Category: Elena Dementieva
By Tennis Guru on Jul 20, 2011 in Elena Dementieva, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Former world number three Elena Dementieva, who retired from the WTA tour at the end of 2010 season, has entered a new phase in her life after marrying longtime boyfriend Maxim Afinogenov, a hockey star, at a memorable ceremony at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Moscow, Russia on July 16, 2011. The wedding took place [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 10, 2010 in ATP, Elena Dementieva, Featured, Madrid Open, watch online tennis, WTA | 0 Comments
The Magic Box Tennis Stadium, the venue of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open has been hailed as one “of the greatest sporting facilities in the world” and it is very fitting that the best male and female tennis players in the world are in Madrid to compete for the top prize in this competition, a [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 26, 2010 in Australian Open, Elena Dementieva, Featured, Justine Henin, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Justine Henin advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open after the former world number one dispatched Nadia Petrova of Russia 76 75 in a tight quarterfinal match. The Belgian returned from a 20-month long retirement and has produced great results since her comeback. She finished runner up at a warmup tournament. The Australian Open [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 20, 2010 in Australian Open, Elena Dementieva, Featured, Justine Henin, tennis results | 0 Comments
High quality tennis is expected to take place tonight as fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva faces returning former world number one Justine Henin in the second round of competitions in this year’s Australian Open. Dementieva easily ousted compatriot Vera Dushevina 62 61 on Monday. Henin, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, returned to competitive tennis two weeks ago [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 16, 2010 in Elena Dementieva, Featured, Serena Williams, Sydney International, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Elena Dementieva of Russia successfully defended the Sydney International title after she defeated top-seed Serena Williams 63 62 at the Olympic tennis center on Friday. Williams had problems with her left knee during the match but the American world number one said that the injury was not serious and that she can still compete at [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 14, 2010 in Elena Dementieva, Featured, Serena Williams, Sydney International, Tennis News, WTA | 2 Comments
World number one Serena Williams was in a brink of defeat before battling back to beat Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 36 75 64 to reach the Sydney International final. She will face a familiar opponent, Russia’s Elena Dementieva, for the title. The top ranked player lost the first set and was 5-2 down in the second [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 31, 2009 in ATP, Elena Dementieva, Featured, WTA | 0 Comments
Russian world number four Elena Dementieva and American Sam Querrey clinched the 2009 Olympus US Open Series women’s and men’s titles respectively after both players accumulated enough points based on their spectacular performances for the past few weeks. Dementieva will now attempt to duplicate the feat of Belgian former world number one Kim Clijsters in [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 25, 2009 in Andy Murray, ATP, Elena Dementieva, Tennis News, US Open, WTA | 0 Comments
Their impressive finishes for the past few weeks propelled Andy Murray of Great Britain and Elena Dementieva of Russia to clinch the top spots in men’s and women’s fields respectively after the fifth week of the US Open Series rankings. With only the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament remaining, there’s a big possibility that these two [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 25, 2009 in Elena Dementieva, Maria Sharapova, Rogers Cup, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Russian Elena Dementieva suddenly became a strong contender in the upcoming U.S. Open after she won the prestigious Rogers Cup title last Sunday, beating compatriot Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3. The title win also propelled the Russian atop the US Open Series rankings. This served as the first time for an all-Russian final in the tournament’s [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 16, 2009 in Cincinnati Masters - Open, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Rogers Cup, Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
World number one Dinara Safina proved that she’s the most consistent player in the women’s tour right now after reaching the final of the Cincinnati Open on Saturday. The Russian defeated Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals.This is Safina’s eighth final out of 14 tournaments she joined this season. “Every match I [...]