When two celebrated sisters took the court on Thursday night in Miami, a slightly new feel enveloped the biggest rivalry in modern women’s tennis. At the end of their 20th match, Serena and Venus Williams did nothing to change the way these siblings are perceived. In a battle that fell short of a classic but [...]

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 [...]

The WTA Tour portion of the Sony Ericsson Open represents a bomb shelter after a wild weekend in South Florida. Before the round of 16 begins, the women’s bracket has already been blown wide open. Third-seeded Jelena Jankovic lost to Gisela Dulko in the second round on Saturday night, 6-4, 7-6 (5), while second-seeded Dinara [...]

Things are finally starting to get crazy at the Australian Open. Almost all Open’s have their fair share of incredible matches and big surprises (especially in men’s singles), and the 2009 version is starting to assume such qualities. If you were in Rod Laver Arena on Sunday afternoon and Sunday night, you were in for [...]

January 22, 2009 will be a date Carla Suarez Navarro will never forget. Most likely it is the day that will change her life forever. On the hot, humid and windy day, Carla stared adversity in the eye and never blinked. At the bleakest moment, the 5’ 5” Spaniard raised her play to new levels [...]

Czech tennis star and model-waiting-to happen, Lucie Safarova looks fit and ready to challenge in Australian Open 2009. The 5’11”, 137 pound left-hander had her A game working as she powered past veteran and 24th seeded Austrian, Sybille Bammer, in straight sets 6-0, 7-6. The 21 year old Safarova, who seemed ready to burst onto the scene [...]

The suspense is over. Now the show can begin. The draws for the 2009 Australian Open were announced on Friday in Melbourne. Here’s a look at the field of 128: Best First-Round Matchup: (19) Daniela Hantuchova vs. Casey Dellacqua. Hantuchova possesses considerable talent but has historically lacked mental toughness, to put things mildly. Last year, [...]

Three weeks ago Venus Williams the 28 year old ‘veteran’ and winner of 5 Wimbledon titles and 2 US Open titles, decided to enter a relatively small tournament in Zurich Switzerland, where the top prize was a mere $95,000, so she could collect sufficient points to qualify for the year ending Sony Ericsson Championships in [...]

The best eight women tennis players are in Dohar competing for the Sony Ericsson season ending championship, and a share of the $4.45 million prize money. The eight are split into two groups of four players each, referred to as the White and Maroon groups. I wonder why Maroon was chosen? The white group consists [...]

Tennis is like a geography lesson to me. If someone said I had to make a trip to Dohar, I would have no idea where it was, or what country it was in. But because the Sony Ericsson year ending WTA Championships are being held there, I looked at a map and discovered Qatar, and [...]