Archive: caroline-wozniacki
This was a sort of an anti-serving contest; Serena was struggling, and we know about Maria Sharapova's shoulder problems. Still, Sharapova lasted long enough to earn the #3 ranking.
Kevin Anderson withdrew from Brisbane due to an acute stomach virus, the sixth player to do so in the men’s and women’s draw. Sabine Lisicki was struck with a similar illness. . .
Roger Federer looks like he is having a blast playing doubles with Nicolas Mahut.
"Happy New Year everyone! Rory and I started 2014 with a bang! ... I said YES," said former WTA number one Wozniacki. McIlroy chimed in with a tweet of his own: "Happy New Year everyone! I have a feeling it's going to be a great year!!
Belarussian Victoria Azarenka has been Ms. Australia during the past two seasons, winning back-to-back titles at the country’s Grand Slam.
...even though he worked with her for five weeks during the off-season, coach Paul Annacone will not join Sloane Stephens in Australia. She will be coached by her hitting partner, Andrew Fitzpatrick.
The injuries actually started before the season began, when Elena Vesnina pulled out of Auckland. But mark down Sunday as the day of our first in-season injury to a Top Ten player. #6 seed Caroline Wozniacki is out of Brisbane due to a right shoulder problem. She still hopes to play Sydney and the Australian Open.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova hasn't played match since early August and arrived in Brisbane with two new team members, coach Sven Groeneveld and physio Jerome Bianchi.
Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is facing a race for fitness with the start of her 2014 season already delayed as a shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from the Brisbane International at the weekend.
...big congrats to Max Braeckman who brought her (Kirsten Flipkens) out of obscurity to number 12 in the world. Max formerly coached Xavier Malisse. He is currently a coach at the Kim Clijsters academy.
Caroline Wozniacki is instituting changes as well as enacting a business as usual approach to her career.
While WTA business in Asia is booming, it isn’t in some of the traditional Western countries.
German jewelry and lifestyle company Thomas Sabo is a new sponsor of world No. 15 Sabine Lisicki.
Sven Groeneveld has coached a slew of standout WTA players including Grand Slam champions such as Monica Seles, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Mary Pierce and Ana Ivanovic, but he has taken on an entirely new challenge as the new coach of four time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova.
Six of the world’s top 10 women and four of the top 20 men – including tennis superstar Roger Federer – will headline Brisbane International 2014 presented by Suncorp.
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