Victoria Azarenka, for all of Serena Williams’ brilliance, is still the #1 ranked women’s tennis player in the world. That’s probably an indictment of the ranking computer. Still, Vika can go a long way to reasserting her claim to the top spot with a win in Brisbane over Serena. That possible match-up is still in … Continue reading
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Petra Kvitova, Serena Williams Advance In First Round Of 2013 Brisbane International
Just how short is the tennis off-season? So short that the 2013 season starts in 2012. As expected, Petra Kvitova and Serena Williams started their years with routine straight set victories. The surprise of the day was Jarmila Gajdosova upsetting Roberta Vinci. Jarmila hadn’t won a match since Roland Garros and hadn’t even played a … Continue reading
Victoria Azarenka Barely Escapes Upset Bid In Second Round Of 2012 BNP Paribas Open At Indian Wells; Jelena Jankovic Falls
Whew. With all the talk of Victoria Azarenka’s dominance this year and if anybody can stop her winning streak, it would have been a shocker if she had lost her first match at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. As it is, she advanced by the skin of her teeth over Mona Barthel … Continue reading
Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova Win On First Day Of 2012 Fed Cup Matches; Christina McHale and Serena Williams Power Team USA
World #2 and #3 Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova both helped their countries to take 2-0 leads on the first day of Fed Cup 2012. With their teams playing in World Group I with a chance to emerge Fed Cup champion this year, Petra and Masha did not disappoint. Masha powered Team Russia by overwhelming … Continue reading
Sloane Stephens, Vania King Keep Americans Winning At 2011 US Open But Big Challenges Await In Next Round
It seems American tennis might have been counted out prematurely. Continuing a string of big wins by young Americans, 18-year old Sloane Stephens upset #23 seed Shahar Peer 6-1 7-6 (4), using a big serve and playing points with the patience and poise of a veteran, even when Peer turned up the pressure in the … Continue reading
Caroline Wozniacki, Andrea Petkovic Roll In First Round Of 2011 US Open
World #1 Caroline Wozniacki started her latest quest for her first Major title with an easy 6-3 6-1 win over Nuria Llagostera Vives. The 5’9 1/2″ Wozniacki looked like she was playing with her kid sister in the 5’1″ (to be kind) NLV. And Caroline dominated Nuria like she was a big sister. Most importantly, … Continue reading
WTA’s Julia Goerges & Jarmila Gajdosova Atop Austrian Mountain
Julia Goerges and Jarmila Gajdosova head to the top of Stubnerkogel mountain in Austria. Of course, I wish they had built a full size tennis court for them to play atop. Still, the WTA always has great ideas to promote their players and sport. I wonder how far those balls they hit into the air … Continue reading
Kim Clijsters, Maria Sharapova Advance At Roland Garros 2011; Ana Ivanovic Ousted In First Round
2008 seems like forever ago. Ana Ivanovic was sitting on top of the world as Roland Garros champion and the #1 ranked player in the world. Today at Roland Garros, she suffered her 4th one and done loss of the year (along with the Australian Open, Dubai and Madrid), losing to 7-6 (3) 0-6 6-2. … Continue reading
Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic Advance In Third Round Rome 2011; Li Na Sits Down To Talk About Her Game
Maria Sharapova kept her perfect record against Shahar Peer intact in the third round of Rome 2011 with a dominant 6-2 6-2 win. When Masha is serving well, as she did in this match at 79%, she is tough to handle. It sets up everything else in her game. She did get broken early to … Continue reading
Caroline Wozniacki, Samantha Stosur Overcome Tough Second Round Opponents To Advance At 2011 Mutua Madrid Open
World #1 Caroline Wozniacki advanced in her second round match in straight sets over rising Serbian star Bojana Jovanovski, 6-4 6-4. Every aspiring tennis player should watch Caroline play. There is a purpose to every shot. On one sequence in the match, she hit topspin deep to the baseline, then sliced short, then crosscourt and … Continue reading
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