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Fill Their Cups: Fed Cup World Group Quarterfinal Preview

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

One week after the 2013 Davis Cup began, Fed Cup starts with four ties hosted by European nations.  We look ahead to what viewers can expect from the women’s national team competition.  Having gone 7-1 in Davis Cup predictions, will our hot streak continue? Czech Republic vs. Australia:  The first of the ties features the [...]

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Make This Place Your Home: Jarmila Gajdosova

January 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Victoria Chiesa “Settle down, it’ll all be clear; don’t pay no mind to the demons, they fill you with fear. The trouble it might drag you down; if you get lost, you can always be found. Just know you’re not alone, ’cause I’m gonna make this place your home.” -“Home”, Philip Phillips Twelve months ago, [...]

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It’s all “Ova” – Day 1 musings from the grounds of the US Open

August 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By David Kane, Special for Tennis Grandstand At Wimbledon several years ago, Serena Williams mused that there were so many “-ovas” in the draw that she herself had adopted the Slavic suffix. Indeed, there may not have been a “Williamsova” on the grounds of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, but three years later, [...]

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Sam Stosur slams through to fourth round of Roland Garros without dropping a set

June 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melinda Samson, Special for Tennis Grandstand Given that 27th seed Nadia Petrova holds a 5-2 winning record over 6th seed Sam Stosur, and both players have reached the semi finals or further at Roland Garros in past years, their third round match had potential to be tough, long and tense. But that was not [...]

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Stosur powers past Falconi into the third round of Roland Garros

May 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melinda Samson, Special for Tennis Grandstand Number six seed Sam Stosur powered past Irina Falconi in straight sets to set up a third round match against Nadia Petrova. Stosur broke Falconi’s first and second service games to comfortably win the first set 6-1 in 25 minutes. During the second set, both players held serve [...]

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The Aussie lineup for Roland Garros

May 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melinda Samson, Special for Tennis Grandstand With three men and five women hailing from Australia in the main draw of the 2012 French Open, here’s a full recap of their form from Roland Garros in 2011 and the Australian Open in January. Sam Stosur Having made it to the French Open final in 2010, [...]

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Paris Photos: Sharapova, McHale, Wickmayer Advance at Open GDF Suez

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Follow professional tennis photographer Rick Gleijm as he covers the Open GDF SUEZ WTA Tour event in Paris this week. The gallery below includes singles action from day four of the tournament, including Maria Sharapova, Alize Cornet, Christina McHale, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Yanina Wickmayer, Klara Zakopalova and Varvara Lepchenko among others. For full singles results, go here, and for full [...]

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Estoril Open: Alisa Kleybanova has a hard day at the office

April 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Luís Santos Another scorching day in Lisbon as second round action took place. Top seed Alisa Kleybanova was first up on centre court but had a hard day the office by French Mathilde Johansson. After losing the first game handily, Johansson regrouped and as Kleybanova struggled to find her serve and strokes, the French [...]

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Estoril Open: Alisa Kleybanova breezes to the next, Portuguese mix up ends in win for Joao Sousa

April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Luís Santos After a dreadful weekend where the rain and wind delayed the qualifying draws it was all sunny  in Lisbon at the Estoril Open, as qualifiers made their way into the main draw and first rounds got underway. The women of the Estoril Open On the women’s side, Alisa Kleybanova, top seed at [...]

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An Estoril Open preview: Milos Raonic, Juan Martin Del Potro and Alisa Kleybanova compete

April 24, 2011 By 1 Comment

By Luís Santos The mens draw The main draws for the upcoming Estoril Open have been announced. Some exciting match-ups have emerged, especially if you are Portuguese! Top four seeds in the men’s side got byes, so Soderling, Verdasco, Tsonga and Simon are only second round sightings. Special attention to Fernando Verdasco whose second round [...]

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