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WTA Katowice Saturday Tennis Gallery: Veterans and Young Talents Take Stage

April 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment

KATOWICE (April 6, 2013) — Tennis Grandstand photographer Rick Gleijm kicks off our week-long photo gallery coverage of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open on Saturday with round one qualifications. Future young talents as well as a few veterans took the courts with players including Valeria Savinykh, Magda Linette, Marie Bouzkova, Aravane Rezai, Jill Craybas, Katarzyna [...]

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After 17 Years on Tour, Jill Craybas Soldiers On

February 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By McCarton Ackerman, Special for Tennis Grandstand For American player Jill Craybas, most of her contemporaries have retired from the tour, moved into coaching and then retired from that. But at age 38, she still feels like there’s plenty for her to accomplish in pro tennis. Craybas turned pro in 1996 after winning the NCAA [...]

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WTA Bad Gastein – Cornet prevails over Wickmayer, as Goerges and Craybas take doubles title

June 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic Although the WTA tournament in Bad Gastein started off with days of rain, the tournament ended in tears of joy for one of its winners, Alize Cornet. In just her second career title, she dispatched of Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 7-6(1) in just over two hours. “It has been four years I haven’t [...]

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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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WTA Bad Gastein – Toga-themed player’s party with Julia Goerges, Alize Cornet, Yanina Wickmayer

June 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic The rain at WTA Bad Gastein forced play to halt for most of the day Monday, but the players still attended a toga-themed Player’s Party in the evening before calling it a day. Tennis Grandstand photographer Rick Gleijm is on-hand in Austria all week. For the full scoop, check out his gallery [...]

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Young Americans Struggle at Family Circle Cup

April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The youth movement has stalled temporarily. Among the American women, the 2012 Family Circle Cup in Charleston, SC has belonged to the tour veterans. The tournament began with 10 main draw players from the United States but only four remain: 5th seed Serena Williams, 30, wildcard Venus Williams, 31, qualifier Jill Craybas, 37, and Varvara [...]

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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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WTA Paris Photo Gallery with Safarova, Zakopalova, Mattek-Sands

February 6, 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 day three qualifying matches as well as main draw doubles matches featuring Lucie Safarova, Klara Zakopalova, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Jill Craybas, Greta Arn and Varvara Lepchenko among others. For full qualification results, go here, and for [...]

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Family Circle Cup: The anatomy of a draw

April 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina has officially begun. It’s a WTA Premier event that attracts some of the biggest names in women’s tennis. This year’s field includes the likes of Caroline Wozniacki, Samantha Stosur, Jelena Jankovic, Shahar Peer, Marion Bartoli, and more. The main draw begins on Monday, but the top eight [...]

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40 Years Ago Today – A Wimbledon Classic

June 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment

It was 40 years ago today, June 25, that one of the greatest matches in the history of Wimbledon – and in tennis – was concluded on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

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