Archive for July, 2009
WTA Tour-Swedish Open Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the Swedish Open, a WTA Tour event on clay (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Flavia Pennetta (3), Italy, def. Franscesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-2, 7-5. Dominika Cibulkova (2), Slovakia, def. Sandra Roma, Sweden, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-3. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Irina Buryachok, [...]
Swedish Open Results
Tennis newsResults from first round at the Swedish Open WTA event on clay in Bastad, Sweden (seedings in parentheses). Sorana Cirstea (5), Romania, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6), Russia, def. Jill Craybas, U.S., 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Carla Suarez Navarro (7), Spain, def. Lenka Wienerova, Slovakia, 6-0, 7-5. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. [...]
WTA-Budapest Grand Prix Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the Budapest GDF Suez Grand Prix, a $220,000 WTA tournament played on outdoor clay (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. Alona Bondarenko (6), Ukraine, def. Karolina Sprem, Croatia, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. Edina Gallovits, Romania, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-2.
Serena Williams beats sister Venus at Wimbledon
Tennis newsSerena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title. She wasnt facing just anyone, of course. She was playing her older sister Venus. And when the latest all-Williams [...]
Wimbledon Results
Tennis newsResults Friday from Wimbledon at The All England Club (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men Semifinals Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Tommy Haas (24), Germany, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3. Andy Roddick (6), United States, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5). Doubles Women Semifinals Serena and Venus Williams (4), United States, def. [...]
Federer seeks 15th Slam vs. Roddick at Wimbledon
Tennis newsRising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhead smash. And now, after years of chasing Sampras, Federer is poised to surpass him. A victory over Andy [...]
Anna Kournikova out for the season
Tennis newsAnna Kournikova will miss the rest of the season with a wrist injury. World Team Tennis said Kournikova made her decision after experiencing pain from tenosynovitis while practicing for what would have been her seventh season with the league. The St. Louis Aces player has not responded to therapy or a series of cortisone shots. [...]
Russians lose in Wimbledon semifinals
Tennis newsOne of the two Russian semifinalists at Wimbledon failed to convert a match point Thursday. The other struggled to even win a point in her match. Neither will be playing in Saturdays final. Elena Dementieva came close, though, getting within a point of beating one half of the Williams sisters, Serena, before losing 6-7 (4), [...]
Wimbledon Results
Tennis newsResults Thursday from Wimbledon at The All England Club (seedings in parentheses). Singles Women Semifinals Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 8-6. Venus Williams (3), United States, def. Dinara Safina (1), Russia, 6-1, 6-0. Doubles Men Semifinals Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Wesley Moodie, South [...]
Agassi, Clijsters suit up for World Team Tennis
Tennis newsAndre Agassi wanted to smack some tennis balls around this summer, so he decided to take Billie Jean King up on her offer. King, the co-founder of World Team Tennis, and commissioner Ilana Kloss traveled to his home in Las Vegas earlier this year and asked the eight-time major champion to play in their league. [...]
