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What to Watch in the WTA This Week: Previews of Acapulco, Florianopolis, and Kuala Lumpur

February 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment

While eight of the top ten men are active in the week before Indian Wells, only two of the top ten women have chosen live matches over practice sessions.  Two clay tournaments in the Western Hemisphere accompany an Asian hard-court tournament as the last chance to reverse or extend momentum before the March mini-majors. Acapulco:  [...]

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Caroline Wozniacki: a true tragic heroine at the US Open

August 29, 2012 By 1 Comment

By David Kane, Special for Tennis Grandstand How fitting that Caroline Wozniacki’s disastrous first round loss should take place beneath a full moon. After all, three years ago “Sunshine” had her breakthrough Grand Slam victory at a US Open night match. Two years ago, she entered the tournament as the #1 seed under the shadow [...]

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WTA Bad Gastein gallery – Petra Martic ousted by local favorite Yvonne Meusburger

June 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic The WTA tournament in Bad Gastein has been getting surprised with seeds crashing out just as much as the rain delaying play. And today was no different. In a rain-interrupted Wednesday, fifth-seeded Petra Martic who had just come off of her career-best showing at a Slam by making the fourth round of [...]

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Strasbourg day 1 roundup and photos

May 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romana Cvitkovic Tennis Grandstand photographer Rick Gleijm is in Strasbourg, France covering the WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg tournament live all week. Main draw action kicked off today with top seed Sabine Lisicki on court, as well as number eight seed Tamira Paszek. The last day of qualification also concluded today. Full results and photo gallery below. Top [...]

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