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Li Na: "At the start of the match, maybe I was feeling too excited. So after one set and a half I felt like I had no more energy left."
Initially it seemed that Serena Williams was the one with the physical problems. Then -- Li Na turned into the player who hadn't even won a set against Serena since 2009. Afterward, the champion said, "I can't believe I won, I was so tired. Did I really win?
What can we say except, "Another bad day at the office for Petra Kvitova"? These were the matches she was winning two years ago.... Instead, she ends another disappointing year stuck at #6.
What can we say except, "Another bad day at the office for Petra Kvitova"? These were the matches she was winning two years ago....
Decibel-challenged Victoria Azarenka has gone to the attack on the longtime grunting issue, with one of the loudest players in the women's game hitting back at charges that it's just the excitable ladies who make all of the noise on court.
Victoria Azarenka's physical problems apparently were real. This was a contest for a semifinal spot, and it was really not very interesting -- Li Na said later that she thought Azarenka (who hurt her back in the first set, but who was already in trouble) would retire from the match.
Sport is becoming more and more saturated by statistics and the new sponsorship deal, or global relationship, between the WTA and SAP only serves to enhance the move forward.
Serena Williams has not lost a singles match since mid-August, a winning run that now totals 16 matches after three successful round robin matches at the Istanbul-staged TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships.
Jelena Jankovic is 1-1, which means she is tied in matches with Victoria Azarenka (although she has a better record in sets). The remaining White Group matchs are Li versus Azarenka and Jankovic versus Errani.
Brisbane seems to be picking up momentum as the venue of choice to start the 2014 tennis season, with tournament
Hardly a surprise, but it leaves Serena 2-0, meaning she is all but sure to make the semifinal. Agnieszka Radwanska is 0-2, which means she still hasn't overtaken Maria Sharapova in the contest for #3; she needs a win to take the #3 spot.
Serena Williams quickly established superiority at the final event of the season as the top seed and world No. 1 beat German eighth seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-1.
The two-time Wimbledon champion doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will re-form for 2014 in hopes of recreating the past less-than-optimal results with other partners in 2013.
Serena Williams has every intention of trying to maintain her current run of form, with the 32-year-old boldly hinting that she even has the chance to play on to age 40.
Patrick Mouratoglou has finally revealed the basis of his coaching relationship with world no.1 Serena Williams and how he transformed her into a resilient performer who does not fall prey to the number of injuries and illnesses that once restricted her tennis.
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