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

March 28, 2012 By Romana Cvitkovic 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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Filed Under: Lead Story, Live Coverage, Romi Cvitkovic Tagged With: bartoli vs azarenka, cooking, crepes, Dominika Cibulkova, french cooking, Gael Monfils, humanitarian, ipad, iphone, ipod, Justine Henin, Louis Vuitton, Marion Bartoli, pierce brosnan, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, snakes, Sony Ericsson Open, spiders, Tennis, Victoria Azarenka, Wimbledon, wta tennis

I Love the WTA

February 7, 2012 By Lindsay Gibbs 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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Filed Under: Lead Story, Lindsay Gibbs Tagged With: Agnieszka Radwanska, Andrea Petkovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Christina McHale, Fed Cup, female athletes, Francesca Schiavone, Grand Slam, judy murray, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, kimoko date krumm, li na, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Polona Hercog, sam stosur, Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Tennis, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva, Victoria Azarenka, WTA

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

June 11, 2011 By Stephane Carter 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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Filed Under: Lead Story, Tennistastic Tagged With: aegon tennis classic, Ana Ivanovic, eastbourne tennis, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Martina Hingis, Roland Garros, Sabine Lisicki, Serena and Venus Williams, Serena Williams, sony ericsson, Venus and Serena Williams, WTA Tour News, xperia

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

February 17, 2011 By Leigh Sanders 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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Filed Under: Lead Story, Tennis People Tagged With: 2012 olympics, ATP, Francesco Ricci Bitti, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Wimbledon

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

January 28, 2011 By Tennis Grandstand 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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Filed Under: Lead Story, The Friday Five Tagged With: Australian Open, Caroline Wozniacki, David Ferrer, Francesca Schiavone, Justine Henin, Na Li, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Wimbledon

Li and Clijsters to Play for Aussie Open Title

January 27, 2011 By Tennis Grandstand 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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Filed Under: Featured Columns, Lead Story Tagged With: Australian Open, australian open title, Caroline Wozniacki, jiang shan, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Vera Zvonareva

Justine Henin Retires: Sound Familiar, Right?

January 26, 2011 By Andrea Lubinsky 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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Filed Under: Andrea Lubinsky, Lead Story Tagged With: Australian Open, career grand slam, grand slam champion, Justine Henin, Olympic Gold Medal, professional tennis, Roger Federer, Wimbledon, wta championships

2011: The Year of the Comebacks – The Friday Five

January 7, 2011 By Tennis Grandstand 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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Filed Under: Lead Story, The Friday Five Tagged With: ATP World Tour, Australian Open, comebacks, exhibition event, Fernando Verdasco, Grand Slam, home nation, injury layoff, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, sam stosur, Shahar Peer, Svetlana Kuznetsova, tennis superstar, The Friday Five, wta tennis

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

December 30, 2010 By Leigh Sanders 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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Filed Under: Lead Story, Tennis People Tagged With: Alex Corretja, Andre Agassi, Andrei Pavel, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, bollettieri academy, Brad Gilbert, elbow injury, ESPN, fitness training, grand slam winner, Hopman Cup, Jelena Jankovic, Justine Henin, nishikori, pre season fitness, ricardo sanchez, Wayne Odesnik, wimbledon title

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

November 6, 2010 By Andrea Lubinsky 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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Filed Under: Andrea Lubinsky, Lead Story Tagged With: 2012 olympics, Elena Dementieva, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Marat Safin, sam stosur, tennis tour
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