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Paris Tennis Diary: From the Photo Pit

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a professional tennis photographer covering the ATP and WTA tours, scrambling to capture the top players, racing back to edit and post your photos and catching the best angle on tennis? Our resident photographer Rick Gleijm has been in Paris all week covering the WTA Open GDF Suez [...]

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Maria Sharapova on the Verge of Something Big in ‘12

February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The period of time when Maria Sharapova was sidelined by a career-threatening shoulder injury seems like an eternity ago. Next week, the Russian superstar is guaranteed to return to the number-two spot in the WTA rankings. She’s also notched final-round appearances at two out of the past three Grand Slams: last year’s Wimbledon and this [...]

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Paris: Jankovic, Li Withdraw; Goerges, Safarova, Pironkova in Action

February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Open GDF Suez WTA event in Paris saw seeded players Na Li and Jelena Jankovic both withdraw due to injuries today: Li with a sore back and Jankovic with a left thigh strain she picked up in Serbia’s 3-2 win over Belgium in the Fed Cup last week. Li received a medical timeout, with [...]

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Open GDF Suez Paris Photo Gallery with Bartoli, Mauresmo, Mattek-Sands

February 5, 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 the draw ceremony that features Amelie Mauresmo, Marion Bartoli and Mary Pierce, as well as day two qualifying matches featuring Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Julie Coin, Marta Domachowska, Varvara Lepchenko, Mona Barthel, and [...]

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