All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
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, [...]
Via The Voice Of Russia, Vera Zvonareva and Mikhail Youzhny have been acknowledged Russia’s best tennis players. They were awarded the National Prize “Russian Cup” in the categories “Best male tennis player” and “Best female tennis player” of the year.
The head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Naryshkin admitted that his family has a special [...]
Today was day 3 of the WTA year-end championships, 3 matches were played, each of the 3 matches went to 3 sets, and Kim Clijsters won her match (she’s seeded as number 3).
The most exciting of those 3’s is the fact that each of the 3 matches went to 3 sets. After 2 lackadaisical days of matches [...]
Sad news hit the sporting world today. Paul the octopus (Pulpo Paul) of World Cup 2010 psychic fame passed away.
In honor of Paul, I would like to channel his abilities and try and figure out who he would have picked, if he were still with us, to win in Doha.
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Ah so this is what made Francesca Schiavone say she “feels like Angelina Jolie.” Well it certainly looks like fun, and sometime soon there better be a video on You Tube from the WTA of the elite eight ladies taking part in this fun activity. At first glance of these pictures, I thought Jada should [...]
The eight lovely ladies of the WTA Championships took part in a media day at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha, Qatar.
(Photos: Getty Images)
The WTA got a makeover, and the ladies are looking pretty good too! Today in Doha, the WTA Tour revealed its new logo. The players also gathered for the draw ahead of the upcoming WTA Championships. (From left to right) Francesca Schiavone, Kim Clijsters, Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Jankovic, Elena Dementieva and Samantha Stosur [...]
Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva (not playing) signed autographs yesterday at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia.
(Photos: Kremlin Cup)
“The only motivation I have for these two weeks is to get these titles for the people back home. I’m trying to send some positive news back home with the floods and everything.” – Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (pictured above right) of Pakistan, who will play in the Men’s Doubles Final with his partner, Rohan Bopanna of India, [...]
This morning, a post hit the Straight Sets blog on NYTimes.com, and we’ll confess that it definitely influenced our approach to Day 7 of the U.S. Open. Gerry Marzorati and Michael Kimmelman of The Times pondered the question, “Why Don’t Doubles-Loving Fans Watch Live Doubles?”, and we decided to devote part of our day to [...]
