http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:56:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-report-day-6-clijsters-klubbed-djokovic-star-struck-nadal-ponders-ugly-shorts/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-report-day-6-clijsters-klubbed-djokovic-star-struck-nadal-ponders-ugly-shorts/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:47:15 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=17393 WTA stars continue to drop in the desert like beads of sweat from Rafa’s furrowed brow (or the deluge from Kleybanova’s ponytail). Sharapova, Henin, Ivanovic and Kuznetsova disappeared during the first week. On Monday 3rd-seeded Victoria Azarenka was bounced by 28-seed Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. No. 17 Shahar Peer took out No. 9 Flavia Pennetta. No. [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/03/15/indian-wells-report-day-6-clijsters-klubbed-djokovic-star-struck-nadal-ponders-ugly-shorts/feed/ 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:30:30 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16791 The trend this weekend in tennis: Firsts and seconds! Self-described “best friends” David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero met in a final for the second time in two weeks, with Ferrer avenging last weekend’s loss in Argentina with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win in Acapulco. With this victory, Ferrer scored his first title since 2008 and [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/feed/ 13 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/07/fed-cup-decisions-usa-italy-russia-and-czechs-advance-to-semifinals/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/07/fed-cup-decisions-usa-italy-russia-and-czechs-advance-to-semifinals/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:23:24 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16211 The Fed Cup drama continued on deciding Day 2, with two World Group ties being extended to a live fifth rubber and last year’s finalists showing off their dominance. Question # 1: Do you prefer the Davis Cup format, with doubles in the middle position, or Fed Cup, where it’s either an irrelevant “dead” rubber or [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/07/fed-cup-decisions-usa-italy-russia-and-czechs-advance-to-semifinals/feed/ 3 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/12/madrid-open-wta-highlights-venus-williams-out-jelena-jankovic-still-in/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/12/madrid-open-wta-highlights-venus-williams-out-jelena-jankovic-still-in/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 06:33:48 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=7441
The WTA side of the Madrid Open won’t be televised in the States until the weekend, so I thought I’d post some highlights here. Tuesday’s biggest upset was the newly minted World No. 3, Venus Williams, going down to Alisa “jerky head” Kleybanova in three sets. Here are the highlights: In the day session, Wozniacki [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/05/12/madrid-open-wta-highlights-venus-williams-out-jelena-jankovic-still-in/feed/ 0