New York’s Falconi Gets The Big Stage

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Venus Williams may have been Willy Pipped today. After the elder Williams sister pulled out of the tournament with an autoimmune disease, Irena Falconi had her second round match moved from Court 11 to Arthur Ashe Stadium and the 21 year-old New Yorker seized the opportunity. “When I walked in,” she [...]

McHale’s Navy Attacks In Full Force

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Two years ago, people started to “Believe” in Melanie Oudin and her Cinderella run. This year the New York crowd may be ready to board McHale’s Navy. Nineteen year-old Christina McHale, stormed to the third round with a straight set win over No. 8 seed 7-6 (2) 6-2 to become the [...]

LAS VEGAS ATHLETE MANAGEMENT COMPANY SIGNS TOP AMERICAN WOMEN’S TENNIS PROSPECT VARVARA LEPCHENKO

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Feb. 17, 2011) – A new athlete management company based in Las Vegas has announced the signing of professional tennis player Varvara Lepchenko, the No. 74 ranked player in the world. Agent Atleta’s Jordan J. Butler will represent the 24-year-old Lepchenko, who is coming off the most successful season of her career [...]

An Interview With Mary Jo Fernandez

Mary Joe Fernandez TIM CURRY: We have on the call with us live from Australia, U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez. It’s 7:30 in the morning in Melbourne, and she’s preparing again today for ESPN commentary duties once again but is joining us to announce the U.S. Fed Cup team that will take on [...]

Tennisography John Isner on Tennis Channel Oct. 3

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30, 2010 – Tennis Channel, the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle, will unveil a new player-biography series, Tennisography, Sunday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  The half-hour program will profile different players every month, and the unique stories behind their rise to the [...]

Tokyo (Sun): Pennetta Outclasses McHale

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN Tokyo-JPN September 26-October 2, 2010 $2,000,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors Results – Sunday, September 26, 2010 Singles – First Round (16) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 75 75 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (Q) Christina McHale (USA) 63 61 Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (LL) María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 63 67(5) 61 Kaia [...]

Tokyo Pan Pacific Open Preview

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN Tokyo-JPN September 26-October 2, 2010 $2,000,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors Order of Play – Sunday, September 26, 2010 Centre Court (from 11.00hrs) 1. Dominika Cibulkova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2. Angelique Kerber vs. Daniela Hantuchova 3. Maria Kirilenko vs. Li Na 4. Ayumi Morita vs. Tsvetana Pironkova 5. Christina McHale vs. Flavia Pennetta Court 1 [...]

Bell Challenge: Safarova Edges Oudin In QFs

BELL CHALLENGE Québec City-CAN September 13-19, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Indoors Results – Friday, September 17, 2010 Singles – Quarterfinals (3) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (5) Melanie Oudin (USA) 46 62 64 (Q) Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. (8) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 63 64 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. (WC) Rebecca Marino (CAN) 64 76(4) Christina McHale (USA) d. [...]

Bell Challenge: Four Americans Into QFs

BELL CHALLENGE Québec City-CAN September 13-19, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Indoors Results – Thursday, September 16, 2010 Singles – Second Round (8) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 57 64 62 Christina McHale (USA) d. (WC) Valérie Tétreault (CAN) 64 63 (Q) Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 63 62 (Q) Alexa Glatch (USA) d. [...]

Bell Challenge: Marino Shocks Bartoli

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Singles – Second Round (WC) Rebecca Marino (CAN) d. (1) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 63 61 (3) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 64 62 (5) Melanie Oudin (USA) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 63 60 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. (6) Julia Goerges (GER) 61 64 Doubles – Quarterfinals Arvidsson/Larsson (SWE/SWE) d. [...]

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