Popular Serbian tennis star, Ana Ivanovic , left the court in tears today at the 2010 Australian Open after losing a heart breaker in three sets to Argentinian Gisela Dulko 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-4. Ivanovic was pitted against No. 36 ranked Dulko in a 2nd round match. It was an early exit for the 20th
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
This is not a great period in American tennis. We're not in the heyday where players like Sampras and Agassi were vying for number 1, or McEnroe and Connors were the bad boys of tennis. Andy Roddick has to wonder how he lived through this era. Perhaps had he played 10 years ago, he'd be
Day 3 saw most of the seeds progressing fairly easily. Rafael Nadal took on Lukas Lacko and found himself a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 winner. Given his struggles in the first round, Nadal found himself striking the ball better. Darren Cahill commented that Nadal had played around with a different forehand and serve motion in London
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
Fluids and You Well, it’s Australian Open time and that means watching the top men and women players in the world playing tennis down under in Melbourne, Australia. With the south Pacific being on the other side of the globe from us, they are now experiencing summer, which can be notoriously hot in Australia. While
Everyone knew that Igor Andreev was a tough opponent. Two years ago, the wily Russian with the big forehand and the big serve gave players like Rafael Nadal trouble. In his 2008 US Open run, Roger Federer needed five sets to beat Andreev. Since then, Andreev's rank has dropped some, though he remains in the
On paper, this didn't look to be much of a match. Roger, being Roger, had proclaimed how well his training had been, how well he'd been hitting. And Igor Andreev? The last time we heard of him? It was the 2008 US Open where he took Roger Federer to five sets with big serves and
People hit their approach shot and position themsevles in the wrong place all the time while they play singles. In this video Ian explains why hitting down the line is best for an approach shot and also where to stand after you've hit it.
So many times I watch doubles points that last much longer than they should. Often the net player has an opportunity to put the ball away but just doesn't do their job. Watch this video to see a good example of how to avoid a common mistake!
