Posted on January 31, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
January 31
Neville Godwin (36)
Tomas Zib (35)
Diego Hartfield (30)
Pauline Parmentier (25)
February 1
Javier Sanchez (43)
Michael Joyce (38)
Elena Makarova (38)
Iveta Benesova (28)
February 2
Philippe Chatrier (1926-2000)
Claudio Panatta (51)
Andrei Chesnokov (45)
Marius Cirstea (21)
February 3
Michael Grant (55)
Gabriel Rodriguez (36)
Olga Ivanova (34)
Vania King (22)
February 4
Jeff Morrison (32)
Lucie Safarova (24)
February 5
Tarik Benhabiles (46)
Andreas Beck (25)
February 6
Manuel Orantes (62)
Mana Endo (40)
Posted on January 31, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
Newly-minted World No. 2 Kim Clijsters is all smiles, posing with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, following her Grand Slam winning run at the Australian Open.
Posted on January 31, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
For the second time in less than three years, former World No. 1 Justine Henin has announced her retirement from professional tennis. The 28-year-old Grand Slam champion decided to end her comeback, after sustaining a serious elbow injury during a fall at Wimbledon in 2010.
According to the Henin, she incurred further damage competing at the [...]
Posted on January 29, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
Third seed Kim Clijsters won her fourth Grand Slam title on Sunday, having rallied to oust an in-form Li Na at the Australian Open. The 27-year-old Belgian trailed 3-6, 2-3 before taking six consecutive games to 3-6, 6-3, 2-0.
Clijsters tallied 22 winners and seven service breaks en route to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory in [...]
Posted on January 28, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
Third seed Kim Clijsters reached the Australian Open final, following her straight-set victory over World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva. The 27-year-old Belgian, in line to win her fourth Grand Slam title, came through 6-3, 6-3 in 73 minutes.
“I know this is probably going to be my last full season on the tour and then we’ll [...]
Posted on January 25, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
Injured Venus Williams has announced she will not participate in next month’s Fed Cup tie between the US and Belgium. The 30-year-old veteran continues to struggle with the hip injury that ended her run at the Australian Open.
Following her third-round exit at the Australian Open, the former World No. 1 was asked if she expected [...]
Posted on January 25, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki reached the final four at the Australian Open, following her come-from-behind victory over 6th seed Francesca Schiavone.
The 20-year-old Dane, who remains in search of her first Grand Slam title, dug out of a set deficit to record a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win in two hours and 24 minutes.
Ninth seed Li [...]
Posted on January 24, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
“(Gulbis) comes from a very wealthy family. He isn’t hungry.”
- tennis broadcaster and former WTA World No. 3 Pam Shriver, serving up a snarky response when asked if she felt the 22-year-old Latvian star had the goods to win a Grand Slam title.
Gulbis provided further fuel for the International Hall of Fame inductee’s feelings, having [...]
Posted on January 24, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
January 25
Giovanni Lapentti (28)
Tatiana Golovin (23)
January 26
Justin Gimelstob (34)
Julia Bolotova (32)
January 27
Brian Gottfried (59)
Andrei Pavel (37)
MARAT SAFIN (31)
Alicia Molik (30)
January 29
Peter Lundgren (46)
Cyril Suk (44)
Stephanie Hazlett (32)
January 30
Tim Reynolds (43)
Jordi Vila (40)
Natalia Anisimova (38)
Marlene Weingartner (31)
Gisela Dulko (26)
Gerard Granollers (22)
Regina Kulikova (22)
Posted on January 24, 2011, by Kelli DeMario.
The quarterfinal field has been set at the Australian Open, with the top three seeds making the final cut. World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki joins Vera Zvonareva and Kim Clijsters among the final eight, following her straight-set victory over Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia.
Rounding out the group are seeds (9) Li Na, who ended the run [...]