Safina the beneficiary of a failed system
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...won a Grand Slam event before hitting that landmark ranking. The others are Marcelo Rios (ATP), Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters, and Jelena Jankovic. That four of those players labor for the WTA is telling...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 20, 2009Can sensational Serbs stop the slide?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...played miserably right up to and through Melbourne, and this week in Paris she lost to Amelie Mauresmo, a psychological enigma who traditionally stinks the joint out when she's playing in her home...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 15, 2009A little heart goes a long way
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...WTA top-fiver Svetlana Kuznetsova. By contrast, whom did Italy pop into the breach to face Amelie Mauresmo, former world No. 1 and multiple Grand Slam winner, and Alize Cornet, who's just 19...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 09, 2009U.S. women's tennis hitting a slump
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Schiavone. The French feature rising young star Alize Cornet and former Wimbledon and Australian Open champ Amelie Mauresmo. Obviously, Venus Williams and Serena Williams chose to pass up Fed Cup. That's consistent with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 06, 2009Not a snowball's chance to win Down Under
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...goes to the most out-of-shape guy on the tour (judging by waistline size). 4. Amelie Mauresmo: She had a career year in 2006, winning in Australia and at Wimbledon -- triumphs that seemed...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009C'mon, Amelie
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Martina Navratilova, who played in a singles main draw at Eastbourne at age 45-plus!). Now, Amelie Mauresmo is making noises about calling it quits. A few days ago, she told her native French...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 29, 2008C'mon, Amelie
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Martina Navratilova, who played in a singles main draw at Eastbourne at age 45-plus!). Now, Amelie Mauresmo is making noises about calling it quits. A few days ago, she told her native French...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 29, 2008Aussie Disappointments
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...is it with these Polish girls?) to join Kuzzie on the sidelines in the third round. Amelie Mauresmo: How does a multiple Grand Slam champion go to pieces like some high-strung poetess forced...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 01, 2008A family affair
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...off a year in which she had been roughed up in two Grand Slam finals by Amelie Mauresmo (Remember her? She's the one whose picture is on the milk carton alongside your box...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2007Russians deliver for home fans
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Davydenko, a pair of Russians who had struggled mightily this year, did what neither Lleyton Hewitt, Amelie Mauresmo nor Andy Murray has come close to achieving. They played their best tennis when it most...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2007Beauty of Fed Cup
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Saturday, with her team down 1-0, she beat a recent World No. 1, France's Amelie Mauresmo. In the "reverse singles" on Sunday, she fell behind against Tatiana Golovin 2-5 in the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 16, 2007Few, if any, obstacles for Henin
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...most suited to making it up as you go along. Then there's the defending champion Amelie Mauresmo. Last year, her win in London put her over the top as a legitimate first-tier...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 21, 2007Equality not always about money
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...still more than the top two women. Nikolay Davydenko (ATP No. 3) logged 96 matches, but Amelie Mauresmo, the WTA No. 3, played a measly 65. Williams, incidentally, squeezed just 16 matches (but note...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 29, 2007Tennis first for Sharapova
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...every stroke (drop shot: heeeeee-yah!), Sharapova is as professional and under-the-celebrity-radar as Amelie Mauresmo despite being such a hot marketing property. And here's something else. Yuri Sharapov, Shrieky's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 08, 2007Missing in action at Indian Wells
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...stuffing her mattress after completing a sweep of those revered, historic tournaments in Dubai and Doha. Amelie Mauresmo, No. 3, is surfing, or doing a wine tour of the Loire Valley, or maybe just...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2007TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "amelie mauresmo" make the list?