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 7 on the money list from each tour are Marion Bartoli … Continue reading
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2013 Wimbledon Champion Marion Bartoli Announces Retirement From Tennis
At Wimbledon 2013, Marion Bartoli achieved her career dream. What we didn’t know as we watched her lift the Venus Rosewater Dish was that time was running out on how much her body could endure. Now, that time has run out. The reigning Wimbledon Ladies Singles champion has announced her retirement from tennis. She was … Continue reading
Marion Bartoli, Andy Murray Feted At Wimbledon 2013 Winners Ball
You have to think it was an especially jubilant Winners Ball at Wimbledon 2013. Andy Murray ended the 77 year drought of British Gentlemen’s Singles champions with his straight set defeat of Novak Djokovic. Nole is my favorite male player, but for the first time I was actually rooting against my favorite in a tennis … Continue reading
Marion Bartoli Wins Wimbledon 2013 Ladies Singles Title
In 1992, Dr. Walter Bartoli witnessed Monica Seles defeat Steffi Graf at Roland Garros in one of the classic Major finals in women’s tennis history, 6-2 3-6 10-8. Dr. Bartoli had a tennis playing daughter named Marion who was having trouble with her forehand. Watching Monica win 3 straight Roland Garros titles, with 2 of … Continue reading
Sabine Lisicki, Marion Bartoli Reach Wimbledon 2013 Ladies Singles Final
It will be a contest of contrasting styles in the Wimbledon 2013 Ladies Singles Final as the irresistible force of Sabine Lisicki’s serve will challenge the immovable object of Marion Bartoli’s return game. To punch her ticket to the final, Sabine survived one of the best women’s semifinal matches in recent memory against 4th seeded … Continue reading
Sabine Lisicki, Agnieszka Radwanska, Marion Bartoli and Kirsten Flipkens Reach Wimbledon 2013 Semifinals
A day after the biggest win of her tennis career over Serena Williams, Sabine Lisicki avoided a letdown by ousting Kaia Kanepi 6-3 6-3 to advance to her second Wimbledon semifinal. She will be joined by Agnieszka Radwanska, Marion Bartoli and Kirsten Flipkens. Flipkens took out the only remaining former Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova, in … Continue reading
Sabine Stuns Serena! Lisicki Upsets Williams At Wimbledon 2013
This is why they don’t hand out trophies at the beginning of tournaments. With most tennis experts and prognosticators treating a Serena Williams ladies singles title at Wimbledon 2013 as a foregone conclusion, big-serving Sabine Lisicki blew up that narrative with a 6-2 1-6 6-4 upset victory over the defending champion. The shock wave rippled … Continue reading
Sabine Lisicki Powers Past Samantha Stosur On Day 6 Of Wimbledon 2013; Sets Up Showdown With Serena Williams
Going into Saturday’s matches at Wimbledon 2013, Serena Williams led the ladies singles draw in unreturnable serves, which measures aces plus serves that the opponents get their racquets on but don’t get back into play. That statistic should surprise nobody as Serena’s serve is one of the best shots, if not the best outright, in … Continue reading
Laura Robson Advances On Day 5 Of Wimbledon 2013; Eugenie Bouchard Falls, Sloane Stephens In Limbo
Three young rising stars in women’s tennis took divergent roads on day 5 at Wimbledon. 19-year old Laura Robson continued to keep alive the possibility of being the first British player to win the ladies singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977. The 2012 WTA Newcomer of the Year ousted Mariana Duque-Marino, 6-4 6-1, in … Continue reading
Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer Join Slew Of Top Players Gone On Day 3 Of Wimbledon 2013
Day 3 of Wimbledon 2013 was exciting and dramatic. However, when the dust settled it was also somewhat disappointing. It’s great to see players like Michelle Larcher de Brito and Sergiy Stakhovsky earn career-best wins in which they outplayed Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer, respectively. The problem is in tennis you don’t want this many … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 