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WTA Nurnberg: Petkovic Ousts Jankovic as Halep Rallies Back to Defeat Safarova

June 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

(June 14, 2013) Friday match play at Nurnberg saw German wild card Andrea Petkovic defeat top tournament seed Jelena Jankovic in a 90-minute match. Despite the 6-4, 6-3 score, Petkovic rallied from an early break in both sets and the two faced a combined 20 break point chances. “I’m absolutely overwhelmed right now,” Petkovic said. “I [...]

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WTA Birmingham Gallery: Monday and Tuesday with Bouchard, Keys, Jovanovski

June 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

(June 11, 2013) The WTA event in Birmingham kicks off the grass season this week, and first round notable winners from Monday and Tuesday include Madison Keys, Bojana Jovanovski, Mona Barthel, Yanina Wickmayer, Kristina Mladenovic and qualifiers Alison Riske and Maria Sanchez. Also in today’s gallery: Eugenie Bouchard, Anne Keothavong, Yulia Putintseva, Tara Moore, Melanie South, and Melanie [...]

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Get to Know … 19-year-old WTA Tennis Player Annika Beck

June 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

(June 11, 2013) Rising German star Annika Beck is having a breakthrough season on the WTA Tour. This week, the 19-year-old reached a career-high ranking of world No. 56 after her second round appearance at last week’s French Open. One year ago, she captured the Girls’ Singles title at the same prestigious Slam. [Tuesday Nürnberg gallery [...]

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Owning It: Vandeweghe Versus Putintseva

May 21, 2013 By 3 Comments

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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Dust in the Wind: Schiavone and Kuznetsova Continue Their Downward Slides

May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Tennis is a cruel sport. A seemingly endless grind, a single season spans nearly ten months across six continents. Where athletes on team sports sign contracts guaranteeing a paycheck, the math is much simpler for a tennis player. Win, and collect ranking points and prize money. Lose, and be content with the minimum of each. [...]

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Sloane Stephens Learns Lesson as Laura Robson Flies Free — The Friday Five

May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Lesson Learned At the start of the week, Sloane Stephens experienced some off court drama in addition to the woes she continues to suffer on court, thanks to the young American’s dumb decision to publicly call out Serena Williams, essentially branding the veteran a phony. Yes, a little bit of honesty is [...]

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Bridging the gap at the new WTA 125 Tournaments

November 13, 2012 By 1 Comment

By David Kane For a tour that rose to its peak in the late 90s on the talented backs of young players like Martina Hingis and Venus Williams, the WTA has had a difficult time grooming its young ingénues in the last few years. The age eligibility rule named for famed burnout victim Jennifer Capriati [...]

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Back to the Future on the WTA Tour

November 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By David Kane Weeks like the one the WTA Tour had at its Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria are a blatant mockery to the act of making predictions before they even begin. First of all, who predicted that Caroline Wozniacki, who started 2012 at No. 1, would find herself at a Year-End Championships for [...]

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Laura Robson: It’s all about the climb

September 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By David Kane While young and talented Donna Vekic made a run to the Taskent final last week surprising virtually everyone, equally young and talented Laura Robson made her own mark this week by reaching the Guangzhou final, bringing many to mutter sighs of “Finally!” or the plaintive “What took her so long?” While Vekic [...]

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Donna Vekic: All grown up and searching for her tennis destiny

September 19, 2012 By 3 Comments

By David Kane Sometimes on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tennis Tour, fans find that their favorite rising stars really grow up fast. One minute, they’re teenagers struggling to qualify for major tournaments; the next, they’re making tour finals in countries like Uzbekistan and you’re left wondering where the time went. Such is the case for [...]

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