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Wozniak To Quarters In Quebec

September 18, 2009 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment 

QUEBEC CITY, Quebec – No. 3 seed and Canadian native Aleksandra Wozniak reached the quarter final rounds of the Bell Challenge with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Russian Regina Kulikova in the second round.
Wozniak is the second highest seed after Sabine Lisicki had to withdraw from the tournament after getting injured at the US Open.
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Petrova To Quarters In Quebec

September 17, 2009 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment 

QUEBEC, CITY, Quebec – Nadia Petrova may be thankful Melanie Oudin dropped out of the Bell Challenge. After losing in the fourth round to the 17 year-old, Petrova rebounded to make the quarterfinals of the Quebec City Tournament.
Petrova, the top seed and defending champion in the 220,000-dollar tournament, beat Madison Brengle 6-3, 6-2 in 69 [...]

Oudin’s Not Going Away

September 9, 2009 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment 

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Don’t worry about Melanie Oudin. Her Open may be over, after her straight sets, 2-6, 2-6, loss to Caroline Wozniacki, but her career is just beginning.
We saw a star being born in Flushing Meadows. A determined girl, who knows she has a lot to learn in her career and her sport [...]

Now Murray Has To Answer Questions

September 8, 2009 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment 

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – And now Andy Murray will have a few months to ask himself, what went wrong.
His straight set defeat to Marin Cilic, 5-7, 2-6, 2-6 was such a dismantling, you have to wonder what was wrong.
Was it his wrist? Well no.
“I had a problem with it for a week or so,” he [...]

America’s Sweetheart Goes to the Quarters

September 7, 2009 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment 

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Melanie Oudin has done such a good job knocking off Russians this US Open, Ronald Reagan could have used her during the Cold War.
And once again, there was Oudin coming from behind to win. First, there Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and then Elena Dementieva left the open early, After that, Maria Sharapova double [...]