Tag archive for ‘WTA Tour News’
Tennis as Usual: Don’t Forget About the WTA
With ATP Tour action really taking off this week at the Masters Series Madrid, the women are getting thoroughly overshadowed. It should not go unnoticed, however, that this week’s WTA event in Zurich, Switzerland boasts an outstanding field, especially considering the draw size is just 28.
Weekly Links – Just my imagination running away with me
Weekly Links links to the hottest news stories from around the world of tennis. This week we have the Williams sisters in Nigeria, Serena writes her biography and the Jimmy Connors Tennis Academy in India.
Brodsky Impresses in Pro Debut
Although Gail Brodsky is winless in her first two matches as a professional tennis player, she’s given American tennis fans something to stand up and take notice about.
For Julie Ditty, US Open Run Is A Sign Of Things To Come
After struggling with self-doubt about whether she belonged with the top girls on the WTA Tour, Julie Ditty is starting to produce the results that her former coach, Pat Van der Meer, said she is more than capable of.
Ditty Falls In Opening Round Of US Open Qualifying
In cracking the top 100 for the first time in her career and competing exclusively on the WTA Tour, 2008 has been a year of career milestones for Julie Ditty.
Wimbledon Qualifying - Memories of Years Past
Mark Keil, former professional tennis player and now tennis coach writes on his experiences playing the qualies of Wimby. Wimbledon qualifying is played at the Bank of England, Roehampton. It’s about a twelve minute drive to the site of the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon. The courts are cricket fields with tennis lines drawn on them. There’s nothing really special about the place at all. There is prize money in the qualifying, so it is beneficial to play. Usually the first 104 ranked male and female players are accepted straight into the main draw if Wimbledon. Then the next 128 or so best players on the ATP/WTA computer ranking lists play for the 16 open main draw spots.
Tennis Governing Bodies to Implement All Recommendations of Independant Tennis Integrity Review
The four Grand Slams, the International Tennis Federation (ITF), ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour have today published the full findings, and accepted the recommendations, of the independent Environmental Review of Integrity in Professional Tennis.
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