This is a few days late due to outside commitments, but I couldn’t let a title victory by my current favorite player in the world, Madison Keys, go unsung on my blog. The 22-year old American won her third WTA title, and first both on hard court and in the States, at the 2017 Stanford … Continue reading
For the fourth annual edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the dynamic dozen from each tour, the top 12 on the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #11 players for 2016: Johanna Konta (WTA) and Haru Nomura … Continue reading
If you’re going to win your first WTA singles title, why not make it over a legend? That was the case in Stanford as Great Britain’s Johanna Konta captured her first WTA singles crown, in her first ever WTA level final, against future Hall of Famer Venus Williams at the 2016 Bank of the West … Continue reading
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
A few weeks ago, Ana Ivanovic was a guest speaker at Google. She was in town for the 2014 Bank of the West Classic at Stanford. The former world #1 and 2008 Roland Garros champion talked to a room full of Googlers at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California about her career and her approach … Continue reading
It wasn’t always a smooth ride, but in the end Serena Williams was able to outclass the opposition to win her third Bank of the West title in four years (she didn’t play last year). She was challenged in the first set in each of her matches against Karolina Pliskova, Ana Ivanovic, Andrea Petkovic and … Continue reading
The last time Dominika Cibulkova faced Agnieszka Radwanska in a final (2013 Sydney Apia International) she was obliterated 6-0 6-0 in the first double bagel WTA final in over 6 years. In the final of the 2013 Bank of the West Classic, again facing Aga, it would be a much different story. Playing with renewed … Continue reading
Dominika Cibulkova is a terrific WTA player. She has found a way to excel at 5 foot 3 inches in a time when many of the best players are getting bigger and stronger. The 2-time WTA winner is a current top 25 player and has been ranked as high as 12th in the world. She … Continue reading
The lion’s share of attention concerning up and coming American women in tennis has, rightfully, been focused on Sloane Stephens. To a degree, tennis experts have also looked to Madison Keys for her impressive ball striking ability. But some attention needs to be paid to Jamie Hampton, who reached the semifinals of the 2013 Bank … Continue reading
In one of the forums I post comments, I recently said that I was worried about the future of American women’s tennis after Serena Williams retires. There are good young players like Christina McHale and Sloane Stephens. There are future hopefuls like Madison Keys. But they need to take that next step and start collecting … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 