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 [...]

Marino Stops Bartoli in Her Tracks

Montreal, September 16, 2010 – Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC) achieved another milestone in her young career on Wednesday night at the Bell Challenge in Quebec City, a $220,000 WTA Tour event. Just two weeks removed from the playing the biggest match of her life on Arthur Ashe Stadium against Venus Williams in the second round [...]

WTA Top 20 Rankings

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 [...]

WTA Results – 9/10/10

US OPEN New York, NY-USA August 30-September 12, 2010 $22,668,000/Grand Slam Hard/Outdoors Friday, September 10, 2010 Singles – Semifinals (7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 64 63 (2) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (3) Venus Williams (USA) 46 76(2) 64 Doubles – Semifinals (2) Huber/Petrova (USA/RUs) d. (7) Chan/Zheng (TPE/CHN) 63 62

Clijsters Goes for an Open Dynasty

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – The distance between the two old rivals shrunk to the size of the sweatband Kim Clijsters used to swipe the sweat off her forehead. The reigning US Open champion had watched her third-set lead evaporate and could hear Venus Williams’ fast footsteps approaching net with the set deadlocked at 4-all. That’s [...]

Mary Joe Fernandez To Continue as the Coach of the Fed Cup

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., September 9, 2010 — The USTA announced today that it has agreed to a two-year extension with U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez that will run through the 2012 season.  Fernandez took over as captain last year after serving one season as team coach.  She is 4-1 at the helm of [...]

US Open Women’s Results

US OPEN New York, NY-USA August 30-September 12, 2010 $22,668,000/Grand Slam Hard/Outdoors Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Singles – Quarterfinals (2) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 64 57 63 (3) Venus Williams (USA) d. (6) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 76(5) 64 Doubles – Quarterfinals (6) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) d. (1) Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) 63 63 (9) Black/Rodionova (ZIM/AUS) d. [...]

Venus Worth The Wait Against Schiavove

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Venus Williams is a grizzled veteran. It doesn’t matter if the match before hers whisks along in an hour or plods along for 4 hours and 28 minutes, like Stanislas Wawrinka’s marathon win over Sam Querrey today. Venus is prepared. “I’m a pro at waiting for my match,” she said. “Singles, [...]

Venus Has Her Designs On The Fourth Round

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Venus Williams is more than a tennis player. She’s an author, fashion designer, and philanthropist. And her work showed tonight at Arthur Ashe Stadium when she debuted a new outfit designed for the US Open designed by her company EleVen Designs. “So far this year my outfits have been based off [...]

US Open Womens Draw

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.

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