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 [...]
There were no major surprises this year as the All England Club released the seeds for the 2009 Wimbledon tournament. Both the men’s and women’s lists almost mirror the top 16 ATP world rankings as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray top the men’s seeds respectively. There were suggestions that 5 times winner Federer [...]
Less than three years ago, the career arc of Jelena Jankovic appeared to be headed for the highest heavens. After a miserable Monday in Paris, a struggling Serbian finds herself at a crossroads, her plans for Roland Garros reduced to rubble. Jankovic, the No. 5 seed at the French Open, lost her women’s singles fourth-round [...]
The French Open draws are out, and a quick look at the singles brackets suggest that the two top seeds should stroll to the finals, and very likely capture the second Grand Slam event of the season. Part I – Women’s Singles Of the 128 women who will converge on Paris over the next 15 [...]
The spring portion of the 2009 hardcourt season is over, as the tennis world now shifts to the clay of Europe. Before turning our attention to the red dirt of Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, and Paris, it’s worth taking a final look at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. The two singles finals in South [...]
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 [...]
