Archive: caroline-wozniacki
Agnieszka Radwanska's loss almost guarantees that Maria Sharapova will rise to #4 -- but she has a chance to go higher. She almost blew it. She almost seems in love with three-set matches at Slams these days....
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The early rounds at the US Open never fail to offer surprising upsets and great tennis – last year 17-year-old Victoria Duval beat former champ Samantha Stosur in round one, Lleyton Hewitt took down Juan Martin del Potro in the second, and 136th ranked Camila Giorgio whipped 6th seed Wozniacki in the third round.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS. Lou Gehrig's disease. You've probably heard the name--or at least one of them--before. Now you are probably inspired to join the fight against it, and likely already have. That's because the ALS ice-bucket challenge has been sweeping the nation through social media over the past three weeks.
The post-Wimbledon horrors continue for Eugenie Bouchard. This was almost as lopsided as the score. Not how Bouchard wanted to go into the U. S. Open! She won less than half her service points -- even on first serves, she won only 51% of the points.
Following the withdrawal of Kristina Mladenovic (playing with Timea Babos) due to lumbar spine injury, prior to the commencement of the Main Draw Doubles, the team of Medina Garrigues/Shvedova become Seed #5 moving to line 5.
This was a match of rather wild momentum swings. The first two swings are obvious, but in the third set, Serena Williams built a 5-2 lead, then almost let it slip away. That leaves Caroline Wozniacki at #11, and with no chance to rise above that at New Haven.
World No. 1 Serena Williams clinched the 2014 Emirates Airline US Open Series women’s title today by defeating Caroline Wozniacki, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
Tennis players got $105.1 million of the $142 million estimated to have been earned by the top 10 female athletes. Tennis players again dominate the Forbes ranking of the highest-earning female athletes, accounting for seven of the top ten.
The biggest names in women’s tennis are heading to Wuhan this September for the inaugural Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, which China’s fastest-growing city will host from 21st to 27th September 2014.
The Thursday, August 14 Day Session (Session 10) is completely sold out and the Western & Southern Open is at tournament capacity for that session. No Center Court, Grandstand or Grounds Pass tickets remain.
Check out the schedule for the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
2014 Wimbledon Champion and World No. 4 Petra Kvitova, 2014 Wimbledon Finalist and World No. 7 Genie Bouchard, and Defending Champion and World No. 3 Simona Halep headline the field for the 2014 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies...
Before the matches began, there could have been a prediction that a woman whose last name ended with “ova” would be in Centre Court on the Final Saturday of Wimbledon. Quite a while ago, Bud Collins asked if anyone knew how many women with an “ova” ending to their name were in the draw.
Excitement may be like beauty. In essence, it is in the eye of the beholder. Lots of things are that way. Several men’s matches were filled with tense moments – just one element within the definition of excitement. But Wednesday at The Championships, the women’s matches were really not out of the ordinary.
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