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Bartoli Ends Azarenka’s Win Streak

March 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With the result of the match no longer in question, tears began forming in Victoria Azarenka’s eyes. There would be no magic escape from defeat this time around. Marion Bartoli, ranked a career-high No. 7, beat world No. 1 Azarenka 6-3, 6-3 in a convincing fashion to end the Belarussian’s 26-match win streak. The 27-year-old [...]

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Maria Kirilenko on sharks, her best friends on tour, and hitting with Steffi Graf as a 9-year-old

March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Russian tennis player and current world #22 Maria Kirilenko may best be known for her beauty, but tennis fans know her as one-half of the best women’s match of the 2011 U.S. Open when she played eventual champion Sam Stosur. On the court, Maria is fierce and competitive, but off, she is feminine, charming and [...]

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Fun Q&A With Sam Stosur

March 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Australian and current world number 5 Sam Stosur has been riding high since winning last year’s U.S. Open, and she has cruised through her first match here at the Sony Ericsson Open. With her game still soundly developing and her mental strength peaking, Sam is on course to potentially be a multiple-slam champion. Only time [...]

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Sabine Lisicki on Brad Pitt, Roger Federer and her Wimbledon Semifinals Run

March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

After a resurgent 2011, German beauty Sabine Lisicki is sitting pretty in the WTA Tour rankings at a career-high number 13. I had the opportunity to sit down with Sabine at the Sony Ericsson Open and chat about her most memorable moments on court, Roger Federer, legends she has hit with, and the three famous [...]

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Understanding the Tennis Fan

February 17, 2012 By 2 Comments

There’s always a point of no return. For Brad, it was seeing Steffi Graf’s ponytail fly up and hit her in the face when she hit her forehand in a 1990 match against Jennifer Capriati. For Chris, it was watching a teenage Andy Murray at the 2005 Wimbledon stand up to then 14th seed Radek [...]

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Five ‘Encore Performers’ Djokovic Could Try to Emulate in ‘12

January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

They say one of the hardest things to do in sports is repeat—a task Novak Djokovic will try to accomplish 10 times in 2012. Coming off one of the best tennis seasons of all time, questions abound on whether the Serbian will be able to go “back-to-back” performance-wise. He’s not the first player to have [...]

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Agassi in Hall of Fame, Federer’s Charity Drive and Murray’s Emotional Scotland Return

July 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Agassi Rightfully takes his Place amongst Tennis Royalty: Very few inductions in to the International Tennis Hall of Fame have ever quite been anticipated as eagerly as this one. American superstar Andre Agassi, the eight-time Grand Slam winner and an Olympic gold medallist, was inducted in the bright Rhode Island sunshine as he took his [...]

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

October 30, 2010 By 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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GET WELL SOON MARTINA

April 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I am sure I am joining millions of tennis fans worldwide in showing my utmost sympathies for Martina Navratilova following her recent revelations in that now infamous People Magazine interview. In February, she was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) which is confined to the milk ducts so has luckily not spread to the [...]

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THE FRIDAY FIVE: IVANOVIC THE NEW FRAULEIN FOREHAND?

February 26, 2010 By 1 Comment

By Maud Watson The New Fraulein Forehand? – A couple of weeks ago I criticized Serb Ana Ivanovic for appearing to disrupt the balance by focusing on too many off court activities while her tennis career was in a fast downward spiral. Today I must applaud her for once again seeking a full time coach, [...]

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