So the ladies’ draw is out for the Indian Wells tournament (click here) and the first question that comes to mind is: Really, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Caroline Wozniacki are the top seeds?
I mean no offense to either of these players – it’s just a jarring reminder that Serena (boycott) and Dinara (back) are not showing [...]

The citizens of Tennis Land are keeping busy, with five different players earning a spot in the winner’s circle this week. Let’s see who’s hoovering up the rankings points on Sunday:
In Paris, Elena Dementieva beat Lucie Safarova, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 for the Premier-level Open GDF SUEZ title. After losing in last year’s final to [...]

Here’s a quick peek at what’s going on in the tennis world this weekend.
In Paris we have the WTA’s Open GDF Suez, a Premier-level event without the Williams sisters, Clijsters or Henin. It’s nice to see Melanie Oudin taking advantage of both the draw and the confidence she gained last weekend in Fed Cup; she’s [...]

By now, all of our favorite players have taken a turn or two on the Australian Open catwalk. And a few have already been “Auf’ed”  – though not for their tennis fashion sense. We’ll take care of the rest. . .
THE WOMEN
Maria Sharapova wasn’t around for very long, but her dress certainly made an impression. [...]

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INTENSE. That’s the only way to describe the evening hours in Melbourne park on Wednesday. And it’s how Justine Henin described it after beating Elena Dementieva, 7-5, 7-6, in 2 hours and 50 minutes on Rod Laver Arena. “My heart was there 200%” Justine said. We didn’t hear from Dementieva court [...]

Big Day Three news: Svetlana Kuznetsova is playing in Rod Laver arena! And it’s not even the second week. Amazing.
But the real news on Wednesday Down Under involves Sveta’s countrywoman Elena Dementieva, who has the great misfortune of playing unseeded Justine Henin in the second round. It’s a drag to lose one of these women [...]

Yes, you are too sexy for that shirt. . .photo by REUTERS/Mick Tsikas via Daylife
Well, we have the latest crop of weekend winners, (almost) the last before the Australian Open starts on Monday. Winning a warm up the weekend before a major is tricky – it gives a player loads of confidence but can be [...]

Serena Williams lost 6-3, 6-2 to Elena “on a rampage” Dementieva in the finals of Sydney’s Medibank International tournament on Saturday. Williams was reportedly hampered by a leg injury – “limping and shuffling” during the match.
She looked pretty good during this point:

Serena, who was tested hard in her semi vs. Aravane Rezai, says she’s not [...]

Yes, tennis! There sure was a lot of it in 2009, the busy calendar combining with enough epic five setters to boggle the minds of the sharpest tennis savants. So let’s take advantage of the off season and savor some of our favorite tennis matches of 2009 – before the tours start up [...]

We’ve been treated to some riveting tennis so far at the WTA’s year ending championships in Doha.
Was today’s meeting between Vera Zvonareva and Caroline Wozniacki a tennis match or medieval torture porn? The blood poured (literally) in the second set, when Vera Zvonareva took a 5 minute medical timeout to treat a bloody nose. The [...]

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The best thing about the year ending championships is the format – from the very first day you have the best players playing against each other and the promise of seeing them again soon, win or lose.
The first match was an interesting one. YEC rookie, Victoria Azarenka, trounced former world number one Jelena [...]

Serena and Venus Williams, Dinara Safina and the rest of the WTA’s top eight gathered at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar on Sunday to take part in the Sony Ericsson Year End Championships draw ceremony. Here’s the lowdown on the draw via tennis.com:
WHITE GROUP:

Dinara Safina
Caroline Wozniacki
Victoria Azarenka
Jelena Jankovic

MAROON [...]