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American women have claimed eleven titles at Wimbledon over the past fifteen years. Ten of those titles belong to women who have the last name Williams and the other belongs to Lindsay Davenport. Maybe it’s the name of the “trophy”.
The 2014 French Open concluded this Sunday, with Rafael Nadal lifting the trophy on Men’s side for the ninth time and Maria Sharapova taking her second French Open title on the Women’s side on Saturday respectfully.
Today was one of those days. Yes, it was cold and windy and off and on it spit mini-drops of rain; that is, until a deluge just before closing time. As always, on the first Wednesday of Roland Garros “Kid’s Day” is celebrated and as usual the grounds were swarming with excited youngsters...
Those of you who seek clarification of the editorial drift of Tennis Week enunciated a few issues ago, would do well to note that this column covered the Australian Open without once mentioning Mats Wilander or Martina Navratilova.
Here are some great EPA photos from the Mutua Madrid Open. Enjoy!
Television coverage of Miami has been the subject of controversy over the past week, attracting scrutiny of the rights deals covering the tournament.
Na Li is the highest-paid Chinese athlete for the second year in a row, according to media group Titan Sports. Li was estimated as earning 124.5 million Yuan ($20 million) last year, making her by far the top earner in the rankings published by the group.
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Based on current rankings, these seedings should have been reversed -- Sloane Stephens came in ranked #16, Caroline Wozniacki #18. But you would never have known it! And, because Stephens was defending 140 points and Wozniacki only 80, that will reverse -- Stephens will fall to no better than #18, with Wozniacki probably #17 and with the chance to go higher.
The second set of this was frankly pretty ugly, but Caroline Wozniacki survived. She's still only #17 in safe points, though, and will need a lot more to go any higher. Monica Puig will be around #55.
Flavia Pennetta’s title victory in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells means she is close to breaking back into the top ten of WTA after a five year absence at the age of 32.
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) and Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) joined Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday in Indian Wells, California.
Maria Sharapova looked strong in the first match of her title defense, but she is still only #7
Laura Robson may be currently sidelined from WTA action because of a painful left wrist but that doesn't stop the top ranked British player on the women’s circuit from changing around her support team and for the fourth time in little more than a year she has announced a new coach, Mauricio Hadad.
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