Third seed Kim Clijsters captured WTA Championships crown No. 3 on Sunday, after holding on to oust World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. The Belgian secured six of 14 break chances through two hours and 20 minutes of competition.
Clijsters takes home her third WTA Championships, having won the prestigious title in 2002 and [...]
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki and third seed Kim Clijsters are the last two standing at the WTA Championships, after scoring respective victories over Vera Zvonareva and Samantha Stosur.
Wozniacki trailed by two set points at 4-5, but regrouped quickly to win the next 9 consecutive games to 7-5, 6-0. The 20-year-old Dane ended the day with [...]
World No. 19 John Isner became the fifth player to hit 1,000 aces in single season, despite suffering a quarterfinal-round loss to Gael Monfils in Montpellier. The 25-year-old American tallied 12 during the match, which leaves him at 1,011 for the season.
Isner joins an elite group that includes: Ivo Karlovic (2007), Andy Roddick (2004), Goran [...]
After a dozen years on the WTA Tour, veteran Elena Dementieva has called it career. The 29-year-old Russian, who completed play at her last event in Doha on Friday, announced her decision to step away from tennis.
The 16-time title winner tearfully spoke to the crowd at the WTA Championships, shortly after her loss to Francesca [...]
How I’m doing: (this week: 12-4, overall: 70-37)
Baghdatis over Berrer in 2 – Baghdatis appears to be rounding back into summer form.
Almagro over Chela in 3 – An upset is possible, but Almagro has the edge indoors.
Cilic over Haider-Maurer in 3 – Cilic could lose to anyone right now…but he probably won’t.
Melzer over Kohlschreiber in [...]
US Open champion Kim Clijsters remains unbeaten at the WTA Championships, after holding on to oust World No. 10 Victoria Azarenka on Thursday. The Belgian, who took out Jelena Jankovic yesterday, came through in two hours and 15 minutes, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.
World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and Elena Dementieva won their round-robin matches as well, [...]
“so if most girls dress like strippers on halloween, what do strippers dress as?”
- World No. 9 Mr. Brooklyn Decker Andy Roddick, contemplating one of life’s more important questions
The top-ranked American is due to join Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for the Swiss Indoors Basel next week.
Former World No. 1 Jim Courier has been appointed captain of the US Davis Cup team, as reported by the official USTA website. The 40-year-old inked a multi-year deal, having replaced 10-year veteran Patrick McEnroe.
Courier is slated to make his debut in March 2011, when the United States travels to Chile for round one in [...]
How I’m doing: (overall: 58-33)
Baghdatis over Phau in 2 – Phau had a nice win over Mayer, but the run ends here.
Chela over Zemlja in 2 – Even on an indoor hard court, Chela should cruise.
Berrer over Cuevas in 3 – Will Cuevas be able to prove that his surprising form on indoor hard courts [...]
World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva captured her second straight match at the WTA Championships on Wednesday, with a 7-6(4), 6-4 victory over World No. 10 Victoria Azarenka. The Russian secured four of 11 break chances to seal the win in one hour and 45 minutes.
US Open champion Kim Clijsters also won, having downed Jelena Jankovic [...]