Recent WTA Tennis Tour News
Two-time defending champion, Maria Sharapova has withdrawn before her Italian Open quarterfinal match against seventh-seeded Sara Errani due to an illness. Sharapova says on Twitter that she “didn’t recover after being sick last week and it [...]
Former World No. 1, current No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was taken out in the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix, falling to No. 23 Carla Suarez-Navarro of Spain. The tournament is being played [...]
Playing as the oldest No. 1 ranked woman in the open era, Serena Williams captured her 6th title at Miami with a three-set victory over No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the 2013 Sony Open. Maria started [...]
World No. 3 Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the 2013 Sony Open before her opening match on Friday because of a lingering right ankle injury. The same injury forced Azarenka to withdraw before her quarterfinal match a [...]
On Sunday at Indian Wells, Maria Sharapova showed a dominating performance to take the title over Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-2 in the 2013 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Maria not only dominated the final, she [...]
Five-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Hingis leads the 2013 class for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The other new members of the Hall announced Monday are Cliff Drysdale, Charlie Pasarell and Ion Tiriac. Australian [...]
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka is no longer World No. 1 in spite of defeating No. 2 ranked Serena Williams in the final of the 2013 Qatar Open held in Doha, Qatar Feb. 11-Feb 17. Final [...]
Sloane Stephens is pulling our of the U.S. Fed Cup team’s upcoming first-round matches against Italy because of a strained abdominal muscle. Melanie Oudin will replace Stephens on the U.S. roster for the Feb. 9-10 matches [...]
World No. 1 defending champion Victoria Azarenka proved narrowly that she is still No. 1 by downing No. 6 seed, Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the 2013 Australian Open. Azarenka had to win to retain [...]
It looked for a while like an injury might take No. 1 seed, Victoria Azarenka out of contention, but she ended the incredible run of American upstart, No. 29 seed Sloane Stephens in straight sets, 6-1, [...]
No. 6 seed, Li Na of China stunned No. 2 seed, Maria Sharapova of Russia in a match that wasn’t even close, 6-2, 6-2 at the 2013 Australian Open semifinals. Li did to Sharapova what Sharapova [...]
No. 1 seed, Victoria Azarenka is among those reaching the Semifinals at the 2013 Australian Open. Joining her are No. 2 seed, Maria Sharapove, No. 6 seed, Li Na, and No. 29 seed, Sloane Stephens. Azarenka [...]
Serena Williams is arguably one of the best women tennis players ever. And when she loses her temper, she is one of the best at that as well. Her latest temper tantrum proves the point. In [...]
Two-time Grand Slam winner, Svetlana Kuznetsova upset Danish 10th seed and former-world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in a close 3-set match, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in the 2013 Australian Open. Kuznetsova was forced to miss a big [...]
In a battle of seeded players, No. 4 seed, Agnieszka Radwanska had a surprisingly easy 4th-round win over No. 13 seed, Ana Ivanovic in the 2013 Australian Open, 6-2, 6-4. Radwanska has not lost a match [...]
World No. 1, Victoria Azarenka survived a scare before defeating injured Jamie Hampton. The 63rd ranked American took Azarenka to three sets before Azarenka pulled it together to win 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in round three of [...]
Two former No. 1s, four-time Grand Slam champion, Maria Sharapova of Russia, and seven-time Grand Slam champion, Venus Williams of the USA, met in round three of the 2013 Australian Open. No. 2 seed, Maria kept [...]
Former tennis stars, Lindsay Davenport and Chris Evert will appear in an upcoming episode of CSI which will air January 23, 2013 on CBS at 10:00 p.m. Eastern standard time. (Check local listings.) The episode is [...]
No. 2 seed, Maria Sharapova is proving to be quite stingy on the court, refusing to give up any games through two entire rounds at the 2013 Australian Open. Maria’s latest demolition came over No. 92 [...]
No. 3 seed, Serena Williams of the USA injured an ankle during her first-round match at the Australian Open, but she doesn’t expect it to keep her from playing in the rest of the tournament. Serena [...]
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Jammed Volley Solution
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Video 4: Contact
Sorry about that, Zack! I'll shoot you an e-mail right now.
Video 4: Contact
Ian, I did not recieve video 5 for the serve lesson. Its almost 2 mont
Putting Volleys Away
Hi Ian, Thanks for your videos so far. In addition to your question,
"Wrist Snap" Myth Busted - Serve Lesson
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