Lucic-Baroni Fights Off Kontaveit To Reach Second Round in New Haven (August 20, 2017) NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - Eighteen years after reaching her maiden Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon, Mirjana Lucic-Baroni is enjoying a career renaissance in … [Read more...]
Bouchard Stops Sharapova in Second Round of Madrid Open; Second Seed Pliskova Loses
Bouchard Stops Sharapova in Second Round of Madrid Open; Second Seed Pliskova Loses (May 8, 2017) One of the more outspoken players against Maria Sharapova’s return to the tennis tour, backed up her “trash talk” with a second round win … [Read more...]
Madrid Open: Sharapova Not Yet Worried About a Wimbledon Wild Card, Faces Bouchard Next
Madrid Open: Sharapova Not Yet Worried About a Wimbledon Wild Card, Faces Bouchard Next (May 7, 2017) Maria Sharapova advanced to the second round of the Madrid Open to set up a match against one of her harshest critics since returning her 15-month … [Read more...]
An All-Williams Australian Open Final as Serena Beats Lucic-Baroni
Embed from Getty Images (January 26, 2017) It will be the ninth all-Williams final for a major title on Saturday night. Serena Williams joined her sister Venus in the Australia Open final by easily defeating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2, 6-1 … [Read more...]
Thirty-Somethings Serena Williams and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni to meet in Australian Open Semifinal
(January 25, 2017) Serena Williams reached her 34th major semifinal on Wednesday defeating No. 9 seed Johanna Konta of Great Britain 6-2, 6-3 at the Australian Open in Melbourne. The 35-year-old Williams, seeded No. 2 will play 34-year-old … [Read more...]
Serena Williams Moves into Australian Open Quarterfinals
(January 23, 2017) Serena Williams overcame her greatest challenge so far at the Australian Open advancing to the quarterfinals on Monday with 7-5, 6-4 over Barbora Strycova. There were seven breaks of serve in the first set and … [Read more...]