By Tennis Guru on Jul 31, 2009 in Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Britain’s top-ranked female tennis player Anne Keothavong won’t be competing for the rest of the 2009 WTA season due to serious knee injury she incurred during a doubles match on Tuesday at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California. A scan conducted on Wednesday saw a serious torn in her left knee which [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 31, 2009 in Featured, Rafael Nadal, Tennis Feature | 2 Comments
Rafael Nadal‘s return to tennis may not happen at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada in the next couple of weeks if it is based on a recent interview he made at a Spanish television network. “I have to wait and see how I continue to recover because I’ve only been back training for a [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 31, 2009 in Bank of the West Classic, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
The Williams sisters, Elena Dementieva and Jelena Jankovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic, a $700,000 WTA Premier tournament, on Thursday. It won’t be an easy road to the semifinals for the aforementioned players as formidable players await in the scheduled Friday matches.
By Tennis Guru on Jul 28, 2009 in Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
Tennis legend Pete Sampras was honored during the opening night of the LA Tennis Open following an exciting exhibition match against Russian Marat Safin. It was a memorable “Millennium Challenge” exhibition match between the two former top-ranked players. In fact it was sort of a rematch of the US Open 2000 final with Safin once [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 28, 2009 in Bank of the West Classic, Maria Sharapova, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Former world number one Maria Sharapova struggled but still managed to win her first round match at the Bank of the West Classic against Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 on Monday. The $700,000 WTA Premier event is currently held at Stanford, California. Sharapova, now ranked 62nd in the world, won her 12th out [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 27, 2009 in ATP, Suisse Open, watch online tennis | 0 Comments
The € 450,000 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad 2009, an ATP 250 event, takes place this week at the picturesque town of Gstaad in southwestern Switzerland. Defending champion Victor Hanescu of Romania has entered the tournament as the fourth seed. Leading the men’s field is Swiss pride Stanislas Wawrinka. Here are the top eight seeds of [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 27, 2009 in ATP, Indianapolis Tennis Championships, International German Open, tennis results, WTA | 0 Comments
Here are the winners of ATP and WTA tournaments held from July 19 to 26, 2009: Banka Koper Slovenia Open (WTA) – Portoroz, Slovenia Singles: Dinara Safina (RUS) Doubles: Julia Goerges / Vladimira Uhlirova Prize Money: $37,000 (singles), $11,000 (doubles) Nurnberger Gastein Ladies (WTA) – Bad Gastein, Austria Singles: Andrea Petkovic (GER) Doubles: Lucie Hradecka [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 27, 2009 in Bank of the West Classic, watch online tennis, WTA | 2 Comments
The $700,000 Bank of the West Classic, a WTA Premier tournament, takes place this week in Stanford, California. Eight of the world’s top 15 players are entered in this event including sisters Serena and Venus Williams who are the top two seeds. Defending champion Aleksandra Wozniak is also entered in this tournament. Here are the [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 27, 2009 in Istanbul Cup, watch online tennis, WTA | 0 Comments
The $220,ooo Istanbul Cup, a WTA International tournament, takes place this week in Istanbul, Turkey. Due to changes in the WTA tour calendar this year, this tennis event shifted from claycourt to hardcourt which gives its players a great opportunity to warm up before the US Open. Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska has not entered the [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 26, 2009 in ATP, Croatia Open, Tennis News, watch online tennis | 0 Comments
The € 450,000 Studena Croatia Open 2009, an ATP 250 event, takes place this week in Umag, Croatia. Defending champion Fernando Verdasco of Spain has not entered this tournament. Leading the men’s field is Russian Nikolay Davydenko. Here are the top eight seeds of the singles event: Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[1], David Ferrer (ESP)[2], Viktor Troicki [...]