Five-time Wimbledon champion, and current World No. 2, Venus Williams, advanced to the 4th round of Wimbledon 2010 without really being challenged. Her victims have been , 6-3, 6-2, Ekaterina Makarova, 6-0, 6-4, Alisa Kleybanova, 6-4, 6-2. Venus' next opponent will be No. 92 ranked Jarmila Groth. Venus has had a rather easy draw. Looking
First Kim Clijsters of Belgium turned pro in 1997, climbed to world No. 1 in both singles and doubles as a 20 year-old in August of 2003, and won her first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open in 2005. Following a series of ankle injuries and hip strains in 2006, she retired after the Australian
Martina Hingis apparently can't give it up. Perhaps it is true with tennis as in other areas: You can take the girl out of tennis, but you can't take the tennis out of the girl. Although she is not ready to launch a serious comeback after seeing the success of Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin
Nadia Petrova is looking like the real deal after eliminating No. 3 seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in an all Russian match at the 2010 Australian Open. It took three sets, but Petrova got the job done, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Petrova picked up where she left off in her last match when she blasted past Kim Clijsters.
The much anticipated Quarterfinal between Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin will not be happening, thanks to the aggressive play of Nadia Petrova, and a rather poor performance on the part of Clijsters. Petrova, seeded No. 19 beat the No. 15 seeded Clijsters in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1 in their third round match. Clijsters had 26
Justine Henin had her toughest match yet in the first Grand Slam since coming out of retirement, surviving a scare in a close 3-set match against No. 27 ranked Alisa Kleybanova. In the 3rd round match, Kleybanova won the first set 6-3. She then broke Henin to go up 3-1 in the 2nd set before
Justine Henin kept her comeback hopes alive with a great win over No. 5 Elena Dementieva. In the most anticipated match thus far in the 2010 Australian Open, Henin won her way into the 3rd round with a stunning yet not all that surprising two-sets win, 7-5, 7-6(8-6). It took nearly three hours, and the
Day one of the 2010 Australian Open went pretty much according to plan with only one major upset. No. 58 ranked Maria Kirilenko upset No. 14 seed, Maria Sharapova, in a long 3-set match, 7-6(7-4), 3-6, 6-4. Kirilenko is seen here being congratulated by Sharapova after their match. All other seeded players playing the first
Shown here are Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin receiving their trophies following their great 3-set battle Saturday in the Finals of the 2010 Brisbane International. Clijsters won the match 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(6). Clijsters managed to save two match points before winning the two-hour 24-minute match. This was Clijsters' 36th career title and second since coming
Justine Henin may well be back in full form after 15 months away from the tennis circuit. She is showing she still knows how to play as she works her way through the draw in the 2010 WTA Brisbane International tournament going on Jan. 4-10, 2010 in Brisbane, Australia. Coming into the tournament unseeded, she
