Former Major Champion and Rising American Stars Headline USTA Pro Circuit Acceptance List TYLER, TX (October 12, 2017) The USTA announced Thursday that Francesca Schiavone, 2011 French Open Champion, will headline the field at the RBC … [Read more...]
Orange County Breakers Victorious In Home Opener Against Springfield Lasers
Orange County Breakers Victorious In Home Opener Against Springfield Lasers By Parsa Nemati (July 17, 2017) PALISADES TENNIS CLUB, Newport Beach, CA -The Orange County Breakers were without Maria Sharapova on Monday night, but received additional … [Read more...]
Reigning Roland Garros Champions Djokovic and Muguruza Open Title Defenses with Wins
Reigning Roland Garros Champions Djokovic, Muguruza Open Title Defenses with Wins Embed from Getty Images (May 29, 2017) Defending Roland Garros champions Novak Djokovic and Garbine Muguruza began their campaigns for second French Open titles … [Read more...]
Schiavone, Coric, Vondrousova and Johnson win Tennis Titles This Week
(April 16, 2017) Francesca Schiavone, Borna Coric, Marketa Vondrousova and Steve Johnson claimed titles on the tennis tour this week. In her final season on tour, 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone won her eighth career title with a … [Read more...]
Serena Williams Avoids Early Exit, Rafael Nadal Cruises at French Open
View image | gettyimages.com (May 28, 2015) Serena Williams survived a possible upset on Thursday when she came beat German Anna-Lena Friedsam ranked 105th in the world 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the French Open. “Probably more frustrated … [Read more...]
Easy Does It For Azarenka – Reaches Third French Quarterfinal
By Ros Satar (June 3, 2013) PARIS - It started as a baseline battle for the former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, and ended up as easy as a walk along the Champs Élysées, as the third seed reeled off 7 games in a row to win 6-3, 6-0 over Francesca … [Read more...]
Sharapova, Azarenka Advance to Roland Garros Fourth Round
(June 1, 2013) After and easy first set defending champion Maria Sharapova had to fight to close out the match in two sets 6-1, 7-5 over Zheng Jie on Saturday at Roland Garros. For the No. 2 seed it was the third straight day on the court due to her … [Read more...]
Kvitova Outmuscles Schiavone, Defending Champion Azarenka Progresses
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 15, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Eighth seed Petra Kvitova outmuscled 2010 Roland Garros champion Francesca Schiavone in a tough three set match on Margaret Court Arena in day two action at Australian Open … [Read more...]
Kvitova rallies to stop Schiavone to make Wimbledon Quarterfinals
WIMBLEDON - Defending Champion Czech Petra Kvitova overcame her own errors to come back from a set and a break down to take out Francesca Schiavone 4-6, 7-5, 6-1Â in a battle of major champions on Monday to advance to the Wimbledon … [Read more...]
Nadal, Sharapova, Ferrer Advance Easily, Wozniacki, Schiavone Upset at French Open
Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray, David Ferrer easily advanced at the French Open on Saturday. Seeded casualties on the day included (9)Caroline Wozniacki (14) Francesca Schiavone, (22) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and (25) Julia Goerges. No. … [Read more...]