Archive for: July 2009

No. 2 seed, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, pulled out of the 2009 WTA Tour Internazionali Femminili di Palermo being played in Palermo, Italy July 13-19, 2009.

Schnyder had breezed through the first two rounds, defeating Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia, 6-4, 6-0, and Nuria Llaqostera Vives of Spain 6-2, 6-2. That put her up against Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany in the Quarterfinals, where she retired in the first set trailing 3-4.

It was an all Italy final at the Italian tournament, pitting No. 1 seed and 13th ranked, Flavia Pennetta against No. 38 ranked Sara Errani. Pennetta came out the winner, 6-1, 6-2.

Happy birthday to Danish tennis cutie pie, Caroline Wozniacki, who turns 19 today.

Caroline Wozniacki was born July 11, 1990 in Odense, Denmark. She turned pro July 18, 2005 at the ripe old age of 15. She has already had an outstanding career with five WTA Tour singles titles, and two double titles. Her singles career win/loss record is 151-62. She is currently ranked 9th in the world.

She has made the 4th round in three Grand Slams already, including Wimbledon this year. It shouldn’t be long and she will be breaking into the winning bracket of one of those majors.

Serena Williams of the USA holds the Wimbledon trophy for the 3rd time in her tennis career after defeating her sister, Venus Williams, in the final July 4, 2009. Serena didn’t show much mercy as she downed her overpowered sister in straight sets, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.

It was probably sweet revenge for Serena after being defeated by Venus in last year’s final. The 2008 Wimbledon championship was Venus’ second in a row. This makes eight championships by the Williams sisters in the past 10 years. That’s domination, almost a dynasty!