Elena and Stasur To Meet In the Fourth Round
September 3, 2010 by Richard Pagliaro · Leave a Comment
Elena Dementieva has been to the US Open final before. Samantha Stosur is striving to get there. They will square off for a spot in the US Open quarterfinals in a clash of one of the best hard-court returners in the women’s game, Dementieva, against one of the most reliable servers in Stosur. The 12th-seeded [...]
Eternal Sunshine of Caroline’s Mind
September 2, 2010 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – You can’t blame Caroline Wozniacki for being happy. After winning in Montreal and then New Haven, she is on a roll. And now she cruised into the third round of the US Open, losing only two games in the first round to Chelsey Gullickson, 6-1 6-1, and now the shutting out [...]
Is This Open The Great Maria Comeback
August 31, 2010 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – It’s no surprise many are picking Maria Sharapova to win the whole thing. After all, the 2006 US Champion has a wide open field and nemesis Serena Williams is sidelined with a bad foot. So today when she dropped the first set to Jamilla Groth, 4-6, you had to wonder if [...]
US Open Womens Draw
August 29, 2010 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
Listed are the draw brackets for the US Open Womens’ Championship starting Monday in Flushing Meadows. This year, Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki is the No. 1 seed with defending champion Kim Clijsters right behind her at No. 2. The always contending Venus Williams is the No. 3 seed.
Sunshine Facts About Wozniacki’s Win
August 29, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
New Haven, CT-USA August 22-28, 2010 $600,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors Results – Saturday, August 28, 2010 Singles – Final (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (8/WC) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 36 63 Doubles – Final (1) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy (USA/USA) 75 60 Final Facts – Wozniacki wins her fourth title of the year – the most of [...]
Pilot Pen Schedule and Results – August 26th
August 27, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
Pilot Pen Results – Aug 26 Written by: Wire Services on 27th August 2010 Pilot Pen Results – Aug 26 Caroline Wozniacki in action during her forth round 2009 US Open match against Svetlana Kuznetsova in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Tennis Center in Flushing, New York on September 7, 2009. | read this item [...]
A Tougher Wickmayer In Melbourne
January 19, 2010 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
If Yanina Wickmayer was a feel good story at the US Open, then in Melbourne, she should be a sentimental favorite. After serving about a little over two months of a year-long suspension for failing to fill out her whereabouts to the Flemish anti-doping tribunal, the 20 year-old was able to get back on the [...]
Safina Ousted Early In China
October 5, 2009 by Derek Felix · Leave a Comment
Dinara Safina’s struggles continued. A week following an early exit at The Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, the No.1 ranked Russian fell this time in the second round at The China Open to hometown wildcard Zhang Shuai 7-5, 7-6. Last week, she fell in the second round after a bye in three tight sets to [...]
Dinara Just Like Marat
October 3, 2009 by Derek Felix · Leave a Comment
There’s no denying Dinara Safina’s talent. At 23, the younger sister of former Grand Slam champion Marat Safin has accomplished plenty, joining older brother as the only siblings to ever reach No.1 in the world. Despite holding the top spot after finishing runner-up at the first two grand slams (Australian, French), the enigmatic Safina has [...]
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of the Open
September 17, 2009 by Joe McDonald · 3 Comments
That was some Open. Not only did we have some great matches, upsets, and surprises, we also saw the downside with Serena’s meltdown and that darn, pesky rain. And that may be the story of this Open. We had the good and the bad as well. For all the good Kim Clijsters, Melanie Oudin, and [...]
