player Abby Wambach for being named 2012 FIFA World Women’s Player of the Year at the FIFA Ballon D’Or Awards. Also, congratulations to Pia Sundhage who won the 2012 World Coach of Women’s Football award for her work with Team USA. However, at the end of the year … Continue reading
Samantha Stosur Reflects On Her Results In 2012
It was a pretty good year for Samantha Stosur in 2012. Of course, coming off 2011 when she won the US Open singles title, going winless in 2012 is a bit of a letdown. But as great as she is, she does “only” have 3 career singles titles. She’s reached 12 WTA singles finals but … Continue reading
Lydia Ko’s Rise To #45 In Rolex Rankings No Surprise To Her Coach, Guy Wilson
Lydia Ko’s win at the CN Canadian Women’s Open has taken the golf world by storm. But to her coach Guy Wilson, who has watched her precocious rise since she was 8 years old, it is a progression of the work they have done together. Ranked #1 in the world as an amateur, Lydia has … Continue reading
United States Women’s National Team (Soccer) Ready For Match Against Sweden, Prepping For London Olympics 2012
The United States Women’s National Team is in the final stages of their preparation for the 2012 London Summer Olympics. They take on the National Team from Sweden on 6.16.2012. The game can be seen at 10AM Eastern on the Universal Sports Network and at UniversalSports.com so watch and cheer Abby, Hope, Alex and rest … Continue reading
Is Ivan Lendl The Key To Lifting Andy Murray To Grand Slam Glory?
Make it 1 for 1 on the Andy Murray-Ivan Lendl partnership. Andy was very impressive in winning the 2012 Brisbane International men’s singles title, defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final, 6-1 6-3. But the harder questions get asked in the next few weeks as Andy and new coach Lendl try to get the talented British … Continue reading
Hee Young Park Golf Strategy Session
2011 CME Group Titleholders winner Hee Young Park talks strategy with coach Steve Bann. Hee Young has come close to winner prior to CME. It will be interesting to see if this win will give her the confidence to finish events and collect more trophies on the LPGA. I hope so!
Mika Miyazato Golf Training
The most celebrated and successful golfer from Okinawa, Japan named Miyazato is 7-time LPGA winner Ai Miyazato. But another Miyazato from Okinawa is making a name for herself as well in the world of golf, 2010 JLPGA Japan Women’s Open champion Mika Miyazato. Although Mika has yet to win on the LPGA (as of 10.5.2011), … Continue reading
Ana Ivanovic To Be Coached By Nigel Sears
Nigels Sears has left his post as head of the LTA, during which time five British women entered the Top 100, including two junion Grand Slam winners, Laura Robson and Heather Watson, to coach former #1 Ana Ivanovic. From Ana’s Facebook: I’m so happy that I have found a new coach – Nigel Sears. It … Continue reading
