A new Aussie star on the rise?
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...turned-Serb-turned-Australian moved into the third round with a win over No. 17 seed Anna Chakvetadze. Dokic, of course, is the poster child for Aussie prodigies gone wrong; since she reached the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 21, 2009Time for Dementieva to break through
Abigail Lorge, TENNIS.com...Garros and Svetlana Kuznetsova in New York. While other Russians like Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina and Anna Chakvetadze have taken star turns on the tour, Dementieva has remained a consistent but inconspicuous presence in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2008Wretched WTA hard-court swing
James Martin, TENNIS.com...Los Angeles, where she was upset in the semifinals. The No. 6 player in the world, Anna Chakvetadze, took the unusual step of competing in both events, though despite her ranking, she crashed and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2008Massacre In The Making
Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.com...It's a D-team The Russians, meanwhile, have world No.4 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 7 Anna Chakvetadze, No. 17 Dinara Safina and No. 44 Elena Vesnina, and possibly No. 14 Vera Zvonareva on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 23, 2008Do-over in the desert
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...was near the top tier of young WTA hopefuls, along with Ana Ivanovic, Nicole Vaidisova, and Anna Chakvetadze. Well, Ivanovic and Chakvetadze are now No. 2 and No. 6, respectively, while Safarova, who has...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2008Aussie Disappointments
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...lasted just one more round before Aussie unknown Casey Dellacqua put her out of our misery. Anna Chakvetadze: Seeded 6th after making great strides last year, Chakvetadze was in a prime position to join...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 01, 2008Dreamy tennis from Sharapova
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...the third to beat Camille Pin in the first round in Melbourne in 2007, and that Anna Chakvetadze played her very tough in the quarters. And here's something else: Ivanovic is not yet...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 25, 2008Freaky Slam
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comWimbledon is the traditional Grand Slam event, Roland Garros is the iron (wo)man major and the U.S. Open is the grueling jewel in the lineup. That lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 11, 2008What's in store for 2008?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...5 Maria Sharapova: She must show that the game is not leaving her behind. No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze: She must break through to where Jankovic and Ivanovic are today and worry about the rest...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 28, 2007Last woman standing
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...with a knee injury Wednesday -- after losing the first set of her round-robin pairing with Anna Chakvetadze). Maria Sharapova, the third Big Dogette of the year-end championships, still towers in the draw...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 08, 2007Playing the percentages
Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.com...day will do it. Chance of defeating Henin: 30 percent Record vs. Henin: 6-6 5. Anna Chakvetadze: Fulfilled a long-time ambition by hitting the top five this year, but she's still...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2007Davis Cup double trouble
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...the Bryans' Messianic fervor, as well as their dazzling record. But tennis nuts also know who Anna Chakvetadze is. Outside the tennis bubble, the silence is icy and resounding. As Roger Federer likes to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2007A throwback worth watching
Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com...Szavay and the latest in a long line of accomplished young Russian women, 20-year-old Anna Chakvetadze. After the fall of Sharapova, it's Chakvetadze who has been left standing. That's hardly...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 06, 2007The "other" woman
Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.comAsked to name the women's semifinalists going into the U.S. Open, most would have named four out of these six names -- Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2007Prepping for Wimbledon
Kamakshi Tandon, TENNIS.com...match three times, but couldn't snatch victory away from a ruthless Sharapova. An emotionally wrought Anna Chakvetadze was the next to fall. Sharapova's exit, when it came, was as quiet as her...
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