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The Long Road Back

May 23, 2013 By Victoria Chiesa Leave a Comment

Far away from the spotlight and massive crowds of the biggest events in tennis, the sport’s other half lives. The second-tier of professional tennis features players with a variety of interesting histories, each one different from the next. There are the juniors looking to make the transition to the senior tour; the battle-tested journeymen who’ve [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story Tagged With: Andrea Petkovic, different paths, different places, Flavia Pennetta, histories, injury, long road back, main event, match practice, qualifying, rust, WTA

Owning It: Vandeweghe Versus Putintseva

May 21, 2013 By David Kane 1 Comment

During many a Real Housewives reunion special, a middle-aged, mildly affluent woman sits in a tight, off-the-shoulder cocktail dress (I’ve watched a couple in my day), and tells another similarly dressed woman to take responsibility for her actions. In other words, “own it.” With this sort of cartoonishly glamorous set up unfortunately missing from the [...]

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Filed Under: David Kane, Lead Story Tagged With: 2013, accusations, blame, Brussels, bullying, Coco Vandeweghe, controversy, drama, online exchanges, own it, ownership, qualifying, rain delay, real housewives, Twitter, victim, WTA Tour News, YouTube, yulia putintseva

Lesia Tsurenko: Making Her Own Luck

January 17, 2013 By Victoria Chiesa 2 Comments

  For the majority of the past decade, the blue and yellow banner of Ukraine was carried by the Bondarenko sisters on the WTA Tour. Alona and Kateryna were the 2008 Australian Open champions in doubles, and each had a noteworthy career in singles in her own right. Alona peaked at No. 19 in 2008, [...]

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Filed Under: 2013 Australian Open Coverage, Lead Story, Victoria Chiesa Tagged With: Australian Open, Bondarenko sisters, Lesia Tsurenko, qualifying, Tennis, Tsurenko vs. Gavrilova, Ukrainian tennis, WTA, wta tennis

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