Reason No. 3 to watch the U.S. Open
Ravi Ubha, ESPN.com...field. She's been darn close to being upset earlier than expected at Melbourne and London. Victoria Azarenka was on the way to victory in the fourth round Down Under when a heat-induced...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009Reason No. 6 to watch the U.S. Open
Ravi Ubha, ESPN.com...in Toronto this week, Clijsters notched the biggest win of her comeback, eliminating the fearless Belorussian Victoria Azarenka. The Belgian, however, lost a tight three-setter to 2008 year-end No. 1 Jelena Jankovic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 21, 2009Blake not the only player singing the blues
Tom Perrotta, TENNIS.comWhile tennis takes the equivalent of its All-Star break, we look ahead to the last leg of the season, the bruising American hard-court season. Here ar...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 14, 2009Bracket busters: Six poised to excel at Wimby
Peter Bodo...were a bona fide Englishman, a la Tim Henman. Braketologists probably will love his draw. 4. Victoria Azarenka. This player is a little powderkeg and a perfect example of what might be called a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 19, 2009Former No. 1 Ivanovic still in free fall
James Martin, TENNIS.com...in confidence and high on unforced errors. In the fourth round, the game's latest upstart, Victoria Azarenka, schooled Ivanovic 6-2, 6-3. Now, as Wimbledon approaches, Ivanovic finds herself positioned outside the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2009Don't bet on Serena's winning the calendar Slam
Abigail Lorge, TENNIS.comWhen it comes to statistics, I'm no Nate Silver (although I did waste far too much time on Silver's FiveThirtyEight.com last year in the lead-up to th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2009Five imperative questions heading into the clay
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comWhoever wrote the script for the tennis year clearly didn't know a lot about writing good drama. The first act of the season ought to end, not begin, ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009How will the rest of the season shape up?
Tom Perrotta, TENNIS.com...tennis, though, not after leaving Paris and London empty-handed for the second straight year. 4. Victoria Azarenka, perhaps the next true champion in women's tennis, seems to get better by the day...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2009We have learned that we have a lot to learn
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comNow that the second major chapter of the tennis year has been written, read and closed, we're entitled to ask: What takeaways do we have following tho...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "victoria azarenka" make the list?