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Womens professional tennis celebrates its 40th anniversary today

Published on 2010-09-23 13:37:51

Women’s professional tennis celebrates its 40th anniversary today Women’s professional tennis celebrates its 40th anniversary today. On 23 September 1973 “The Original 9″, signed symbolic $1 contracts with the late Gladys Heldman, publisher of World Tennis publications, to compete in the newly-created Virginia Slims Circuit. The Original 9 were: Billie Jean King, Rosemary Casals, Nancy [...]

Safina stays as Ivanovic bundled out in Korea tennis

Published on 2010-09-22 11:25:01

Ana Ivanovic was bundled out of the WTA Korea Open on Wednesday, but there was better news for Dinara Safina who continued her comeback from injury with a battling win. The Serbian, who won the 2008 French Open before her slide down the rankings, blew a one set lead against Russia’s Vera Dushevina to crash [...]

Serena Williams and Andy Murray at Burberry Prorsum 2011 in London

Published on 2010-09-21 14:01:16

Photos: Serena Williams with Andy Murray at Burberry Prorsum 2011 Spring/Summer collection at London Fashion Week Serena Williams attended the Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer 2011 fashion show during LFW at Chelsea College of Art and Designtoday in London, England. Williams was spotted with tennis player Andy Murray and many other Celebrities… Check out tons of Serena [...]

Tennis Schedule: Tashkent Open and Korea Open Tuesday September 21st

Published on 2010-09-20 12:16:43

Tennis Schedule: Tashkent Open and Korea Open Tuesday September 21st HANSOL KOREA OPEN Seoul-KOR September 20-26, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Outdoors Centre Court (from 12.00hrs) 1. Kimiko Date Krumm vs. Junri Namigata 2. Maria Kirilenko vs. Urszula Radwanska 3. Dinara Safina vs. Simona Halep 4. Vera Dushevina vs. Ana Ivanovic 5. Nadia Petrova vs. Jarmila Groth (NB [...]

Tennis Results: Tashkent Open and Korea Open Monday september 2oth

Published on 2010-09-20 12:13:58

Tennis Results: Tashkent Open and Korea Open Monday september 2oth HANSOL KOREA OPEN Seoul-KOR September 20-26, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Outdoors Singles – First Round (5) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) 62 63 Elena Baltacha (GBR) d. (WC) Kim So-Jung (KOR) 63 64 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62 36 75 Ksenia Pervak [...]

WTA Tashkent Open Main Draw

Published on 2010-09-20 12:12:10

(1)Alexandra Dulgheru v Kurumi Nara Ekaterina Bychkova v Sania Mirza Katie O’Brien v Ekaterina Ivanova (Q)Zarina Diyas v (5)Monica Niculescu (4)Elena Vesnina v Lesya Tsurenko Olga Savchuk v (Q)Nadejda Guskova (wc)Nigina Abduraimova v Darya Kustova (wc)Sabina Sharipova v (6)Magdalena Rybarikova (8)Maria Elena Camerin v Elena Bovina (wc)Alina Abdurakhimova v Stefanie Voegele Evgeniya Rodina v Arina [...]

WTA Korea Open Main Draw

Published on 2010-09-20 12:11:04

Hansol Korea Open Main Draw (1) Nadia Petrova (RUS) v Jarmila Groth (AUS) Alberta Brianti (ITA) v Vania King (USA) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) v (Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) v (6) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) (3) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) v Urszula Radwanska (POL) (WC) Dinara Safina (RUS) v (Q) Simona Halep (ROU) Julia [...]

WTA Tashkent Open Qualy Draw

Published on 2010-09-17 09:56:00

Tashkent Open Qualy Draw (1)Ekaterina Dzehalevich v Nadejda Guskova (wc)Maria Kondratieva v (wc)Aleksandra Romanova Anastasiya Prenko v (wc)Alexandra Kolesnichenko Anna Brazhnikova v (8)Tatiana Poutchek (2)Yuliana Fedak v Karina Pimkina Daria Kuchmina v Aminat Kushkhova Nadiya Kichenok v (wc)Albina Khabibulina (wc)Nigina Rahmanova v (6)Ksenia Palkina (3)Eirini Georgatou v Marta Sirotkina (wc)Polina Merenkova v (wc)Lola Azimova Eugeniya [...]

Hansol Korea Open Qualy Draw

Published on 2010-09-17 07:42:19

Seoul Hansol Korea Open Qualy Draw (1)Ayumi Morita v Jing-Jing Lu Junri Namigata v Su-Wei Hsieh Kun-Hee Kim v Tomoko Yonemura Misaki Doi v (5)Pauline Parmentier (2)Bojana Jovanovski v (wc)Hyojung Yea Ye-Ra Lee v Sally Peers Ling Zhang v (wc)Min-Hwa Yu Karolina Wlodarczak v (8)Nuria Llagostera Vives (3)Chanelle Scheepers v Xinyun Han (wc)Seung-Yeon Hong v [...]

US Open 2010 Week 2 Round Up

Published on 2010-09-13 13:43:31

US Open 2010 Week 2 Round Up The US Open is over and Kim Clijsters came out of the court with the champions trophy …. Check out everything that happeded during the second week of the last Grand Slam event of the 2010 tennis season…. US Open Kim Clijsters Photo Shoot in Central Park with [...]