WTA Tour’s top 10 all hail from different nations
Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki retained the top spot in the WTA Tour rankings despite losing to China’s Li Na in the Australian Open semifinals.
Archive for January, 2011
State of Federer
Roger Federer brushed off questions about whether “a torch was being passed” Opponents have exposed Federer’s vulnerability on the critical points in matches Before we declare a Chinese tennis revolution, a male needs to make an impact Roger Federer bristled at suggestions that a torch was being passed at the Australian Open, but other top players …
Raonic, Marino crack Top 100 in tennis rankings Jan 31, 2011 11:34 AM …
Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., is serving notice that he could be a future force to be reckoned with in men’s pro tennis.
Defeat should be spur for serial runner-up to reorganise team
Andy Murray grew up idolising Andre Agassi. As he now considers the implications of his third successive defeat in a Grand Slam final, the 23-year-old Scot could do far worse than recall how the American turned failure into success.
Pies are footy’s Rafa: Jeff
HAWTHORN president Jeff Kennett has compared flag favourite Collingwood to beaten tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in his first letter to members for the 2011 season.
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Phil Kessel could only watch while every other player was picked in the NHL All-Star fantasy draft.
Djokovic wins No. 2, joins multi-major winner club
Novak Djokovic gave his old friend Andy Murray a sympathetic hug and a few consoling words, then got on with the real celebrations.
COLUMN: Nadal could give Cutler lessons in toughness
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Clijsters moves to No. 2, Nadal keeps men’s No. 1
The longtime friends leave their rivalry on the court. Hug it out Clijsters draws on maturity, experience to win fourth Slam… Trophy wife Li did her best to stop Clijsters in their historical match.
Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova embrace after their four-hour, 40-minute match.
Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova embrace after their four-hour, 40-minute match.
Tennis: Uncle still main man for Rafael
Three words from Rafa Nadal summed it up. The world No 1 was asked last year if one day, he might consider taking on a new coach, to hear a new voice and benefit from a new approach.
Great Scot
Andy Murray became that most rare commodity, a great British tennis hope, and a lot of effort has gone into burying the Scottish thistle beneath the Union Jack.
Margaret serves a winning game
RAFAEL Nadal should watch out, Spain has a new tennis champion - and she’s from Devon.
Hay Festival Cartagena: passionate Germaine Greer’s still a class act
“Everything I have ever written has been about the obvious,” Germaine Greer announced earlier this week to a packed class of bilingual 14 to 16 year-olds in Cartagena, Colombia.
Who will win the Australian Open final? Experts give their opinions
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will do battle in the first major final not to feature Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal for three years.