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Andy Murray in a Fitness Race as Juan Martin del Potro Visits the Pope — The Friday Five

May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Fitness Race It seems that all of the chatter about Nadal’s seeding for Roland Garros may have been for nothing, as the Spaniard may be guaranteed the No. 4 seed even if he fails to win the title in Rome. Unfortunately, his potential guarantee of a top four seed may come at [...]

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All Roads Lead to Rome: WTA Rome Draw Preview

May 13, 2013 By 1 Comment

Starting one day later than the simultaneous ATP tournament, the second WTA Premier Five tournament of 2013 brings all of the top ten women to the Foro Italico.  Many of them will seek a fresh start following weeks in Madrid that ended sooner than they had hoped, although the world No. 1 will aim simply [...]

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Sloane Stephens Learns Lesson as Laura Robson Flies Free — The Friday Five

May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Lesson Learned At the start of the week, Sloane Stephens experienced some off court drama in addition to the woes she continues to suffer on court, thanks to the young American’s dumb decision to publicly call out Serena Williams, essentially branding the veteran a phony. Yes, a little bit of honesty is [...]

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The Kids are on Life Support? Robson Struggles Through Tennis Transition

April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment

If a match is played on a side court and no one is around to watch it, does the result matter? British sensation Laura Robson would prefer they didn’t, but a sub-par American hard court season following the Australian Open has shown few signs of letting up as the Tour transitions to European red clay. [...]

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WTA Katowice Monday Gallery: Opening Ceremony with Goerges, Lisicki, Kvitova and more

April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

KATOWICE (April 8, 2013) — Main draw play of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open kicked off today with not only first round matches, but also the Opening Ceremony as well as a doubles exhibition match which featured Poland’s top doubles players pairing up with top wheelchair players, Marcin Matkowski partnering with Kamil Fabisiak while Mariusz Fyrstenberg [...]

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WTA Charleston Wednesday Gallery: Petkovic, Stosur, Robson, Bouchard and more

April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

CHARLESTON, SC (April 4, 2013) — Tennis Grandstand photographer Christopher Levy was on hand Wednesday for all the action at the Family Circle Cup. Players on court that day included Andrea Petkovic, Sabine Lisicki, Sam Stosur, Eugenie Bouchard, Laura Robson, Caroline Garcia, Mallory Burdette, Anastasia Rodionova and Ashleigh Barty.

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Jelena Jankovic Dusts Off Her Assets, Laura Robson Charmingly Calls Out Her Coach

April 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

April 2, 2013 — Tuesday at the Family Circle Cup saw Jelena Jankovic, Laura Robson and Sabine Lisicki blast through to the winner’s circle while Melanie Oudin faltered. All four ladies though gave some memorable quotes. Jankovic laughed about falling over on her “cushioned” behind during her match, Robson called out her coach for trying [...]

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WTA Charleston Monday Gallery: Petkovic, Stephens, Bouchard, Cirstea and more

April 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

CHARLESTON, SC (April 1, 2013) — The Family Circle Cup kicked off their main draw play today with a few surprise winners, marathon matches and plenty of fans! Monday’s gallery by our photographer Christopher Levy includes photos of Andrea Petkovic, Sloane Stephens, Tatjana Malek, Sorana Cirstea, Eugenie Bouchard, Kristina Mladenovic, Laura Robson, Varvara Lepchenko, Caroline [...]

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“Clicking” Partnership: Laura Robson and Lisa Raymond Roll into Miami Doubles Final

March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Jane Voigt MIAMI, FL (March 29, 2013) — Lisa Raymond nodded at her doubles partner, Laura Robson. Way to put the ball away. The gesture seemed parental. Given their age difference, Robson is 19 years old and Raymond a few months away from 40, the attention given to the teen fit perfectly. Raymond is [...]

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Sony Open in Photos: Cirstea Knocks Out Kerber; Sharapova, Ferrer, Djokovic Thru

March 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment

MIAMI, FL (March 24, 2013) – Sunday at the Sony Open saw Sorana Cirstea knock out No. 6 seed Angelique Kerber, Jelena Jankovic outplay her higher-ranked opponent Nadia Petrova, and Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova cruise losing only six games each. Select Sunday Results: ATP (1) Novak Djokovic d. Somdev Devvarman 6-2, 6-4 (3) David Ferrer [...]

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