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Exclusive with Patrik Wozniacki on his famous tennis player sister, Caroline

September 1, 2011 By Romana Cvitkovic Leave a Comment

by Romana Cvitkovic With the start of the U.S. Open, all eyes have been on current women’s #1 Caroline Wozniacki. Although standing atop of the world rankings, her game has come into question over the past year as she has yet to win a slam. According to her older brother Patrik Wozniacki though, most people [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Romi Cvitkovic Tagged With: Caroline Wozniacki, clijsters, James Blake, kvitova, Lagardere, lagardere unliminted, patrik wozniacki, schiavone, soccer, soccer player, Tennis, tennis siblings, US Open

Elena Dementieva Still Wins Rewards: Fan Watch

January 31, 2011 By Tennis Grandstand 2 Comments

By Luís Santos As a die hard Elena Dementieva fan I was rooting for the fairytale thing to happen at this year’s Australian Open final but alas, I was brought back to reality – just like when she was around. So Kim Clijsters finally won outside of NYC and she shattered the hopes of millions [...]

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Filed Under: Fan Watch, Lead Story Tagged With: aussie open, Australian Open, Chris Evert, Elena Dementieva, Jean Borotra, Kim Clijsters, schiavone, Serena Williams

Who’s Left to Qualify for London?

November 2, 2010 By Rishe Groner Leave a Comment

So we tearfully farewelled Elena Dementieva, my favourite, the “Slamless Swan” and saw “Little Miss Sunshine” Caroline Woznaicki and her magical yellow panties, cement the world No. 1 ranking for the year, and Sam Stosur reminded us (with the help of Fran Schiavone) that sadly, all the love in the world can’t stop a choke. [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Rishe Groner Tagged With: ATP, badass, big uns, contenders, Doha, Elena Dementieva, fabulous field, Kim Clijsters, little miss sunshine, old lady, paris bercy, s 500, sam stosur, schiavone, scrabble, sleepover, sod, Tomas Berdych, Wimbledon, yellow panties

Wozniacki year-end No. 1, Courier new US Davis Cup Captain, Cash backing Rafter

October 30, 2010 By Leigh Sanders Leave a Comment

*Caroline Wozniacki has capped a fantastic 2010 by ending the year as the world’s No. 1 star after she defeated Franchesca Schiavone to qualify for the semifinals in Doha. Her 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory ensures she will stay ahead of Vera Zvonareva in the rankings no matter what happens from hereon in. She will be [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Tennis People Tagged With: Anastasia Myskina, Andy Roddick, Caroline Wozniacki, Grand Slam, hall of fame inductee, hotseat, Jim Courier, lucky shot, Maria Sharapova, Martina Hingis, Monica Seles, number ones, Patrick McEnroe, schiavone, Steffi Graf, Svetlana Kuznetsova, time winner, Vera Zvonareva

FAN WATCH: ELENA DEMENTIEVA DEFEATED BY INJURY

June 3, 2010 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

By Luís Santos It was a sad day for Elena Dementieva as she was forced to retire from the semifinal of her favorite Grand Slam, after dropping the first set 7-6(3). Elena was attempting to reach her third slam final, and second at Roland Garros, but after struggling with injuries all tournament it finally caught [...]

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Filed Under: Fan Watch, Lead Story, Tennistastic Tagged With: disappointment, Elena Dementieva, francesca, franny, French Open, Grand Slam, match, sad day, schiavone, semis, six points, tiebreak

KIRILENKO EXITS BUT NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT

May 30, 2010 By Manfred Wenas Leave a Comment

By Luís Santos Sad day today at Roland Garros as beautiful Maria Kirilenko says goodbye to the singles’ tournament. She went down to Franny Schiavone 6-4 6-4 but it was a great match to watch! Maria can play every shot in the book and we got to see some great volleys and dropshots today from [...]

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Filed Under: Fan Watch, Lead Story, Tennistastic Tagged With: beautiful maria, break points, defending champion, franny, French Open, giant killer, Maria Kirilenko, match, occasions, quarters, Roland Garros, sad day, schiavone, Sharapova, slams, volleys

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