Timea Bacsinszky wrote another chapter in her Roland Garros comeback story. Out of tennis in early 2013, she received an email that she still was eligible for Roland Garros qualifying. She didn’t qualify that year, but it spurred a comeback that has now seen her go semifinals, quarterfinals, semifinals for 2015 through 2017 in Paris. … Continue reading
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Caroline Wozniacki, Kristina Mladenovic, Timea Bacsinszky and Jelena Ostapenko First Four Into Roland Garros 2017 Quarterfinals
Not only will there be a first time women’s singles champion at Roland Garros in 2017, whichever player is the last woman standing will be a first time Major champion. The top half of the draw has determined the first four quaterfinalists – Caroline Wozniacki, Kristina Mladenovic, Timea Bacsinszky and Jelena Ostapenko. Wozniacki, a former … Continue reading
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina Win Women’s Double Gold At 2016 Rio Olympics; Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock Bring Mixed Doubles Gold Home To America
Just a quick dropshot post giving congratulations to the ladies taking doubles and mixed doubles Gold Medals home from the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. Elena Vesnina continued a resurgent year by pairing with longtime doubles partner Ekaterina Makarova to bring Golden glory to Russia in women’s doubles. Elena won mixed doubles with Bruno Soares at … Continue reading
WTA Stars Glow At Wimbledon 2016 Pre-Tournament Party
It seems like it was only a few weeks ago that the tennis world crowned a new Major champion in Garbine Muguruza at Roland Garros 2016. Well, it seems that way because it actually was only a few weeks ago. Even with the extra week added this year in between Roland Garros and Wimbledon 2016, … Continue reading
Ana Ivanovic, Timea Bacsinszky Advance To Third Round Of Roland Garros 2016
Being completely honest, since the end of 2014 there hasn’t been much to write home about for Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic. One bright spot was last year at Roland Garros, a tournament she won in 2008, when she reached the semifinals. Maybe some of the magic of past years in Paris will help Ana use Roland … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2015 WTA, JLPGA and LPGA Top 15 Year In Review: #12 Timea Bacsinszky, Ritsuko Ryu and Brittany Lincicome
For the past two years I have counted down the top 30 (2013) and top 25 (2014) players on the WTA and LPGA money lists as my year-end wrap-up. This year I am reducing the list to the top 15. However, I am adding the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) to the countdown. For the WTA, … Continue reading
Garbine Muguruza Wins 2015 China Open
Since she broke through with her first singles title at the 2014 Hobart International, I’ve had a keen eye on how Garbine Muguruza would progress as an up and coming player. She has far exceeded what I thought she would do through this point. She upset defending champion Serena Williams at Roland Garros 2014. She … Continue reading
Wimbledon 2015 Day 6: Jelena Jankovic Upsets Defending Champion Petra Kvitova; Garbine Muguruza Upsets Angelique Kerber
It’s been 7 years since Jelena Jankovic was ranked #1 in the world on the WTA singles rankings. She hasn’t reached the quarterfinals of a Major since 2013 and hasn’t reached a Major semifinal since 2010. Her last WTA singles title came in February 2013. Despite an inspired run to the 2015 Indian Wells final, … Continue reading
Roland Garros 2015 Day 9: Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova Suffer Fourth Round Upsets
I started my blogging about Roland Garros 2015 with a post highlighting my top 4 favorite WTA players; Madison Keys, Petra Kvitova, Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep. Unfortunately, they are all now gone prior to the quarterfinals. Halep and Keys were already upset before today. After play completed on this day, Masha and Petra had … Continue reading
Roland Garros 2015 Day 7: Sloane Stephens Wins, Will Meet Serena Williams In Round Of 16
Since emerging as a rising talent on tour a few years ago, Sloane Stephens has experienced her share ups and downs. However, it seems she might just be finding her game again at Roland Garros 2015. She’s been showing signs this spring of improved play. She thoroughly beat Madison Keys about a month or … Continue reading
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