By Tennis Guru on Mar 7, 2012 in ATP, BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis, WTA | 5 Comments
The BNP Paribas Open 2012 is the first of nine ATP 1000 events of the season. It is also a dual gender event that takes place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Both the men’s and women’s singles winners this year will receive $1 million each, the biggest prize payout outside of the Grand Slam [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 5, 2012 in ATP, BNP Paribas Open, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 3 Comments
Former top-five player David Nalbandian; Americans Sam Querrey, Jack Sock, Denis Kudla, Robby Ginepri, Irina Falconi, Sloane Stephens, Jamie Hampton, Coco Vandeweghe, Lauren Davis and Jill Craybas; and Sania Mirza and Urszula Radwanska were granted wildcards into the main draws of the BNP Paribas Open, to be held March 5-18 at the Indian Wells Tennis [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 5, 2012 in ATP, Sony Ericsson Open, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open announced it has extended main draw wildcards to seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, former world No. 5 Chilean Fernando Gonzalez and former world No. 3 David Nalbandian from Argentina. The women’s main draw begins on Tuesday, March 20, while the men’s main draw kicks off the following day on [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 5, 2012 in Andy Roddick, ATP, Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Press Release, Roger Federer, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
MSG Sports and StarGames have announced a comprehensive broadcast plan for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown that involves ESPN to broadcast the much-anticipated matches live from Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 5 featuring world number two-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia playing former world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and world number three Roger [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 27, 2012 in Agnieszka Radwanska, Dubai Tennis Championships, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, tennis results, WTA | 0 Comments
Agnieszka Radwanska was nearly gone in the first round but found a way to survive, and now she’s the new champion at the prestigious Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – as well as the new World No.5. The No.5-seeded Radwanska had a rocky start to the week, having to fight back from 5-3 down in [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 27, 2012 in Tennis Feature, Tennis News, tennis results, WTA | 0 Comments
Sofia Arvidsson capped another perfect week at her best tournament on Saturday night, beating Marina Erakovic in straight sets for the second WTA title of her career at the Memphis International. Arvidsson, who was playing the final here for the third time – she won the title in 2006 and was a runner-up to Maria [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 21, 2012 in Monterrey Open, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Former top-ranked Serena Williams has pulled out of this week’s Monterrey Open because of an ankle injury. The WTA has reportedly informed the tournament organizers about the withdrawal on Saturday. Williams did not accept the wild-card invitation because she’s still recovering from the injury she sustained earlier this year at a tournament in Brisbane, Australia. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 21, 2012 in Qatar Open, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, Victoria Azarenka, WTA | 0 Comments
Victoria Azarenka fought injury and an even bigger target on her back but emerged victorious in Doha this week, not even losing a set en route to her third straight WTA title at the Premier-level Qatar Total Open. Playing her first tournament as the new World No.1, Azarenka stepped it up in a big way, [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 21, 2012 in Tennis News, tennis results, WTA | 0 Comments
Nineteen-year-old Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino wasn’t one of the favorites at the start of the week at the XX Copa BBVA Colsanitas – ranked No.174, playing in just her third WTA main draw and facing a 5-2 third set deficit in her opening match, it seemed like the dream was over. But in the high altitudes [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 13, 2012 in Pattaya Open, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, tennis results, WTA | 0 Comments
Facing an inspired opponent on a new breath of life, Daniela Hantuchova wouldn’t let go as she sought the first sucessful title defense of her career, coming from a set down and battling three hours and 14 minutes to beat Maria Kirilenko and reign again at the PTT Pattaya Open. Hantuchova won the International-level title [...]