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As we write, there is a rain delay in Montreal, and it isn't the first of the day. It looks as if the showers won't last long, but the schedule is pretty badly bollixed. We're going to send this now and possibly send another edition later.
The record books of tennis now require another re-write after Germany's Sabine Lisicki hit the fastest recorded serve in the history of women's tennis.
Czech doubles player Eva Hrdinova is enjoying her rookie season playing World Team Tennis for the Austin Aces. Hrdinova, the tallest player on the WTA Tour at 6'3" (a modicum taller than Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova), currently leads the WTT Western Conference in mixed doubles winning percentage based on overall games played.
The 2014 Mylan WTT regular season runs July 6-23 with the top two teams from the Western and Eastern Conferences advancing to the Mylan WTT Conference Championships on Thursday, July 24. The conference champions will battle for the King Trophy at the 2014 Mylan WTT Finals at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 27.
Getting into the Wimbledon singles draw is the measurement we all use for success in tennis. It's the pinnacle. The singles draws are made up of 128 players. Losing is always hard to deal with. But a loss at Wimby. Oh it hurts. It doesn't matter that you leave with a heap of British sterling it hurts.
The first week of Wimbledon has come and gone and the second will begin without either Williams sister.( in singles , they are playing doubles together , and have a second round match on Monday) . Venus Williams lost arguably the best match of the women's tournament so far, as she went down to Petra Kvitova 5-7, 7-6(2), 7-5 on Friday.
The end of a third round match in the women’s competition at The Championships revealed a winner who was a former Wimbledon champ. Even though one of the contestants was Venus Williams who was the champion here five times, today a match delivered an outcome that she didn’t want.
Venus lost today to what the tv commentators were calling the match of the week. The match of the tourney. The match that Venus had to win in two sets but didn't. Such an amazing quality of match. The level and intensity of a finals worthy of Wimbledon.
It’s the first Thursday of that fortnight known as The Championships. As surprising as this may be to tennis followers, it rained during competition at Wimbledon. It was the end of the day and only a few matches were held in tennis limbo on the women’s side.
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.
Tradition holds that on the first Tuesday of The Championships, the initial match that is contended on Centre Court feature the Ladies Champion from the previous year. Last year, Marion Bartoli laid claim to the Venus Rosewater Dish when she defeated Sabine Lisicki, 6-1, 6-4.
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 Philadelphia Freedoms are offering fans the unique opportunity to see world class tennis players, including Victoria Azarenka, Andy Roddick, and Venus Williams, in affordable family fun this summer at the Villanova University Pavilion, beginning with the first serve on Tuesday, July 15 at 7 p.m.
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.
Perhaps it's just as well this country took a sabbatical at the French Open this year. With American men not surviving the second round, Venus and Serena losing in the quarters and Jennifer Capriati embarrassed in her semifinal, the stars and stripes hung at half-staff in a city where ambivalence to our flag would be considered progress.
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