We can’t get enough of the practice courts (and practice field) at Indian Wells. Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Robin Soderling, Gilles Simon, the Spanish Armada, Justine Henin and Caroline Wozniacki worked on their strokes and their foot work on Thursday. Anna Chakvetadze looked on while Marcos Baghdatis, Juan Monaco, Gaston Gaudio et. al played a [...]

Photos from Wednesday’s Day Session at the LA Women’s Tennis Championships.
Interesting results so far:
Safina def. Hantuchova: 6-2, 6-4
Zheng def. Vesnina: 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Stosur def. Kirilenko: 6-2, 6-4
Chakvetadze def. Kleybanova: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
A. Radwanska def. Sugiyama: 6-2, 6-1
U. Radwanska def. Cibulkova: 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4
Li def Wozniak: 4-6. 2-6, 6-3
Petrova def. Peer: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Pennetta def Vandewegh [...]

The LA Women’s Tennis Championships kicks off today in Carson, California, a WTA Tour Premier Level event with a solid draw that includes Dinara Safina, Ana Ivanovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva and Maria Sharapova.
The top seeds attended today’s all-access media hour, here’s some of what they had to say:
Ana Ivanovic on moving up and down [...]

Young up-and-comers Azarenka, Cibulkova, Alona Bondarenko and Chakvetadze go cheesecake for French FHM.
I’d prefer a Tonsga, Monaco, Ferrer and Bolelli bikini shoot, but I guess these photos weren’t meant for me.
On a newsy note, Cibulkova beat Bondarenko in the first round of Roland Garros. Azarenka is  still in it but Ana was knocked out of [...]