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Dementieva vs. Henin in Second Round Blockbuster
The biggest match of the first week in terms of star power without a doubt will be tonight's show down between #5 Elena Dementieva and unranked Justine Henin, who is different from most unranked players out there in the sense that she has seven grand slam titles to her name. Henin leads the head...
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...
Schiavone Wins Second Title in Moscow
A week of some of the most lackluster tennis the Moscow crowds have ever been subjected to ended with a thud Sunday, as eighth-seed Francesca Schiavone defeated unseeded Olga Govortsova 6-3, 6-0 to win the women's singles title at the Kremlin Cup. With the win Schiavone improves her career record...
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...
Dementieva Beats Sharapova, Wins Toronto
In a battle of the top blonde Russian screamers, it was the blonder, louder, and more Russian player who prevailed. With fiance Maxim Afinogenov ecstatic in the stands, Elena Dementieva defeated Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 to win the Rogers Cup in Toronto. While neither was especially consistent, both...
Dementieva Avenges Wimbledon Semifinal, Works Over Serena
With decidedly stoked fiance Maxim Afinogenov in the stands, Elena Dementieva overcame early shakiness to roll Serena Williams 7-6(2), 6-1, avenging her heartbreaking loss to Williams in the semifinals of Wimbledon just under two months ago. With Serena's serve misfiring somewhat, Dementieva was...
Jankovic Wins Cincinnati, Another Poor Final for Safina
In yet another letdown in the final of a big tournament, Dinara Safina fell to Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-2 in the final of Cincinnati. The match was hardly as close as the score would let on, with Jankovic in control from the get-go. Jankovic's steady defense and counter-punching quickly undid...
Jankovic Prevails in Typical WTA Drama
WTA Cincinnati coverage For the second time this week, a battle of Eastern European women in Cincinnati ended by the score of 7-6, 0-6, 7-6. #5 Jelena Jankovic was on the winning end of this one, defeating #4 Elena Dementieva in a match that lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. Jankovic had triple match...
Bartoli Bounces Back
I didn't think Marion Bartoli had much of a chance of beating Samantha Stosur in the semifinals of Stanford. I didn't think so after the first set, which Bartoli won 6-3, and I certainly didn't think so after the second set, which Stosur took convincingly, 6-1. But there Bartoli was, breaking...
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