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Zheng Jie: Earning Her Day in the Sun

January 16, 2013 By 1 Comment

A lot of people are going to publish articles about Samantha Stosur in the next few hours. About how she lost early in Australia again. About how she snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and how she once again crumbled under the pressure of playing at home. How she choked and let her undersized [...]

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Compelling women’s event in store at Roland-Garros

May 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melissa Boyd The WTA Season is off to a flying start and rarely has there been this much anticipation for the women’s event at a Grand Slam heading into Roland-Garros. The draw if filled with storylines that will keep fans enthralled for the entire two-week fortnight. Serena Williams, who is undefeated on clay this [...]

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The Ladies Hit the Dirt Hoping for Feats on Clay

April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

What promises to be a thrilling spring and summer of tennis for the WTA begins this week for the ladies in Stuttgart for the start of the clay court season. This much-anticipated segment of the calendar begins with a bang as 17 of the Top 20 players in the world are entered in the Porsche [...]

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Victoria Azarenka Overcomes Hype and Reaches the Australian Open Women’s Finals

January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

It’s all in the racquet. And for Victoria Azarenka, it may very well be the case. The young Belarussian knocked off defending champion Kim Clijsters in the semifinals of the Australian Open in three highly-contested sets that witnessed several momentum changes. And Azarenka did it all under her new sponsor Wilson using the Juice tennis racquet [...]

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ASB Classic Semifinal Showdown with Pennetta, Kuznetsova, Kerber and Zheng

January 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Stephanie Neppl, Special for Tennis Grandstand What a week we’ve had at the 2012 ASB Classic! One of the best fields in tournament history has been narrowed down to just four players: a German (but not the top seed Sabine Lisicki as expected), an Italian, a Chinese (but not the #2 seed Peng Shuai)  [...]

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ASB Classic Preview: Lisicki, Goerges, Kuznetsova In Action

January 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Stephanie Neppl, Special for Tennis Grandstand The 2012 ASB Classic is underway and it’s lining up to be a memorable tournament with stellar fields in both singles and doubles. Despite the withdrawal of drawcard Venus Williams, the singles draw is full of big names and big talent. We’ve got our previous two champions in [...]

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Ivanovic, Jankovic Within Striking Distance of the Top 10

December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Battling each other in Grand Slam semis, making finals at the Majors, holding the No. 1 ranking—that all used to be status quo for Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic. The past couple of years for both of the Serbian superstars make that all seem like a distant memory. Both of them finished 2011 outside of [...]

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Sampras, Moya, Lisicki Join Li Na for Exhibition Tournament in China

December 17, 2011 By 1 Comment

2011 Roland Garros champion Li Na received a hero’s welcome in her hometown of Wuhan, kicking off a two-day exhibition tournament on December 17, 2011 called “Li Na and Friends.” The festivities  also feature 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras and former world number number 1 Carlos Moya, as well as 2011 Wimbledon semifinalist and WTA [...]

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