Serena Williams, the future No. 1 player in the world come Monday, was defeated in the Qatar Open finals on Sunday by defending champion Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3. Azarenka ended her 10-match losing streak against Williams to earn her 16th title. She had not defeated Williams since 2009, and had a 1-11 record [...]
Serena Williams Captures Brisbane International Title
January 5, 2013 | Posted by
Serena Williams captured the Brisbane International title on Saturday as she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-1 in the final, which was over in less than an hour. Williams is continuing her resurgence that she began in the second half 2012 season. She has won 35 of her last 36 matches, which include titles at Wimbledon, the [...]
Serena Williams Shifting Attention to 2013 Grand Slam Sweep
December 30, 2012 | Posted by
Serena Williams is shifting her attention to winning all four Grand Slam championships heading into the 2013 season as she prepares for the Australian Open in January. The 31-year-old Williams is coming off a Sunday victory over fellow American Varvara Lepchenko in the first-round of the Brisbane International. Williams needed less than hour to defeat Lepchenko 6-2, [...]
Serena Williams Wins 1st Match At WTA Championships
October 24, 2012 | Posted by
In her first match since winning the U.S. Open title in September, Serena Williams defeated Angelique Kerber in two sets 6-4, 6-1 Tuesday at the WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Williams appeared to be rusty, serving less than 50 percent during the match and struggled with her rhythm throughout. “I felt okay,” Williams said. “Just [...]
Caroline Wozniacki defeats Samantha Stosur for Kremlin Cup
October 21, 2012 | Posted by
Danish superstar Caroline Wozniacki won the Kremlin Cup Sunday after defeating Samantha Stosur of Australia in three sets for her 20th career title. Coming into Sunday’s match both women played for more than two hours and three sets in their semifinals wins on Saturday. Sunday was no different as third seeded Wozniacki, skated past top [...]
Serena Williams: Unmatched in Focus and Ferocity
September 4, 2012 | Posted by
Serena Williams shouts, shrieks, squats, slouches, grimaces, huffs and puffs, grits her teeth and purses her lips and, on occasion, stares into her racket as if it were a mirror magnifying every little wrinkle and imperfection. And this is when she is winning. Such is the agony and the ecstasy of Williams, once questioned for [...]
Former World No. 1 Andy Roddick To Call It Quits After U.S. Open
August 31, 2012 | Posted by
The world’s former top-ranked player says he’s had enough and is calling it quits on his tennis career following the ongoing U.S. Open. Andy Roddick, whose win at Flushing Meadows in 2003 ranks as the biggest in his career, made the stunning announcement Thursday, his 30th birthday. “I’ll make this short and sweet: I’ve decided [...]
Taking In The U.S. Open Tennis Tournament Like an A-Lister
August 2, 2012 | Posted by
The U.S. Open, one of New York’s most anticipated summer events, is held at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens from Monday, August 27 to Sunday, September 9, 2012. The big-ticket event draws the best tennis players from across the world and thousands of their fans to New York City. Music and Commerce, [...]
U.S. Open: Tiger Woods Flops; Webb Simpson Pulls It Out
June 18, 2012 | Posted by
In the first 35 minutes, it was over for Tiger Woods Sunday. He needed to post a number in the final round of the 112th U.S. Open to apply pressure on leaders Greame McDowell and Jim Furyk. Instead, what he posted was borderline embarrassing: he went bogey, bogey and double bogey on the first three [...]
US Open Golf 2012: Tiger Woods Falls Back, Needs Big Round Today
June 17, 2012 | Posted by
US Open Golf 2012 – If Tiger Woods is to win his 15th major championship today, it will take an effort unlike Saturday’s third round play at the U.S. Open. And because of his spotty play, he will have to do something he hasn’t done in the previous 14 — come from behind. Woods had [...]
