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The Long Road Back

May 23, 2013 By Victoria Chiesa Leave a Comment

Far away from the spotlight and massive crowds of the biggest events in tennis, the sport’s other half lives. The second-tier of professional tennis features players with a variety of interesting histories, each one different from the next. There are the juniors looking to make the transition to the senior tour; the battle-tested journeymen who’ve [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story Tagged With: Andrea Petkovic, different paths, different places, Flavia Pennetta, histories, injury, long road back, main event, match practice, qualifying, rust, WTA

The Fed Cup Dilemma

April 25, 2013 By Victoria Chiesa 1 Comment

The argument about whether tennis belongs in the Olympic Games has been hotly debated in tennis and sporting circles for the past decade. For athletes in most other sports, the Olympics is the pinnacle of their careers. To an outside observer, however, this might not seem to be the case for tennis players. Four times [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Victoria Chiesa Tagged With: burnout, competition, Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina, individual success, injury, national pride, Roberta Vinci, Samantha Stosur, stuttgart, WTA

“Unmasking Anastasia:” Rodionova, Tennis’ Cartoon Villain

April 2, 2013 By David Kane 1 Comment

Charleston’s illustrious Family Circle Cup began yesterday, and just off the main stadium, fans were treated to a first round match that had all the drama and suspense of a Saturday morning cartoon. Such an analogy may sound insulting, but in a match between Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Anastasia Rodionova, spectators’ notions of “good” and “evil” [...]

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Filed Under: David Kane, Lead Story Tagged With: anastasia rodionova, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, bratty behavior, charleston, drama, Family Circle Cup, FCC13, First Round, food allergies, injury, linespeople, medical timeout, on-court antics, shoulder injury

Victoria Azarenka Withdraws from Miami

March 22, 2013 By Victoria Chiesa Leave a Comment

Two-time champion and No. 2 seed Victoria Azarenka was forced to withdraw from the Sony Open in Miami on Friday with a right ankle injury, the same injury that forced her out of her quarterfinal match with Caroline Wozniacki in Indian Wells. “It’s just I wanted to give my 100% possibility to play, and today [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Victoria Chiesa Tagged With: ankle injury, injury, miami tennis, sony open, Victoria Azarenka, withdrawal

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

January 24, 2013 By David Kane 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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Filed Under: 2013 Australian Open Coverage, David Kane, Lead Story Tagged With: 2013 Australian Open, chest pain, injury, medical timeout, MTO rules, overwhelmed, Patrick McEnroe, semifinals, Sloane Stephens, Victoria Azarenka

Photos: Monfils, Gonzalez, Marat, and Tommy all soak up the local flavor

April 30, 2008 By Erwin Ong 4 Comments

The organizers of the BMW Open hosted a players’ party on Monday night at P1 in Munich. Since you weren’t there, I will summarize the party in five words: mustachioed racquet-jugglers in short shorts.

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Filed Under: TSF Tagged With: BMW Open, Fernando Gonzalez, Gael Monfils, injury, Marat Safin, Tommy Haas

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