Seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Henin will make her 2011 season debut at the Hopman Cup this Saturday. Barring her exhibition effort against countrywoman Kim Clijsters in early December, the 28-year-old Belgian has not played a match since Wimbledon.
Henin expressed cautious optimism about her recovery after sustaining a serious elbow injury:
“I hope I can build [...]
Former World No. 1 Juan Carlos will not participate in the Heineken Open or the Australian Open for 2011, still suffering with a nagging knee injury. The 30-year-old Spaniard, who captured Grand Slam glory at the 2003 French Open, is currently ranked World No. 30.
Fellow veteran Julien Benneteau has withdrawn from Brisbane, having not yet [...]
Andy Roddick is already in Brisbane awaiting the chance to defend his title from a year ago….but residents in the Queensland city might have more important things on their minds. Over the past few days, massive storms have pounded the Australian territory prompting whole-town evacuations and causing an estimated BILLION dollars in damage. [...]
Former World No. 4 Nicolas Kiefer has announced his retirement after a 15-year stint as an ATP World Tour professional. The 33-year-old German won six titles during his run and reached the quarterfinal or better in all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Kiefer spoke of his desire to spend more time with his girlfriend and four-month-old baby [...]
Former World No. 3 Nadia Petrova has parted ways with coach Vladimir Platenik before her participation at the 2011 Australian Open.
The 28-year-old Russian, currently ranked 15th in the world, will commence her 2011 season at the Brisbane International starting January 3rd. She is set to enter the field as the third seed behind Samantha Stosur [...]
Former World No. 1 Dinara Safina is set to begin a long road back to the top of the game in 2011, having been tapped to take part at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand next week.
The 24-year-old Russian, currently ranked 63rd, will enter into the draw unseeded after a lackluster 2010 season. Safina [...]
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal has another credit to add to his stellar resume after being named “Spanish Sportsman of the Decade” by readers at Marca.com and elpais.es.
The 24-year-old Mallorcan was far and away the winner, carving out a large margin between himself and fellow Spanish athletes Pau Gasol and Fernando Alonso.
“It’s a bit scary to think that if I win in Australia I would close the circle of four Grand Slams in a row.
It might be the only opportunity to win four straight because I am not Rod Laver, who did it twice. The truth is that it is a unique opportunity and as always [...]
December 28
John Fitzgerald (50)
Rick Leach (46)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (40)
Patrick Rafter (38)
James Blake (31)
Diego Junquiera (30)
December 29
Pavel Slozil (55)
Thomas Blake (34)
Kyra Nagy (33)
Agnes Szavay (22)
December 31
Michael Yani (30)
Brydan Klein (21)
January 1
Javier Sanchez (43)
DAVID PABLO NALBANDIAN (29)
Pablo Cuevas (25)
January 2
Chris Woodruff (38)
Stefan Koubek (34)
We all know what “cooperative” means when the ITF uses it as a reason to dismiss an illegal substance ban…it means Wayne-O sang like Aretha Franklin.
Keep in mind that the ITF tried to overturn a ruling about TRACE cocaine found in Richard Gasquet’s system. Trace. Odesnik was caught with a half dozen vials [...]