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 #6 players for 2016: Dominika Cibulkova (WTA) and Sei-Young Kim … 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 #9 players for 2016: Petra Kvitova (WTA) and Brittany Lang … Continue reading
Every time I think I’m ready to give up on the potential of Petra Kvitova, she has a week like this where not only does she win, she dispatches top competition like the #1 player I have long thought she could be. En route to her 2nd Wuhan Open title, she had a showdown with … Continue reading
Serena Williams has shut it down for the 2015 season, but big sister Venus is still active and playing well. She added a 47th singles title (to go along with 21 women’s doubles and 2 mixed doubles titles) to her Hall of Fame career resume by winning the 2015 Wuhan Open. This is her first … Continue reading
The 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open is already underway. I’ll cover the winner this upcoming weekend. But before that, I’d like to take a look at the opening ceremony and player party. Notably, the highlight for me was seeing 2-time Major winner and new mommy, Li Na, acting as a host for the event. The … Continue reading
It was a good night for tennis at the 2015 Laureus World Sports Awards. Chinese sports pioneer Li Na accepted the Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award. She retired last year, but was presented the award for her career, in which she set several “first ever” achievements for an Asian and/or Chinese tennis player in singles. … Continue reading
Back in June, Eugenie Bouchard reached her first ever Major final at Wimbledon 2014. That was the good news. The bad news was that she ran into Petra Kvitova, a player oozing with talent and already familiar with winning a title on Centre Court. Petra blitzed Genie, 6-3 6-0. In the final of the 2014 … Continue reading
It was probably bound to happen eventually anyway, but the WTA’s presence in China will grow to 5 events in 2014. Still, I have to think that Li Na’s success at Roland Garros, becoming the first Asian born player to win a tennis Major in singles, lit a flame of tennis interest in a country … Continue reading
2011 Roland Garros champion Li Na was joined in her hometown of Wuhan, China by Pete Sampras, Sabine Lisicki and Carlos Moya for a fun tennis exhibition the week before Christmas. Li Na struggled after her win in Paris, but hopefully she can recharge her batteries in the short off-season and find the form that … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 