All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
In April 2013’s InStyle Russia, Maria Kirilenko poses in numerous theatrical and glamorous looks. Looking nothing like the rough-and-tough tennis player she is on court, the beauty looks more like a graceful ballet player, a profession she once thought she might follow.
Maria Kirlenko won a two-hour, 37 minute match to win the PTT Pattaya Open final over Sabine Lisicki 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 today.
“I feel great – to win a title is always special, but it’s even more pleasure when you win such a tough one. It was tough. Sabine played very well. I’m very happy to [...]
Adidas globally launched the first adidas by Stella McCartney collection today in Melbourne with the help of the world’s first all-mirror court. Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Kirilenko and Laura Robson were there to show off the collection and hit some balls to each other (and their reflections).
Today at the Estoril Open, ATP top seed Juan Martin del Potro, second seed Richard Gasquet, Frederico Gil and WTA second seed Maria Kirilenko went for a little bike ride. The group took in the scenic water views of Portugal as they rode on their bicicletas. Such turistas!
Winning is no easy thing, but if you have things such as Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko, winning gets a little easier.
The things defeated Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik to win the Women’s Doubles title in Madrid. With their winning ways of late, I see these things being trouble in the way of anyone else trying [...]
Vera Zvonareva owns two PTT Pattaya Open titles and will be playing this week for her third in a row. Yesterday she arrived in Thailand for the tennis tournament and today she was honored with the keys to the city.
The top seed took part in the draw ceremony today with second seed Ana Ivanovic and [...]
Team Russia has taken a commanding 2-0 lead over the Americas at Hong Kong’s World Team Challenge.
First, Maria Kirilenko was down to Melanie Oudin, having lost the first set, but came back in a second set tie break to level things out. She eventually took the deciding set at love, defeating the young American 3-6, [...]
The practice courts at the US Open were as busy as a beehive, with appearances by John Isner and Maria Kirilenko (pictured above). WTA Tour number 1 doubles player Liezel Huber and her partner, Nadia Petrova practiced on court number 5, as did up-and-comer Andrea Petkovic (who benefited from a walkover yesterday).
Our second and final day in New Haven started out with … a downpour. When we looked out of our window this morning, we’ll be honest; we did not have very high hopes for the day. After all, tennis and rain do not generally mix!
But when we arrived at the grounds of Pilot Pen, we [...]
As the men and women trade tournaments this week (Women to Montreal and Men to Cincinnati), we take a look back on last weekend’s winners.
Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland in a tight 7-5, 7-5 finals mach at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States defeated [...]
