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Ernests Gulbis Storms Back; Grunting Still an Issue — The Friday Five

March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Stuttering Finish With many of the world’s top-ranked female stars in attendance, the BNP Paribas Open started off so promising. It’s losing steam as it heads to the finale, however, thanks to a couple of key upsets and unfortunate withdrawals. Kirilenko upset both Aga Radwanska and Kvitova to set up a semifinal [...]

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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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What’s to come for Novak Djokovic and Agnieszka Radwanska? — The Friday Five

April 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Brain Over Brawn Unfortunately for Maria Sharapova, “Aga” Radwanska wasn’t “back in Poland” this past Saturday.  Instead, she stood across the net and ultimately proved too much for the lanky Russian to handle in the Miami final.  In what was a classic triumph of brain over brawn, Radwanska used everything in her [...]

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Analyzing Time of Match Between Djokovic-Nadal

February 4, 2012 By 4 Comments

by Matthew Laird Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic contested their third consecutive Grand Slam final at the recently concluded 2012 Australian Open. It was by a wide margin their most competitive and exciting meeting at this stage. There was a great deal of high drama, multiple swings in momentum, and no shortage of stellar shot-making [...]

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Petra Kvitova poised to dominate, Stacey Allaster backpedals on grunting issue – The Friday Five

November 4, 2011 By 1 Comment

By Maud Watson Poised to Dominate? Last week marked an impressive run by young Czech Petra Kvitova, as she stormed to the WTA Championships title without the loss of a match. Kvitova has always had a big game, but en route to the title, the reigning Wimbledon champion also showed some great hands at the net, [...]

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