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More to be thankful for than the Detroit Lions
Peter Bodo...keeping with the theme of the holiday, let's make a short list of certain ATP and WTA icons we should be thankful for as the tennis year comes grinding to a halt. Roger Federer...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009Year-end title critical for Safina -- and her reputation
Peter Bodo...the eight qualifiers who have convened in Doha, Qatar, to hold a tug-of-war for the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships title -- theoretically, the most important title after the four majors. We'll take the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009Moving the year-ender to London a fruitful decision
Peter Bodo...in terms of fees and royalties. It's the same consideration that has landed the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships in Doha, or Dough-ha. Basically, the ATP went for the best deal, not necessarily...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009Give 'em a break -- they sure do need one
Peter Bodo...doesn't it? So what do all these resurgences suggest for the long term? Quite a bit. WTA pros now must realize that, as Henin used to say in her signature ad campaign for Adidas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009Will Henin follow in the footsteps of Clijsters?
Peter Bodo...overnight, she became the U.S. Open champion. Clijsters never put it this bluntly, but watching the WTA carnival from the end of last year through most of 2009 convinced her that since nobody else...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2009A-game too much to ask before U.S. Open
Peter Bodo...The game is an unstable chemical compound these days, and it's even more pronounced on the WTA side of the fence. We saw how Venus and Serena Williams were both upset one tournament ago...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 21, 2009Un-quitting the smart move for Clijsters?
Peter Bodo...taste for dog meat. So now she's back among us and raising holy hell on the WTA Tour at the debut tournament of her comeback, The Western and Southern Financial Women's Open, in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2009Tales of two newly minted champions
Peter Bodo...tough and gritty three-set upset of heavily favored Venus Williams in the Stanford final on Sunday, WTA outlier Marion Bartoli said: "It was the best effort I ever gave on court." Far down the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 03, 2009Maria, do you really aspire to be a "brand"?
Peter Bodo...on Maria here, given that she's got plenty of other things to worry about (like the WTA gravy train leaving her behind, due to that debilitating shoulder injury that's kept her off the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 23, 2009Allaster's hire more than just the next logical step?
Peter BodoStacey Allaster is the new chairman and CEO of the WTA Tour, and it's interesting to contrast her selection with that of Adam Helfant, the relatively new...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 13, 2009Among tennis' women, only chaos reigns No. 1
Peter BodoEver since Justine Henin retired last spring, the WTA has degenerated into a free-for-all, with every title up for grabs and the world No...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "wta" make the list?