Can she defend her title at BNP Paribas Open 2014?
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Maria Sharapova pulls out from WTA Championships in Istanbul
Maria Sharapova will miss this years WTA Championships in Istanbul because of a right shoulder problem. She has pulled out from the tournament to recover from her shoulder injury.
Sharapova said: "I am very disappointed that I will not be able to play in the WTA Championships this year. The fans in Istanbul have welcomed us each year with such intense passion and warmth.
"I will sincerely miss the energy and excitement they brought to the year-end-tournament. I want to thank istanbul for being a tremendous host and hope to play in Turkey sometime in the future."
Due to Sharapova's withdrawal it means that former champion petro Kvitova, Sara Errani and Jelena Jankovic have all qualified. They join Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Agnieszka Radwanska and Li Na, who had all already booked places at the WTA Championships, which begins on 22 October.
Only one spot remains at this tournament where Angelique kerber is in pole position.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
KDB Korea Open Winner
Agniezska Radwanska took home the title for this years KDB Korea Open. Will she be ble to be world number 1 in the future?
Monday, September 9, 2013
S. Williams interview after finals transcript
Q. Can you just talk about the bout of nerves when you served for the match twice in that second set?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I think I got a little uptight, which probably wasn't the best thing at that moment. I started to try to I wasn't playing very smart tennis then, so I just had to relax and not do that again. But I did it again. I don't know.
Q. Beginning of the tournament, any pressure on you to defend your title?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, there's always pressure to defend your title. I didn't feel a lot of pressure, but I knew I wanted to win. But I think, you know, losing a match before I got to the Open actually took a little bit of the pressure that was on me off of me, so it made it a little better.
Q. It's obvious that winning Grand Slams, they're all special experiences. But to win it having to sort of face that adversity that you did in the second set, overcome whatever hiccups were there and come back and win dominantly like that in the third, do you relish it all the more to have done it that way?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I think I got a little uptight, which probably wasn't the best thing at that moment. I started to try to I wasn't playing very smart tennis then, so I just had to relax and not do that again. But I did it again. I don't know.
Q. Beginning of the tournament, any pressure on you to defend your title?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, there's always pressure to defend your title. I didn't feel a lot of pressure, but I knew I wanted to win. But I think, you know, losing a match before I got to the Open actually took a little bit of the pressure that was on me off of me, so it made it a little better.
Q. It's obvious that winning Grand Slams, they're all special experiences. But to win it having to sort of face that adversity that you did in the second set, overcome whatever hiccups were there and come back and win dominantly like that in the third, do you relish it all the more to have done it that way?
Azarenka's interview after the finals transcript
Q. How would you describe your determination and Serena's determination once that match got going today?
VICTORIA AZARENKA: Well, I think it was raising, you know, from the first point the tension, the battle, the determination, it was raising really, you know, kind of like boiling the water or something. It felt from every point, you know, it was rising the level, and, yeah, it was a great match.
Q. As it went on, how much did you feel that tension?
VICTORIA AZARENKA: Well, you always feel it, you know, because you're in that moment. So you just try to stay tough and try to resist for whatever it takes.
Q. That second set obviously was just an amazing comeback on your part.
VICTORIA AZARENKA: Thank you.
Q. Talk about the emotions having completed, you know, and finished that set. But then going into the third set, was there a bit of almost a letdown emotionally?
VICTORIA AZARENKA: Well, I think it was raising, you know, from the first point the tension, the battle, the determination, it was raising really, you know, kind of like boiling the water or something. It felt from every point, you know, it was rising the level, and, yeah, it was a great match.
Q. As it went on, how much did you feel that tension?
VICTORIA AZARENKA: Well, you always feel it, you know, because you're in that moment. So you just try to stay tough and try to resist for whatever it takes.
Q. That second set obviously was just an amazing comeback on your part.
VICTORIA AZARENKA: Thank you.
Q. Talk about the emotions having completed, you know, and finished that set. But then going into the third set, was there a bit of almost a letdown emotionally?
Sunday, September 8, 2013
S. Williams and Azarenka Rivalry
The Azarenka–S. Williams rivalry is between tennis players Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Serena Williams of the United States of America, who are engaged in a modern day tennis rivalry. They have played each other twelve times with Serena Williams leading their head-to-head 11–1 and 7–0 in Grand Slam matches. Serena Williams eventually won the championship in nine out of the eleven times she has defeated Victoria Azarenka
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Emirates Airlines US Open Series Standings
The Emirates airlines US Open Series is the five week summer tennis season that links nine North American hard-court tournaments to the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open
Bonus Challenge
Beginning in July and showcasing 200 of the game's top players competing for nearly $40 million in prize money, The Emirates Airlines US Open Series awards bonus points based on performance at each of its events. The top three men's and top three women's finishers all earn bonus prize money at the US Open, with the champions of the Series Bonus Challenge having the opportunity to win $1 million in bonus prize money in Flushing Meadows.
