Athletes not unified on China protest
Around the globe, athletes are plodding on lonely training runs, sweating in gyms and straining in pools, united by a common goal: to be faster, higher and stronger at the Beijing Olympics.
Complacent Hantuchova Falls In Paris
After the fine form she showed in Australia – disregarding that wasteful semi final loss – even her biggest critics would have expected Daniela Hantuchova to continue such form at least in the short term. It was clear however that the Slovak has slumped back into the days of losing to players she really shouldn’t, [...]
Sharapova into fourth round
Maria Sharapova won her third round match over Lisa Raymond 6-4 6-0 on Sunday.
Sharapova won the first set 6-4. It was on serve at 3-3 when the number 3 seed broke the unseeded player. Then the 18 year old held on to her serve to go up 5-3. Raymond held serve to stay in the [...]
Complacent Hantuchova Falls In Paris
After the fine form she showed in Australia – disregarding that wasteful semi final loss – even her biggest critics would have expected Daniela Hantuchova to continue such form at least in the short term. It was clear however that the Slovak has slumped back into the days of losing to players she really shouldn’t, [...]
A Fed Cup Preview
This weekend sees the opening round of the Federation Cup and unfortunately for the tournament, the weakest field of players in years. In newly crowned Australian Open Champion Maria Sharapova there is a controversial but much needed top ten player to liven up the competitions’ star-starved first round fixtures.
Defending champions Russia travel to Israel [...]
AusOpen: Final preview – Women
Well, after a fortnight of some superb tennis in the women’s game and a fair slice of drama we have reached the final stage.Early predictions, despite her indifferent early form at the start of the year saw world number one Justine Henin as favourite to at least reach the last hurdle here, the tournaments form [...]
Henin To Play The Proximus Diamond Games
Written by Walter Calluy
01/10/08 Antwerp, Belgium – Justine Henin will come to the Diamond Games after all. Serena Williams also confirmed her entry. Organiser Bob Verbeeck is very pleased by Justine’s decision.
Justine Henin had many doubts after an absence of several years from this tournament. In 2002 she played the final of [...]
Hingis Banned For Two Years
Written by Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Martina Hingis was banned for two years Friday for testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon last year.The International Tennis Federation said an independent anti-doping tribunal found that Hingis, who announced her retirement Nov. 1 on the day she revealed the positive test, had committed an offense.
The 27-year-old Hingis [...]
Tennis Legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley Officially Recognised
Written by WTA Tour
ST. PETERSBURG, FL, USA – Australian tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley has been officially recognised as one of only 16 women to have attained the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s World No.1 singles ranking since computer rankings were introduced in 1975.
It was recently discovered that Goolagong ascended to the top [...]
Serena Pulls Out Of Hopman Cup
Perth, Australia – The US team will start out on the back foot at the eight-nation Hopman Cup beginning on Saturday as Serena Williams confirmed on Wednesday she will not make opening day due to an unspecified illness.
The seventh-ranked American, whose fitness problems have been well documented over the years, told organisers that she cannot [...]
