Francesca Schiavone justified her status as top seed by routing fellow Italian Roberta Vinci 6-1 6-1 in the final of the Barcelona Ladies Open to win her third WTA title.
The world No.54 Vinci had won all nine of her previous matches at the Barcelona Ladies Open and on her way to winning [...]
Chinese tennis stars Zheng Jie and Li Na have arrived home after their enormous success in Australia and were welcomed by crowds of fans and media.
Zheng and Li made history for China when they reached the 2010 Australian Open semifinals. Actually, never before had two Chinese players been in the second week [...]
As promised, Women’s Tennis Blog is continuing its tradition of revising on-court outfits from the season behind us. This year’s retrospections will start with the best-dressed WTA player – Nike-clad Maria Sharapova.
Sharapova started the season late, because of her career-threatening shoulder injury, playing her first match of 2009 at the BNP Paribas [...]
As promised, Women’s Tennis Blog is continuing its tradition of revising on-court outfits from the season behind us. This year’s retrospections will start with the best-dressed WTA player – Nike-clad Maria Sharapova.
Sharapova started the season late, because of her career-threatening shoulder injury, playing her first match of 2009 at the BNP Paribas [...]
World No.1 Serena Williams escaped the fate of her Rome appearance where she fell to Jelena Jankovic despite having two match points and advanced to the third round of the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open by battling past 43-ranked Vera Dushevina.
The match at the Premier-level tournament in Madrid lasted almost three and a half [...]
Women’s Tennis Blog is back from vacation. I spent more than two wonderful weeks in China and now it’s time to resume posting. Thank you all for being so supportive and not minding the long break without women’s tennis news here.
First of all, I would use this opportunity to once again thank [...]
World No.17 Li Na went bungee jumping for the first time during this month’s ASB Classic in New Zealand and I thought it would be nice to share the video clip, as the Chinese is a player to watch at the moment.
I’m wishing Li Na to [...]
Unseeded Aravane Rezai played some magical tennis on the clay of the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open and defeated fourth seed Venus Williams 6-2 7-5 in an entertaining and competitive Premier-level final to win the biggest title of her career. The world No.24 Rezai played a game of powerful and precise groundstrokes, and her determination [...]