Here's the current points standings
ATP
WTA
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Cincy Open Semis Results
Finals will be between
Rafael Nadal vs John Isner
Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka
Friday, August 16, 2013
Marion Bartoli Bids Farewell to Professional Tennis
The Frenchwoman made the announcement after losing 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to Simona
Halep in the second round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
Bartoli, who beat Sabine Lisicki in the final at the All England Club last
month to claim her first grand slam title, said in quotes reported on wtatennis.com:
"That was actually the last match of my career. Sorry.
"It's time for me to retire and call it a career. I feel it's time for me
to walk away actually."
Bartoli blamed a succession of injuries for her decision to call it a day -
citing in particular an Achilles problem which was troubling her on the
hardcourts.
"My body just can't do it anymore," she said. "I've already
been through a lot of injuries since the beginning of the year. I've been on
the tour for so long, and I really pushed through and left it all during
that Wimbledon.
"I really felt I gave all the energy I have left in my body. I made my dream a reality and it will stay with me forever, but now my body just can't cope with everything.
"I have pain everywhere after 45 minutes or an hour of play. I've been doing this for so long, and body-wise I just can't do it anymore."
Bartoli said she had played through the pain to realise her childhood dream of winning Wimbledon this summer.
She said: "When you dream about something for so long and you've been on tour for many, many, many years and you've been through ups and downs and highs and lows and already a lot of injuries since the beginning of the year, my body was really starting to fall apart, and I was able to keep it together, go through a lot of pain throughout Wimbledon, and still make it happen.
"That was probably the last little bit of something that was left inside me."
Asked what she plans to do next, she said: "There are so many things to do in life rather than playing tennis, so I'm sure I'll find something. I just need a bit of time to settle down.
"There is some excitement as a tennis player. There is a lot of excitement as a woman. There is a lot of excitement as a wife. There is a lot of excitement as a mother. There is a lot of excitement to come up.
"Obviously I'm excited to live my future, but I will have time to think about it in the months, years to come."
Bartoli was introduced to the sport by her father Walter, who remained as her coach for almost her entire career, giving up his job as a doctor to do so.
Noted for her individual style, she won the junior US Open title in 2001 and broke into the WTA top 100 two years later.
She won her first senior title in 2006 in Auckland and cracked the top 10 the following year.
In 2011 she reached the semi-finals of the French Open, but it was this summer - when she claimed the Wimbledon title without dropping a set - that she achieved her crowning glory.
She also achieved a record in doing so, winning her first grand slam title at the 47th attempt - surpassing the previous high of 45, set by Jana Novotna.
Transcript from
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/10243997/Wimbledon-champion-Marion-Bartoli-retires-from-tennis.html
"I really felt I gave all the energy I have left in my body. I made my dream a reality and it will stay with me forever, but now my body just can't cope with everything.
"I have pain everywhere after 45 minutes or an hour of play. I've been doing this for so long, and body-wise I just can't do it anymore."
Bartoli said she had played through the pain to realise her childhood dream of winning Wimbledon this summer.
She said: "When you dream about something for so long and you've been on tour for many, many, many years and you've been through ups and downs and highs and lows and already a lot of injuries since the beginning of the year, my body was really starting to fall apart, and I was able to keep it together, go through a lot of pain throughout Wimbledon, and still make it happen.
"That was probably the last little bit of something that was left inside me."
Asked what she plans to do next, she said: "There are so many things to do in life rather than playing tennis, so I'm sure I'll find something. I just need a bit of time to settle down.
"There is some excitement as a tennis player. There is a lot of excitement as a woman. There is a lot of excitement as a wife. There is a lot of excitement as a mother. There is a lot of excitement to come up.
"Obviously I'm excited to live my future, but I will have time to think about it in the months, years to come."
Bartoli was introduced to the sport by her father Walter, who remained as her coach for almost her entire career, giving up his job as a doctor to do so.
Noted for her individual style, she won the junior US Open title in 2001 and broke into the WTA top 100 two years later.
She won her first senior title in 2006 in Auckland and cracked the top 10 the following year.
In 2011 she reached the semi-finals of the French Open, but it was this summer - when she claimed the Wimbledon title without dropping a set - that she achieved her crowning glory.
She also achieved a record in doing so, winning her first grand slam title at the 47th attempt - surpassing the previous high of 45, set by Jana Novotna.
Transcript from
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/10243997/Wimbledon-champion-Marion-Bartoli-retires-from-tennis.html
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Toronto Open Semis Results
World number 1 S Williams will face Cirstea at the finals of Rogers Cup (Toronto Open)
Friday, August 9, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
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