Triumphs to tears: Assessing the 2009 WTA stars
Abigail Lorge, TENNIS.comWith a mid-tier event currently being played in Bali and the Italians hosting the U.S. in this weekend's Fed Cup final, the WTA tour's winter break ha...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009Serena right where she belongs
Peter BodoSomeone reviewing the major stories of the WTA season could be forgiven for looking back on the brouhaha attending Dinara Safina's tenure as the No. 1...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009Where does Safina go from here?
Ravi Ubha, ESPN.comFor those still interested in who would finish the year as women's No. 1, well, you got your answer earlier than expected in Doha. Yes, Serena Willia...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009Does Clijsters deserve exemption into year-ender?
Sandra Harwitt, ESPN.com...the top eight 2009 point winners: Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic. If a Grand Slam champion rule existed for the WTA Tour...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009Year-end title critical for Safina -- and her reputation
Peter BodoWith the season-ending championships coming up, let's look at what the stakes are for each of the eight qualifiers who have convened in Doha, Qatar, t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009Reason 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. 8 to watch the U.S. Open
Ravi Ubha, ESPN.com...quarterfinal showing in Montreal, means the two-time U.S. Open semifinalist is more than dangerous. Victoria Azarenka knows no fear and downed Williams in her own backyard in April. Sure, the latter wasn...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 18, 2009Reason No. 9 to watch the U.S. Open
Ravi Ubha, ESPN.com...too. (Safina recently injured her hand trying to open one with a knife.) Maybe Elena Dementieva, Victoria Azarenka, Svetlana Kuznetsova or Jelena Jankovic can aid Safina by derailing Williams. Or Serena might go dancing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 17, 2009Can Clijsters' game still stand up?
Peter BodoThe WTA hard-court season is about to heat up out in Cincinnati, with 18 of the top 20 women committed at the Western & Southern Financial Group W...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 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, 2009Serena having trouble backing up boasts
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...running. If you think back to that Australian Open, you'll remember that a fit, eager Victoria Azarenka had Serena in plenty of trouble in the quarterfinals before illness forced Azarenka to quit while...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 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, 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, 2009Time is ripe for mentally mature Zvonareva
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...neat double at the BNP Paribas Open, winning the singles as well as the doubles (with Victoria Azarenka). This one was a long time coming. Zvonareva has remarkable skills as a tennis player. She...
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