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Dinara Safina Pulls Out of Wimbledon With Lower Back Injury
#20 seed Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon with a lower back injury, the same ailment that cut short her Australian Open and that kept her out of action in February, March, and most of April. Safina has been playing incredibly poorly for almost a year now, compiling a 5-6 record including...
Serena Wins Doha, Year-End #1 Ranking
In what can fairly be called an "all's well that ends well" situation for the WTA, Serena Williams finished off her season ranked #1 and undefeated at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, her first non-slam title of 2009. Serena beat her sister Venus 6-2, 7-6(4) in the finals of the...
Doha Round Robin Review
White Group #1 Dinara Safina (0-1, withdrew) Instead of the long, ugly defeats she had subjected innocent crowds to over and over again this fall, Dinara Safina decided to keep her run at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha mercifully short. After only two games in her first match against...
Doha Day 1 Preview
Three matches on the card for Day 1 in the desert of Doha, one from the White Group and two from the absurdly stronger Maroon Group. The way that the draw for these round robin tournaments works is pretty simple. The #1 and #2, #3 and #4, #5 and #6, and #7 and #8 players are paired off, and one...
Year End Championships in Doha Could Be Salvation for WTA
There really isn't any way around it--this has been a pretty crappy fall season for the WTA. Since an exciting tournament in Toronto which saw Elena Dementieva beat Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova on her way to the final, the WTA season has been a complete dud. Since Toronto, there have only...
Serena Williams Finally Re-Ascends to #1
After almost half-a-year of players and experts alike crying foul over the WTA ranking system, the undisputed best player in women's tennis is back on top of the charts. Serena Williams will move into the #1 ranking on Monday for the fourth time, after beating Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2 in the...
Marat Safin Going Out With a Whimper
Following a listless first round loss to Jurgen Melzer at the US Open, his final grand slam, Marat Safin continued to disappoint in Bangkok, losing to qualifier Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 7-6(4) in the second round of the PTT Thailand Open. Safin's loss is more surprising since he looked so sharp in...
From Russia, Without Quarterfinalists
One of the stories that hasn't been getting any coverage in mainstream media is how poor a tournament the 2009 US Open was for Russian tennis. With Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova falling in the fourth round Monday, the 2009 US Open became the first grand slam without a Russian...
US Open Day 2: Wins for Some Davids, Some Goliaths
Day 2 at the 2009 US Open, like most every early round at a grand slam, pitted some big favorites against some big underdogs. And while most Goliaths won as expected, there were a few Davids who managed to deliver fatal blows with their slingshots. Wins for Goliaths: Andy Murray GBR (2) def....
The Daily Forehand Talks to Olivia Rogowska
While the cameras and the focus of many fans will be set on world #1 Dinara Safina during her first round match at the US Open in the enormous Arthur Ashe Stadium, the eyes of many Australians (and hopefully those of you who read this) will often shift to her opponent, Australia's Olivia...
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