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“The Choke of the Year:” Victoria Azarenka Behind The Mic

January 24, 2013 By 1 Comment

Barring a toe injury that kept her from finishing a warm-up event in Brisbane, Victoria Azarenka has not lost a match all year. There have been a few tense moments during her matches in Australia, most notably when she fell behind a break to American Jamie Hampton in the third, and most recently when she [...]

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“Bark or Bite?”: A Defense of Bojana Jovanovski

January 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Yesterday, the up-and-coming Sloane Stephens fought off a mid-match surge from a game opponent to reach her debut Grand Slam quarterfinal. After taking the deciding set 7-5, the bubbly American was pleased to have put on a show for the crowd, and promised another one when she played her mentor and idol, Serena Williams. Leave [...]

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Crumbling Caroline: A Deposed Queen Struggles to Regain Lost Crown

January 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

With a three-set loss to the resurgent Svetlana Kuznetsova today in Melbourne, Caroline Wozniacki has come full circle in the worst possible way. This isn’t simply the kind of match the former No. 1 used to win. This was literally a match the she was winning as of a little more than a year ago. [...]

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Maria Kirilenko: Not Another Dumb Blonde in Melbourne

January 19, 2013 By 4 Comments

On behalf of blondes everywhere, the blonde jokes need to stop. We don’t think the capital of California is the letter C. We don’t take an inordinately long time to finish puzzles because the boxes says “2-4 years.” We don’t peel M&Ms and we try not to get stuck on broken escalators. Then again, maybe [...]

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Love Found: Ana and Jelena Come Full Circle in Melbourne

January 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

“Rivals,” my high school gym teacher once said, “always hate each other. Mac does not like PC. Coke does not like Pepsi. Competition makes the world go round!” Had he been a tennis fan at the time, he might have added Serbian rivals Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic to his list of those between whom [...]

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Kimiko Date-Krumm: The Finest Wine in Tennis

January 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Age restrictions on the WTA Tour have wrested dominance from the prepubescent prodigies of old. Week-to-week, players of all ages continue making their mark, all products of their generation. The young guns are fiery, full of determination. Those in their mid-twenties are methodical, but looking for a breakthrough or an escape after nearly a decade [...]

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Will the Real Jelena Jankovic Please Stand Up?

January 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Jelena Jankovic. How do I even begin to describe Jelena Jankovic? I first became acquainted with Jelena Jankovic seven years ago, when she still wore Reebok. From January to May 2006, Jankovic lost ten straight matches and considered quitting the sport to study at university. She turned her year, and arguably her career, around with [...]

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American McHale Runs Into The Putintseva Show

January 15, 2013 By 1 Comment

By David Kane It has been a rough couple of months for American upstart Christina McHale. After a promising 2011 that saw her topple then-No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, the New Jersey native began 2012 in bright fashion, taking out Petra Kvitova in three grueling sets in Indian Wells and achieved a box set of third [...]

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