All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
It was announced yesterday that tickets sales of the upcoming BMW Malaysia Open 2011 with go to benefit the National Cancer Society of Malaysia (NCSM) and the Power Over Cervical Cancer (POCC) Campaign.
Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women in Malaysia and the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that more than 700 [...]
Surrounded by many of her Tour friends, Rennae Stubbs was honored for her career with a presentation on Rod Laver Arena before the women’s semifinal matches.
This is Stubbs’ last Australian Open. She’s played 22 in Melbourne and won 60 doubles titles including four women’s Grand Slam titles and two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. She was presented [...]
- Joe Fleming of USA TODAY and his thoughts on WTA player of the year, doubles team of the year, story of the year and more.
- People.com reports Maria Sharapova will design her own wedding shoes (with help from Cole Haan).
- Maria Sharapova “feels spoiled” with a $250,000 engagement ring, according to USmagazine.com.
- John Isner [...]
What started off as a lackadaisical week in Doha turned out to be filled with nothing but drama. Surprisingly, none of the memorably-dramatic moments of the tournament have mention of Jelena Jankovic. Just sayin’.
10. The women go Hollywood and make their mark in cement.
9. Francesca Schiavone on how people in Italy react to her. Well, [...]
With a tearful goodbye, Elena Dementieva retired from tennis today after a loss at the WTA Championships to Francesca Schiavone. She ended her 13-year career and walks away from the WTA Tour as the world number 9.
While I almost held it together as Dementieva announced this was her last tournament, I lost it when I [...]
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 [...]
Well, what a year it’s been for Victoria Azarenka. She made the Quarterfinals of the Australian Open (tying her best showing at a Grand Slam for the third time), hit a few speed bumps throughout the year (most memorable being at the US Open) and now she’s qualified for the WTA Tour year-end championships in [...]
Caroline Wozniacki might be the best thing from Denmark since, well, Caroline Wozniacki. We struggled to think of someone else famous from the tiny country in Northern Europe (besides Hamlet, who’s fictional), so we consulted a very reliable reference.
Here’s a little Social Studies lesson for you: Denmark is home to approximately 5.5 million people (the [...]
We would have given our left arm to be that interviewer because we LOVE Flavia Pennetta! The Italian sat down while in Montreal and talked about life on the WTA tour. Shopping is definitely one of her favorite things (with her friend Gisela!) and she also talks about what it’s like being away from home all [...]
There’s rumor of a video of the sushi-making party, but we have yet to see it! We did, however, find more pictures of the girls making their sushi rolls while in Tokyo! Made us so hungry, we just ordered in sushi for dinner. Yum!
