Stosur claims long-awaited first title in Osaka
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
The former doubles world No.1 becomes the first Australian WTA singles champion since Alicia Molik in 2005 with victory over Francesca Schiavone…
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Wk.37- Comebacks X 10
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
With the hangover from the wild and crazy just-completed U.S. Open still in full effect in most corners, the WTA and ITF head honchos cared little, as both respective tours played on last week. But, oddly enough, the underlying theme was STILL comebacks... times ten: 1) Justine Henin's return to the WTA tour is still in the whispers-and-rumor phase at the moment, with nothing official to report. Of...
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King Of Queens
Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Reuters I know the title is over-the-top. It's not like she toppled a Slam champion. But Vania King gets major kudos for dismantling the No. 15 seed in straight sets to cause the most unexpected upset of the fortnight so far. Who saw this coming? Samantha Stosur didn't know what hit her. Maybe she was thrown off because the American looked better in the exact same outfit she was wearing. King read...
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Mondays With Bob Greene Venus is one of the greatest champions ever
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Bank of the West Classic and the Countrywide Classic LA Tennis Open. Added by: manfredwenas Viewed: 0 time(s) Tags/Keywords: lead story...
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Molik, '04 Olympic bronze medalist, retires at 27
ESPN (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Alicia Molik has retired from international tennis after a long run of injuries, including a debilitating inner-ear virus.
- Alicia Molik Announces Retirement from Professional Tennis - On the Baseline Tennis News
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Molik retires after injury-prone career
Fox News (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Australia's Alicia Molik has retired from international tennis after a long run of injuries, including a debilitating inner-ear virus. The 27-year-old Molik peaked at a No. 8 ranking after reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2005, but spent most of the rest of that season off the circuit because she was unable to balance due to the ear virus.
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Aces and Faults: Alicia Molik Could Consider Retirement
On the Baseline Tennis News (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Aces Netherlands star Michaella Krajicek is blogging this week for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour from the Ordina Open in s'Hertogenbosch. ( Sony Ericsson WTA Tour )
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UPDATE 3-Tennis-Barcelona Open women's singles results
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
June 10 (Reuters) - Barcelona Open women's singles first-round results on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * denotes new result) * Carla Suarez (Spain) beat Alicia Molik (Australia) 6-2 6-4 * Maria Kondratieva (Russia) beat Catalina Castano (Colombia) 7-6(7) 4-6 6-0 4-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Leticia Costas (Spain) 6-2 6-1 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (France) beat 3-Dominika Cibulkova...