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 the 2013 Australian Open. Hampton was wincing in pain from a back problem that needed treatment in the second
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
No. 15 ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia was sent packing today by No. 67 ranked wildcard Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan in the first round of the 2010 Pan Pacific Open being played in Tokyo, Japan. The 23-year-old Maria was the defending champion of this tournament, but was shown the exit door by a local
No. 15 seed Yanina Wickmayer and unseeded No. 53 ranked Patty Schnyder dueled it out right to the end, with Wickmayer coming out on top 7-6(7-5), 3-6, 7-6(8-6) at the 2010 U.S. Open today. Belgian slugger Wickmayer inched closer to a second semifinal appearance at Flushing Meadows with this narrow win over Swiss veteran Schnyder.
Serena Williams of the USA was voted the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's 2009 Player of the Year for the third time in her career. She was announced as the winner at the annual Player Awards during a special ceremony at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida. It is ironic that Serena isn't even playing
No. 7 ranked Elena Dementieva of Russia is seeded No. 1 for the $700,000 WTA Open GDF Suez being played in Paris, France, February 8-10, 2010. After a 1st round bye, Dementieva will take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia who was a 1st round winner over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic. The top seeds
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
Just two months ago, Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer wasn't going to be able to play tennis all year. Now she is into round 3 of the 2010 Australian Open after downing No. 12 ranked Flavia Pennetta in straight sets. Wickmayer grabbed the momentum in the first-set tiebreaker, winning the tiebreaker easily 7-2. She then broke Pennetta
Serena Williams is seen here at her book signing at Harrods department store in London, on November 2, 2009. Now it's time to put the books away and focus on tennis. Williams, who is currently ranked No. 1 on the WTA Tour is seeded No. 1 for the 2010 Australian Open set to begin Jan.
