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Radwanska Saves Match Point To Reach Third Round
Olympics preview information - the excitement is about to begin!
Babolat keeps upping it sponsorship commitment in pro tennis and announced its new partnership with Wimbledon
If someone does catch Radwanska, though, it is likely to be Samantha Stosur, who lost first round last year and is now #4
Just finishing my 3rd day of the main draw! It is still feels funny to have a sunday start but the crowds love it! Everyday has been a full house.
Li Na continued to crush the competition in her French Open title defense Thursday, needing just 52 minutes to get past Stéphanie Foretz Gacon, 60 62, and move into the third round of the clay court Grand Slam. The No.7-seeded Li won the first nine games against Foretz Gacon and ended with almost three times as many winners as the French veteran, 14 to five.
Late-arriving champion Li Na found herself unable to train on the showcourt where she made her name in tennis a year ago by wining the French Open. China's shining star said that for her first few days at Roland Garros, there was no court time available at the main Philipe Chatrier Court as it had all been fully filled by other elite players.
In the first set of this, Alberta Brianti played very well, and in the first part of the second set, Victoria Azarenka seemed to lose track of where the court was. But Azarenka came to life from 4-2 down in the second set....
Last years title holders are Lina and Rafael Nadal.....
Roland Garros winner Li Na is grappling with a fear of failure on the eve of her Grand Slam title defense with the Chinese sports heroine frightened about closing out wins.
WTA announced that its Top 10 Rankings for the week of May 21, 2012, will feature ten players from ten different countries for the second time in history
Clay just isn't the surface for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He will probably keep the #5 ranking next week, but this result means that he won't clinch until David Ferrer loses.
Rome (Thurs): Sharapova & Venus Win To Set Up Showdown
Marina Erakovic is hurting, so this doesn't really say much about Petra Kvitova's form, but it at least gets her some points. Erakovic, on the other hand, is likely to lose her newly-earned Top Forty spot.
It was an action-packed day at La Caja Mágica on Saturday as former French Open finalists Samantha Stosur and Venus Williams both squeaked through their first round matches at the Mutua Madrid Open
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