Let’s tune up for Bali tournament (and beaches)

The second edition of the $600,000 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali, the last tournament of the WTA season, will feature up-and-coming stars, but also established players including Grand Slam champion Ana Ivanovic.
To qualify for Bali and its tropical fun a player had to win an International-level event during the season [...]

 
 

Clijsters saved by the rain, beats Sharapova in Cincinnati final

Tenth seed Maria Sharapova wasted three match points as clouds were approaching Cincinnati and didn’t manage to be faster than the rain, so her final against fourth seed Kim Clijsters got suspended at 6-2 5-3 with Clijsters serving on deuce. You know how these rain delays can bring a turnaround and that’s exactly what [...]

 
 

Kim Clijsters beats Venus Williams in semifinals for 20th straight US Open win

Kim Clijsters edged Venus Williams 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4, reached her third straight US Open final (2005, 2009, and now 2010) and will be looking for her third successive US Open title.
The third-seeded Williams won the first set 6-4 by converting on the only break point in that set. Then the second-seeded Clijsters established [...]

 
 

Kim Clijsters storms past Venus Williams for Sony Ericsson Open title

Former world No.1 Kim Clijsters took less than an hour to beat Venus Williams 6-2 6-1 and claim her 37th career title and her second one at the Sony Erisson Open in Miami.
Clijsters faced no break points throughout the final. In addition, she won 17 points in a row in the second set, [...]

 
 

Ana Ivanovic records confidence-boosting win over Victoria Azarenka in Rome

It’s not just a dream, Ana Ivanovic followed up her 6-1 6-3 victory over Elena Vesnina in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia with another straight sets victory, 6-4 6-4 against ninth seed Victoria Azarenka.
This is the most noteworthy Ivanovic’s win this season, and actually her best result in who knows [...]

 
 

Elena Dementieva’s 2010 Yonex outfits for Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open

A lot of you like to know what our favorite players will be wearing at majors ahead of us, and here’s what a poster over at Tennis Forum says will be Elena Dementieva’s dresses for the tournaments to come: the first image in this post is showing the Russian’s dresses planned for Roland Garros [...]

 
 

Kim Clijsters to skip 2010 French Open due to foot injury

The left foot injury Kim Clijsters sustained during the Fed Cup tie against Estonia last month has taken its toll and now it’s confirmed that the Belgian will miss the 2010 French Open.
The world No.10 Clijsters hasn’t played the French Open since reaching the semifinals in 2006 and will be replaced by [...]

 
 

A Centre Court Celebration: Clijsters beats Graf under new Wimbledon retractable roof

Retired former world No.1s Kim Clijsters and Steffi Graf played exhibition matches together with ATP stars Andre Agassi and Tim Henman to officially celebrate the new retractable roof over Wimbledon’s Centre Court. The event was called A Centre Court Celebration and the new roof was today used for the first time.
Clijsters, who [...]