Serena Williams celebrates after winning her second round match 6-1, 7-6 over Germany's Julia Goerges in Rogers Cup singles action at the Rexall Center in Toronto, Canada on August 10, 2011. UPI /Christine Chew By Brodie McPhee TORONTO, … [Read more...]
Serena Sails; Clijsters Out with Abdominal Tear in Toronto on Tuesday
Serena Williams of the U.S. serves to Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine during their match at the Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament in Toronto, August 9, 2011. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: SPORT TENNIS) By Brodie McPhee TORONTO, Canada - … [Read more...]
Petkovic Stops Canadian Junior Bouchard at Rogers Cup
By Brodie McPhee TORONTO, Canada - Grey skies and thunderous rain delayed the start of play in Toronto Tuesday morning, but eventually blue skies prevailed and 17-year-old Canadian junior Eugénie Bouchard made her debut on the centre court of the … [Read more...]
Injured Radwanska Beats Ailing Petkovic at Carlsbad
By Curt Janka CARLSBAD, California – If Rock beats Paper, then Wounded beat Woozy in the first semifinal of the Mercury Insurance Open. Agnieszka Radwanska endured an injured shoulder to beat Andrea Petkovic, who was battling gastrointestinal … [Read more...]
“Meet the Press” WTA Style at All-Access Hour at the Mercury Insurance Open
Top Seeds Meet the Media By Curt Janka CARLSBAD, California – The top seeds for the 2011 Mercury Insurance Open sat down, answered questions and laughed with the media at the Lacosta Resort just north of San Diego. The high seeds enjoy a later … [Read more...]
The Year of Andrea Petkovic?
By Tumaini Carayol STUTTGART - So far, 2011 has been a year filled with great highs and new progress for Germany's Andrea Petkovic. In January, the 23 year-old wowed spectators at the Australian Open as she demolished 2008 champion Maria … [Read more...]
Kourtin’ Karen’s Sony Ericsson Open Week 1
15-0 Welcome to Miami Tennis Panorama News was in Miami this week covering the Sony Ericsson Open. Craig Hickman of Craig Hickman on Tennis and JD Blom were on site covering all the on-court and off-court action. 30-0 Breaking News at WTA … [Read more...]
Kourtin’ Karen’s Scoreboard for the Australian Open – Day 7
15-0 No Djoke Novak Djokovic is just cruising through the draw. On Saturday he advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 win over Nicolas Almagro. 15-15 Agony of De-feet He may have had some foot trouble, but Fernando Verdasco was … [Read more...]
Kourtin’ Karen’s Scoreboard for the Australian Open – Day 5
0-15 Streak Ends Venus Williams’ streak of consecutive major tournament matches without a retirement has ended at 257. Williams was forced to retire from her match with Andrea Petkovic with a pelvic muscle injury she sustained in her previous … [Read more...]