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Five Matches to Watch on Day 6 of the US Open
1. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[4] v. Kaia Kanepi (EST)[31] -- The song remains the same for Jankovic. She's been playing terribly all month, so anyone can beat her. Simona Halep and Mirjana Lucic each took a set off the #4 seed, and they're both ranked 60+ below Kanepi. But Kanepi's closing skills are...
Five Matches to Watch on Day 2 of the US Open
Here are my picks for the five best matches on the slate for Tuesday's Day 2 action at the US Open:1. Viktor Troicki (SRB) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] -- Two incredibly talented Serbs meet early than I'm sure they'd like to in this first round match on Arthur Ashe Stadium Tuesday afternoon. Troicki...
Maria Sharapova Beats the Heat, Svetlana Kuznetsova in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI--She makes an awful lot of money for being pretty. But in the last few years, Maria Sharapova has earned a living by winning ugly. In a performance that wasn't without blemishes, #9 seed Sharapova toughed out a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 victory over unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, a rare first round...
Wimbledon Fashion Preview From Nike: Serena, Sharapova, Federer, and Nadal
With the magic of photoshop, Nike has released composite images of what their four biggest stars (Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal) will look wearing their Wimbledon 2010 outfits. Maria Sharapova: See Serena's, Roger's, and Rafa's after the jump. Serena...
Sharapova Outlasts Azarenka in a Screamer
In a second round China Open match that came down to guts and experience as much as it did tennis, Maria Sharapova came back to defeat ninth-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-5. The match, which lasted just a minute shy of three hours, was full of wild momentum swings and drama, with both...
Sharapova Takes Tokyo
Maria Sharapova won the Toray Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo in only seven games Saturday, after a wrist injury to Jelena Jankovic stopped the match before the end of the first set. Sharapova was leading 5-2, 0-30* when Jankovic retired. This was Sharapova's fourth title in Tokyo, by far the...
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....
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...
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