Dominant players: Nadal and Serena win Rome, head into French as favorites
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams entered Madrid and Rome as the favorites and exited both locales with the same tag headed into Roland Garros: they won the Italian Open titles on Sunday by identical scores: 6-1 6-3, Williams beginning the day by zoning on Victoria Azarenka, and Nadal ending the day by doing much the [...]
Sharapova vs Serena again, this time in Madrid final
Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will both try and reach a round number on Sunday when they face off for the 15th time, on this occasion in the final of Madrid. Williams will be going for the 50th title, while Sharapova will go for No. 30. They have clearly been the WTA
Queens field grows even stronger
Andy Murray must adapt well to a change of surface next month if he is to win a third Queens title before Wimbledon after three former champions confirmed they will join the Aegon Championships field. Last year
TR Retro: Greatest WTA Match: Graf v. Seles, 1995 US Open Final
If there was a tennis match with more historical significance and human drama than the 1995 US Open final between embittered rivals Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, it did not occur in women’s tennis during the Open era. The WTA has boasted at least 25 fantastic high-level, well-played contests between significant players since 1968, but [...]
Perseverance pays off: Mattek-Sands belts Lisicki to reach Stuttgart semis
Take a look at a sample issue of the new Tennis Journal! Articles on Federer, Wozniacki Stephens & Keys, Janowicz, trends and much, much more. Click HERE for a free sample Sharapova beats Ivanovic in classic; Nadal to face Raonic in Barcelona For a large portion of 2012, Bethanie Mattek- Sands had become [...]
When in Roma: Serena dusts Robson
Federer, Djokovic shake off Madrid defeats The last player to beat both Williams sisters as a teenager at a tournament was Kim Clijsters as a 19-year-old back at the 2002 WTA Championships. As promising as a player as she is and the Briton clearly has at least top 20 stuff, Laura Robson is not as [...]
Ole Madrid: Quarter by quarter picks as Masters Series kicks off
Pavlyuchenkova wins Estoril, Ferrer vs Stan in men’s final. Rafa won’t get seeding bump at RG By Matt Cronin Coach Martina Hingis (which still sounds odd ) deserves a lot of credit for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
The Wrap, week April 21-28: Sharapova, Nadal repeat in Stuttgart, Barcelona
Maria Sharapova may have been the defending champion in Stuttgart, but given what a beat down Li Na had laid on her in the Aussie Open semis, she was not the favorite to win the final. Going in, it was tossup between the Roland Garros last two champs, but Sharapova more than proved her [...]
New digital tennis magazine launched
Dear friends of Tennis Reporters net. Here is table of contents from first issue of the new digital tennis magazine Tennis Journal, which I am involved heavily with. Tennis Journal has been launched by some of the sports
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