10 Players, 10 Countries in New WTA Rankings
January 31, 2011 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · 1 Comment
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the global leader in women’s professional sport, announced today that for the first time in its history, the Top 10 rankings will feature ten players from ten different countries around the world. Eleven different nations are represented among the top 11 spots, and 30 different countries [...]
Jelena Jankovic and Elena Dementieva Round Out Singles Field at WTA Championships-Doha 2010
October 12, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
ST. PETERSBURG, FL, USA – Jelena Jankovic and Elena Dementieva today became the final two singles players to qualify for the season-ending WTA Championships–Doha 2010, set to take place for the third year in a row at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from October 26-31. Jankovic and Dementieva join Caroline Wozniacki, Vera [...]
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour – Beijing (Sun): Defending Champ Kuznetsova Shocked in Opener
October 3, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
CHINA OPEN Beijing-CHN October 2-10, 2010 $4,500,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors Results – Sunday, October 3, 2010 Singles – First Round (Q) Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. (4) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 26 76(5) 75 (9) Li Na (CHN) d. (Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 62 60 (Q) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (10) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 26 63 (12) Maria [...]
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour – Beijing (Sat): Winning Start for Jankovic
October 3, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
CHINA OPEN Beijing-CHN October 2-10, 2010 $4,500,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors Results – Saturday, October 2, 2010 Singles – First Round (3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 75 75 Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. (WC) Zhou Yi-Miao (CHN) 62 60 Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 62 63 Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 76(4) [...]
STRONG QUARTET OF SEMIFINALISTS WIN EXCITING MATCHES ON DAY 4 OF LEXUS OF LAS VEGAS OPEN
October 2, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
LAS VEGAS, Nev., (Oct. 1, 2010) – The top four seeded players moved into the semifinals at the second annual Lexus of Las Vegas Open being played at the Red Rock Country Club in Summerlin. There were no upsets on Friday with No. 1 Edina Gallovits, No. 2 Varvar Lepchenko, No. 3 Sorana Cirstea and [...]
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour – Tokyo (Wed): Wozniacki Into QFs, First Into Doha
September 29, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN Tokyo-JPN September 26-October 2, 2010 $2,000,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors Results – Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Singles – Third Round (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (16) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 61 62 (2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (Q) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 64 60 Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 64 64 (5) Francesca [...]
Tokyo (Mon): Date Krumm Downs Sharapova
September 27, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN Tokyo-JPN September 26-October 2, 2010 $2,000,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors Results – Monday, September 27, 2010 Singles – Second Round (3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 64 61 (6) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 63 Singles – First Round (10) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 34 ret. [...]
WTA Top 20 Rankings
September 14, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
1 Serena Williams (USA) 6995.00pts 2 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 5910.00 3 Venus Williams (USA) 5796.00 4 Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 5550.00 5 Kim Clijsters (Bel) 5325.00 6 Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 5205.00 7 Samantha Stosur (Aus) 4950.00 8 Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 4670.00 9 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 3995.00 10 Elena Dementieva (Rus) 3945.00 11 Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 3715.00 [...]
Murray Gets Ousted By Wawrinka
September 6, 2010 by Richard Pagliaro · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Andy Murray threw the most revealing punch, but Stanislas Wawrinka delivered the resounding knockout. Whipping his one-handed backhand with authority, playing with aggression and pumping his first with a fury, the 25th-seed Swiss sent Murray out of the US Open with a 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3 third-round knockout. “I think all [...]
US Open Day 6 Womens Results
September 4, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
New York, NY-USA August 30-September 12, 2010 $22,668,000/Grand Slam Hard/Outdoors Saturday, September 4, 2010 Singles – Third Round (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 61 60 (31) Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 62 76(1) (7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (25) Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 62 76(2) (11) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (23) Maria [...]
