Fighting through a knee injury, Andrea Petkovic was able to barely get by 2010 Australian Open semifinalist Zheng Jie 3-6 6-3 6-3. Zheng had Petkovic on the hook 6-3 3-0 before Andrea mounted her comeback. How close was this match? Each player had 23 winners and 3 double faults. Andrea had 30 unforced errors while … Continue reading
Looking to win a tournament that slipped away last year, Maria Sharapova made quick work of second round opponent Anastasia Rodionova 6-1 6-3. Masha had Kim Clijsters on the ropes in 2010 at Cincinnati before a weather delay helped Kimmie regroup and come back to win. I am still a bit concerned about Masha’s double … Continue reading
For this post, I’m going to start by posting the third round results, including the “upset” scores. Singles – Third Round (13) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (3) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 64 76(4) (4) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (Q) María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 61 62 (Q) Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d. (5) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 63 75 (10) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (6) Li Na (CHN) 62 64 (11) Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. (7) Petra … Continue reading
Although she lost in the semifinals of the Mercury Insurance Open at Carlsbad to Vera Zvonareva, I was impressed at how Ana Ivanovic kept fighting to the end, something she has not always done in the past. She kept that level of intensity up in beating the overmatched Zhang Shuai in the first round of … Continue reading
After avenging her loss to Ayumi Morita at Stanford last week in the second round of this week’s 2011 Mercury Insurance Open at Carlsbad, Ana Ivanovic kept rolling against Alberta Brianti winning easily, 6-1 6-2. For some time now, I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel for Ana, only to … Continue reading
As I touched on here: https://bangkokbobbysports.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/zheng-jie-drops-out-of-exhibition-match-in-hong-kong-and-upcoming-hobart-international-with-sore-left-wrist-is-questionable-for-australian-open/ …ZHENG Jie, a 2010 Australian Open semifinalist, will miss the 2o11 opening Major of the tennis season. quote from ZHENG Jie: “I did withdraw from next year’s Australian Open. It is a hard decision for me to make. I have plenty of good memories and experiences there, but I … Continue reading
2010 Australian Open semi-finalist Zheng Jie has pulled out of an exhibition in Hong Kong citing and injured left wrist. She also pulled out of the upcoming Moorilla Hobart International. She had surgery on her wrist in September. It would be a shame if she didn’t have a chance to repeat the run to the … Continue reading
The WTA has no problem, it seems, promoting their players as great athletes, which they are, and fashionable young women, which they also are. One wonders about where the line blurs and where selling looks goes too far. I was a little surprised when I saw this was a WTA sponsored video. But as they … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 