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Is Melanie Oudin, the darling of last year’s U.S. Open, finally back on track? The 18-year-old Georgian busted out of a six-match losing streak to be the heroine of the U.S. Fed Cup team’s 4-1 upset win over France over the weekend.
Oudin beat France’s Julie Coin 7-6 (3), 6-4 on indoor clay in Lievin, France [...]
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Posted by Leigh Sanders on January 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
The other day, I was sitting in my living room in the UK periodically listening to what sounded like an exasperated woman exhaustingly felling a great oak tree.
Weird, no trees in this part of the city.
I opened the window, looked up and down the street. I’m not imagining it; I can still hear the grunts [...]
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Posted by Stephane Carter on January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
So is it a surprise that the ever swell looking Maria Kirilenko has reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open? To me it is. I never expected her to reach the second week of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. But like I wrote in my “I’ll supply the love: Maria Kirilenko” post [...]
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Posted by Randy Walker on January 24, 2010 · 1 Comment
A blockbuster Justine Henin vs. Serena Williams women’s singles final at the 2010 Australian Open looks like a strong possibility.
A renewal of one of the best rivalries in women’s tennis over the last 10 years looks to be in the cards as the bottom half of the women’s draw opened up with losses by No. [...]
Filed under Lead Story · Tagged with Australian Open, best rivalries, blockbuster, collision course, Dinara Safina, future hall of famers, Jie Zheng, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Kim Clijsters, Maria Kirilenko, new chapter, quarterfinal, quarterfinals, Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Tennis History, williams women, winning streak, Yanina Wickmayer
Posted by Voo De Mar on January 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
There are no seeds left after quarterfinals at Medibank International in Sydney as local favorite Lleyton Hewitt, the only seeded player in quarterfinals, was defeated Thursday 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to Marcos Baghdatis.
“The first set and a half I was hitting the ball pretty well, and I was happy with my ball striking,” said Hewitt. “Even [...]
Filed under Lead Story, Voo's Tennis Notes - Voo DeMar · Tagged with auckland, aussie, John Isner, Lleyton Hewitt, Mardy Fish, match, Medibank International, melbourne, michael lammer, Peter Luczak, quarterfinals, revenge, seeded player, seeds, sydney, Tommy Robredo
Posted by Voo De Mar on January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Wednesday was a “G’Day” for the home Aussies at the Sydney International. Lleyton Hewitt needed just 55 minutes to beat Andreas Seppi 6-0, 6-2 to advance into the quarterfinals. The win avenged a loss to Seppi in Sydney’s quarterfinals four years ago after wasting two match points; Also 30-year-old Aussie Peter Luczak reached first ATP-quarterfinal [...]
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Posted by Stephane Carter on January 12, 2010 · 1 Comment
I have been follower of Jelena Dokic career ever since she caused that great upset by defeating Martina Hingis in straight sets at Wimbledon back in 1999.
After a long absence from the tennis courts, mostly because of family problems, I was happy to read that she was working on a come back. And it’s a [...]
Filed under Lead Story, Tennistastic · Tagged with absence, Australian Open, Elena Baltacha, follower, hobart, Jelena Dokic, last attempt, Martina Hingis, poll, quarterfinals, Shahar Peer, straight sets, tennis courts, vote, wild card, Wimbledon, work in progress
Posted by Manfred Wenas on December 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
By Leigh Sanders
British No. 2 Alex Bogdanovic’s career looks in jeopardy after the 25-year-old was told he is one of eleven players cut from the list to receive the highest level of support from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) next year.
He is ranked No. 164 in the world, 97 places above British No. 3 Dan [...]
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Posted by Randy Walker on October 20, 2009 · 2 Comments
A religious fanatic disrupted play at a men’s professional tennis tournament October 20, walking on to the feature court and in front of a sell-out audience and preached about the evils of credit cards and of Satan before being escorted into the custody by local officials.
Filed under Lead Story, Randy "Sky" Walker · Tagged with astonishment, bad person, caterer, credit finance, favorite son, finance company, Henri Leconte, Ivan Lendl, jeers, madrid masters, new chapter, players officials, professional tennis tournament, quarterfinals, Rafael Nadal, religious pamphlets, security reason, spanish crowd, Tennis History, Tomas Berdych
Jim Courier defeated Pete Sampras 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 (Champions Tie-breaker) Sunday to win the singles title at the $150,000 Breezeplay Championships at The Palisades at The Palisades Country Club in Charlotte, N.C.
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