Kanepi and Szavay Triumphant
Over the weekend, Kaia Kanepi became Estonia’s first Sony Ericsson winner and Agnes Szavay won her second straight WTA title.
Over the weekend, Kaia Kanepi became Estonia’s first Sony Ericsson winner and Agnes Szavay won her second straight WTA title.
For women with a last name of Williams, the official release of the Wimbledon singles draws on Friday morning provided a pleasing path to tennis riches. After years of being placed on the same side of the draw, Venus and Serena stand on opposite sides of the bracket at the Big W. If you loved [...]
Through the first two rounds of the French Open, Venus Williams–who is as comfortable on red clay as a snowman in the Sahara Desert–possessed enough guile and grit to fight past opponents who lacked the chops to take her down. But as a Grand Slam event progresses and a field of 128 shrinks to 32, [...]
The women’s portion of the 2009 French Open is developing a clear narrative through the first five days of action at Roland Garros: Champions rise under pressure, while pretenders fall by the wayside. In the lastest example of an elite player coming through under fire, Venus Williams–the No. 3 seed in Paris–turned back a bold [...]
If tennis fans wanted explosive action on day four of the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, they were sorely disappointed. Two retirements on the men’s side deprived spectators (and TV viewers) of compelling combat, while the women–with their tournament bracket thrown upside-down by a spate of upsets–provided just one eyebrow-raising result in the round of 16. [...]
The high seeds just keep tumbling out of the women’s field at the Sony Ericsson Open. Jelena Jankovic and Dinara Safina injected shock value into the weekend with early-round stumbles at the Crandon Park Tennis Center, but by the time darkness fell on a crazy Sunday, two more bombshells did further damage to a bracket [...]