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Get to know Marion Bartoli as she talks french cooking, snakes and Pierce Brosnan

March 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Marion Bartoli is set to play Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open today, but I bet you didn’t know she likes to oil paint and her best friend on tour is Dominika Cibulkova. I had a chance to chat with the bright, enthusiastic and funny Marion this week about Pierce Brosnan, [...]

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I Love the WTA

February 7, 2012 By 2 Comments

Maria Sharapova giggled and jumped in the snow with her Russian compatriots. Forty-one year old Kimoko Date Krumm upset Polona Hercog, ranked 42 spots above her and born 21 years after her.  Serena Williams destroyed a racket. Christina McHale served a bagel. Julia Goerges nearly upset Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova, but fell just short and [...]

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Venus and Serena Williams make comeback in Eastbourne, Ana Ivanovic back on track, Sabine Lisicki is a hot shot

June 11, 2011 By 1 Comment

And while the Xperia Hotshots girls keep promoting the Sony Ericsson Xperia phone, the XperiaHotShots keeps adding them great videos of the Xperia girls on their YouTube channel. Ofcourse yours truly can’t stay behind and uploads them. Well it’s that and not uploading the videos for your viewing pleasure would be a serious crime. Sabine [...]

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Women to Score Big at Olympics, Henin in Mourning and Raonic’s Maiden Title

February 17, 2011 By 1 Comment

Olympics High Ranking for Women: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that for the third-straight competition ranking points will be available to all women competing at 2012 Olympics in London. They hope the move will entice all the top players to participate. Entry criteria has also been altered to allow four singles players and [...]

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Na Li the 1st Chinese Woman to Reach a Grand Slam Singles Final – The Friday Five

January 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Rafa Derailed Rafael Nadal’s quest for a fourth straight major ended with a whimper as he was easily dismissed in straight sets by compatriot David Ferrer. While the opening games of the match seemed to indicate some stellar tennis was ahead, it was ultimately tainted by an injury Nadal developed in the [...]

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Li and Clijsters to Play for Aussie Open Title

January 27, 2011 By 1 Comment

By Blair Henley Li Na may get that shopping spree after all. With her 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 semifinal win over world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, Li has become China’s first Grand Slam singles finalist. And she’s one win away from getting free reign with her credit card as promised by husband/coach, Jiang Shan – the same [...]

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Justine Henin Retires: Sound Familiar, Right?

January 26, 2011 By 7 Comments

Tennis is a sport for insomniacs. It’s played nearly all year and at all hours, so if you so much as blink, or in most cases take a nap, you might miss something monumentally important. Lately, I seem to have slept through some of the most shocking moments in tennis and last night was no [...]

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2011: The Year of the Comebacks – The Friday Five

January 7, 2011 By 1 Comment

By Maud Watson Quick out of the Gates It’s a new year, it’s a new tennis season, and the men of the ATP World Tour are wasting no time in dusting away any cobwebs that may have formed during the short off season. With the exception of Fernando Verdasco, the Top 10 men who played [...]

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Henin to return this weekend, Murray to continue with Corretja, Gilbert to Help Nishikori

December 30, 2010 By 1 Comment

*Justine Henin is to return to action this weekend at the Hopman Cup in Australia having been kept out since Wimbledon with an elbow injury. The former world No. 1 hopes to be able to compete in the Australian Open but fears it may take her up to six months to regain full fitness. “There [...]

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Dementieva’s Retirement: Foreshadowing What’s to Come?

November 6, 2010 By 7 Comments

After the final round robin match of the Doha Championships, all of the players gathered on the court for a special announcement. Elena Dementieva, a stalwart of the women’s tennis tour, was about to upset the delicate balance of the tennis world by announcing her retirement, effective immediately. In a very touching ceremony, Elena thanked [...]

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