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Wozniacki, Radwanska, Bartoli out of the Rome Open

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Internazionali BNL D’Italia, Rome – It was all about the women’s matches out on the red courts of Rome today. There were some exciting line-ups, fantastic rallies and staggering losses. Many of the matches were scheduled around the same time, so with a lot of running, camera ready and comfy shoes here [...]

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Sharapova discusses her wedding, traits and Italian words after victory at the Rome Open

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome – Maria Sharapova survived a stern test on Campo Centrale as she faced Christina McHale to open up play in Rome and eventually came up trumps with a 7-5, 7-5 victory. The match was closer than the score line intended but Sharapova was pleased with her early challenge [...]

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Verdasco and Lopez ousted in an all-Spanish affair at the Rome Open

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows By Lisa-Marie Burrows Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome – The orange courts of Rome served up some high quality tennis this afternoon with two matches containing two same-country battles. Fernando Verdasco was vying to knock out another higher-ranked compatriot this week after his defeat over Spanish No.1 Rafael Nadal in Madrid, whilst on [...]

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Top 5 items in the Roland Garros shop

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

We’re just one week away from the French Open. Cue the excitement! Don’t worry, if you haven’t booked your tickets yet, you can still get the Roland Garros experience (or at least pretend you did) by visiting their shop online. For the Fashionista   If you’re looking for a little more than your average souvenir t-shirt, you [...]

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Kids’ tennis coming to Olympic Park in Montreal

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melissa Boyd The Sun Life Financial Esplanade, Tennis Canada, Tennis Quebec and Tennis Montreal have announced the implementation of a unique project, as they are combining their efforts to build kids’ tennis courts at Olympic Park in Montreal where the city’s Olympic Stadium is located. The new courts will allow kids from all over [...]

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Serena Williams crowned champion at the Madrid Open

May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – The new world No.6 Serena Williams stormed to victory against world No.1 Victoria Azarenka with a dominating 6-1, 6-3 victory that lasted only 64 minutes to win yet another title to add to her collection of 41. Azarenka and Williams stepped out on court under the blazing [...]

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American tennis players Mardy Fish and John Isner fire back at Ivan Ljubicic Twitter comment

May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romana Cvitkovic The tennis world went into overdrive Saturday afternoon as Ivan Ljubicic tweeted a comment targeted at American tennis players supposedly skipping the European tournaments. Americans John Isner and Mardy Fish quickly fought back on Twitter with Fish almost immediately deleting his tweet after he sent it. Of all the tennis players looking [...]

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Azarenka and Williams set up final clash at the Madrid Open

May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – World No.1 Victoria Azarenka recorded her sixth victory this year against Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 to progress to her sixth final this year where she will meet Serena Williams after she defeated qualifier Lucie Hradecka 7-6, 6-0. The Belarusian has reached the final for the second year [...]

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Novak Djokovic loses at the Madrid Open and says ‘no blue clay’

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – It was evident when walking into the press room that Novak Djokovic was not a happy man. He clearly felt that his loss was due to the courts, claiming he ‘wants to forget this week as soon as possible and move onto the real claycourts.’ When the [...]

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Happiness for Serena Williams and disappointment for Fernando Verdasco at the Madrid Open

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – It was a tale of two different halves in Madrid today, as without a shadow of a doubt, the prize for best press conference this week has to go to the enigmatic Serena Williams who defeated Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-3 and the saddest of the day so [...]

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