Simona Halep answered a lot of questions and silenced (at least temporarily) a lot of doubters en route to winning the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships women’s singles title. She came in as the top seed even though Petra Kvitova was ranked higher to start the tournament. Many looked to Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki, Venus … Continue reading
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Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #19 Jelena Jankovic and Angela Stanford
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #21 Venus Williams and Jenny Shin
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #23 Mo Martin and Alize Cornet
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
WTA Wrap-Up 2.23.2014: Venus Rises In Dubai; Kurumi Nara Take First WTA Title In Rio
Age and Sjogren’s Syndrome have conspired to make Venus Williams less consistent than she once was. But when she’s on, as she was at this year’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, she can still remind everybody why she’s one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She ran through the field at the … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2013 Top 30 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #8 Petra Kvitova and Beatriz Recari
Instead of a year in review focusing on overall achievements, I thought this time I’d do a countdown of the top 30 money list leaders from the WTA and LPGA. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for this top 30. Number 8 on the money list from each tour are Petra Kvitova … Continue reading
Pornanong Phatlum Wins 2013 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters
Pornanong Phatlum is a winner. She’d won 7 Ladies Asian Golf Tour events, with 1 co-sanctioned Ladies European Tour event (2012 Women’s Indian Open) going into the 2013 Omega Dubai Ladies Open. Playing well, she trailed world #3 Stacy Lewis, a player who has proven herself to be a winner on the grandest of scales, … Continue reading
Petra Kvitova Wins 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Petra Kvitova defeated Sara Errani 6-2 1-6 6-1 to claim the title at the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. It is the 10th WTA singles title for Petra. Her rhythm was thrown off when Sara started to serve and volley more in the 2nd set but once Petra’s shots started to find their way … Continue reading
Petra Kvitova, Sara Errani Reach 2013 Dubai Final
Former WTA Player of the Year Petra Kvitova used her aggressive play to defeat former world #1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-4 to reach the final of the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. It’s good to see Petra get on a roll here (albeit without Vika and Serena in the draw), especially against arguably the … Continue reading
Petra Kvitova To Face Caroline Wozniacki In Dubai 2013 Semifinals
After the withdrawals of Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka from the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, I called Agnieszka Radwanska the favorite to win. Well, that lasted less than 48 hours as Petra Kvitova earned her biggest win in recent memory, taking Aga out, 6-2 6-4. I’m not really that surprised. Even though I … Continue reading
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