Serena poses nude for ESPN, faces possible ban
October 7, 2009
Tennis ace Serena Williams may face a possible ban from the 2010 Australian Open for posing nude for ESPN magazine and her shocking outburst at the US Open semi finals. Williams is under an International Tennis Federation investigation and faces a ban of up to two grand slams under the sport’s code of conduct.
After a foot fault call, Williams allegedly threatened the baseline judge saying, ‘You don’t know me. You better be Read more
Venus sets up Safina semi
July 1, 2009
Defen-ding champion Venus Williams closed in Tuesday on a sixth Wimbledon title with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska whose quarter-final challenge melted in the searing heat.
It will be the 29-year-old American’s eighth semi-final appearance in 10 years here and Read more
Freddie could be dropped
July 1, 2009
Tennis
Freddie could be dropped
England captain Andrew Strauss said here on Tuesday that Andrew Flintoff was not immune from being dropped for disciplinary reasons after the all-rounder’s latest indiscretion.
Ex-England captain Flintoff missed the team bus for the squad’s Saturday morning visit to the World Read more
Safina rallies past Azarenka
June 12, 2009
A slow start couldn’t stop top-ranked Dinara Safina from reaching the semifinals at the French Open.
Faced with a tough test for the first time in the tournament, Safina rallied to beat Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday.
Safina, seeking her first Grand Slam title, lost only five games in the first four rounds. Against Azarenka, Safina was repeatedly Read more
Sania moves into last 8
June 12, 2009
India’s Sania Mirza moved into the quarterfinals at the WTA tournament here on Thursday with a 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-2 victory over Russian fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Mirza demonstrated that she is fully recovered from a career-threatening wrist injury with an impressive performance against the world number 31.
Pavlyuchenkova, 17, had already beaten Britian’s Read more
Federer storms to French Open glory
June 9, 2009
Roger Federer gloriously completed a career Grand Slam on Sunday by capturing a first French Open title, and a record-equalling 14th major, with a 6-1, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 win over Robin Soderling.
The 27-year-old world number two finally won a Roland Garros crown at the 11th attempt and in his fourth successive final having come up heartbreakingly short in the last three showdowns against Spanish nemesis Rafael Read more
Kuznetsova beats Safina to win French Open title
June 7, 2009
Svetlana Kuznetsova conquered her nerves and beat a shaky Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to win the French Open.
Showing uncharacteristic calm, Kuznetsova earned her second Grand Slam title. Jitters have often betrayed Kuznetsova down the stretch in big matches, but she swept the final four games with steady play.
Instead it was the top-ranked Read more
All-Russian final
June 6, 2009
French Open
All-Russian final
Svetlana Kuznetsova set-up an all-Russian French Open final against top seed Dinara Safina when she defeated battling Australian Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 in Thursday’s semi-finals.
Dinara Safina hopes that a more economical run to this year’s French Open final will crown her drive to win a first Grand Slam title and silence Read more
Federer, Djokovic struggle to derail tennis ace Nadal
April 26, 2009
ROME : Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic launch their latest attempts to derail Rafael Nadal’s non-stop, claycourt express at the Rome Masters which gets under way at the Foro Italico on Sunday.
Nadal won three successive titles here until last year when he suffered a shock second round loss to Spanish compatriot Juan Carlos Ferrero.
With Federer losing to Radek Stepanek in the quarter-finals, Djokovic seized his opportunity to take the title beating Stanislas Wawrinka in the Read more
Top seed bounced at Aussie Open
January 25, 2009
MELBOURNE, Australia — Jelena Jankovic went out in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Sunday and No. 3 Dinara Safina was twice a point away from following the top-ranked player to the exit.
In consecutive matches at Rod Laver Arena, Frenchwomen took it to the top seeds. Jankovic was ousted by No. 16 Marion Bartoli. Safina survived, fending off double-match point against No. 15 Alize Cornet.
“I am so lucky that I’m in the quarter-finals, she was one point away,” said Safina, who made eight double-faults and 52 unforced errors to only 29 by Cornet. “My heart is still pumping so hard.”
Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon runner-up, was the aggressor in a 6-1, 6-4 win against Jankovic that wasn’t entirely unexpected.
“Yeah, it’s obviously disappointing. Nobody likes to lose,” Jankovic said. “Today was a tough day for me.
“I had a slow start. I let my opponent completely come on top of me and play her game. I gave her a Read more