No. 15 ranked Marion Bartoli of France earned her first ever Wimbledon Championship with a domineering win over No. 24 Sabine Lisicki of Germany, 6-1, 6-4 at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. It was not the final match up anyone envisioned with the likes of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova seeded No. 1 and 2 respectively.
World No. 18, Andrea Petkovic of Germany, has been forced to withdraw from the London Olympics due to an ankle injury suffered at the Stuttgart Grand Prix in April against current World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. "Really sorry to announce that I will not be competing at the Olympic Games," she said on
The 2012 Wimbledon Championship semifinals have been determined, pitting in one match No. 2 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus against No. 6 Serena Williams of the U.S.A. Serena leads their head-to-head series 7-1 with the last five going to Serena, including a quarterfinal match at Wimbledon in 2009. Most recently, Serena defeated Victoria on clay at
World No. 1 Maria Sharapova of Russia has cruised into the 4th round of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships with a win over No. 62 Su Wei Hsieh from Taiwan 6-1, 6-4. It wasn't as easy, however, as the score indicates. After an easy 1st set, Maria had to rally from 4-2 down in the 2nd
Two-time champion Venus Williams of the USA has withdrawn from the U.S. Open due to an illness. Williams was scheduled to play 22nd-seeded Sabine Lisicki in the 2nd round. In a statement afterward, she said: "I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my
No. 18 seed, Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, was eliminated from Wimbledon in round three by No. 81, Petra Cetkovska of the Czech Republic, by a surprising score of 6-2, 7-6(0). The only other time these two have met, Ivanovic won easily in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0 at the French Open in 2008. That makes this
German qualifier, Sabine Lisicki, left the French Open Wednesday on a stretcher after being overcome by dizziness and muscle cramps following a second round 2 1/2 hour loss to Vera Zvonareva 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. There were some apparent problems as the 21-year-old Lisicki had been examined by a trainer at least twice during third-set changeovers,
Kim Clijsters of Belgium has officially withdrawn as of Friday from the upcoming French Open because of a foot injury suffered during Fed Cup play last month. Though she has resumed hitting, despite her efforts to recover in time for the major tournament, the injury hasn't fully healed and she has opted to skip the
Injuries have long been a part of the sports scene. Lately, however, injuries seem to be a plague on both the women's and men's side of the tennis court. The WTA tried to address that problem last year, when after years of debate and struggle, the season was shortened by two weeks - that is,
