By Tennis Guru on May 20, 2009 in Featured, Maria Sharapova, Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
Returning Russian superstar Maria Sharapova stormed into Warsaw Open quarterfinals after easily dispatching lucky loser Darya Kustova of Belarus in two sets 6-2, 6-0. The Belarussian was a late replacement for tournament top-seed Caroline Wozniacki who had to pull out due to back injury. Sharapova, who’s been on singles hiatus for the past ten months [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 20, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Rafael Nadal, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number one Rafael Nadal became the first player to officially qualify for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals which will take place at the famous O2 Arena in London. The prestigious tournament, which features the world’s top eight singles players and eight doubles teams, will start on November 22. Other qualifiers are expected to [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 19, 2009 in Featured, French Open, Grand Slam, Tennis News | 1 Comment
The anti-doping measures for this year’s French Open have been further strengthened thanks (or no thanks?) to the presence of French agency AFLD (Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage). Both the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and AFLD will conduct random drug checks on players during the claycourt Grand Slam which starts on May 24. [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 19, 2009 in Davis Cup, Tennis News | 1 Comment
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is reportedly scheduled to make a decision onFriday whether to suspend the Australian team in next year’s Davis Cup. This is in relation with the latter’s forfeiture of its match against India which would have taken place last May 8-10 in Chennai. Former Australian tennis player Todd Woodbridge is hopeful [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 19, 2009 in ATP, Kei Nishikori, Tennis News | 2 Comments
Japan’s number one male tennis player Kei Nishikori has officially pulled out of next week’s French Open due to elbow injury. He has not played since his first round defeat at Indian Wells two months ago. The Japanese star won his first career title last year at Delray Beach as a qualifier, beating then top [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 19, 2009 in Featured, Maria Sharapova, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
The highly anticipated singles comeback of former world number one Maria Sharapova resulted with a first round victory at the Warsaw Open, a $600,000 Premier claycourt event. However, it was a scary situation for the Russian, who squandered a total of nine match points thereby losing the second set, but eventually managed to defeat Italian [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 18, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Ranking Watch, WTA | 0 Comments
World number one Dinara Safina solidified her stay atop the WTA Tour rankings after winning the inaugural Madrid Open on Sunday. She increased the gap between her and number two Serena Williams by almost two thousand points. Madrid runner-up Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark created history for her country by being the first Danish player to [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 18, 2009 in Tennis News, tennis results | 0 Comments
ATP Singles: Roger Federer €585,000 plus 1,000 ATP ranking points Doubles: Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic ( €218,000 plus 1,000 ATP rankings points) WTA Singles: Dinara Safina (€620,000 plus 1,000 WTA ranking points) Doubles: Cara Black/Liezel Huber (€196,000 plus 1,000 WTA ranking points)
By Tennis Guru on May 17, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis News | 2 Comments
World number two Roger Federer finally ended the title drought this year by winning the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, beating top-ranked Rafael Nadal in two sets 6-4, 6-4. The Swiss star also denied the Spaniard the chance to clinch all three ATP claycourt Masters title in a single year. Federer simply outplayed his rival, who [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 17, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
World number one Dinara Safina gave a strong statement to all the doubters of her capability as the top-ranked women’s player by overpowering ninth seed Danish teen Caroline Wozniacki to win the inaugural WTA Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open on Sunday.The score: 6-2, 6-4. On Friday, the Russian defended herself from critics who believe that she [...]
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