Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki defeated Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Japan Women's Open. The top-seeded Dane broke the sixth-seeded Wozniak twice in the final set to beat the Canadian in 2 hours, 13 minutes at Utsubo Tennis Center. The U.S. Open finalist improved to 5-0 against Wozniak and will face third-seeded Samantha Stosur in the semifinals...
Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
... the top seeds fall in Tokyo. The world No. 1 Dinara Safina is out. The No. 2 seed Venus Williams , out. The No. 5 seed and Roland Garros champion Svetlana Kuznetsova , out. All of them to qualifiers. Who will take advantage of such bare, bare branches? :: Getty Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan reacts with joy just after defeating world number one player Dinara Safina of Russia during their second round...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Sept 16 (Reuters) - Second-round results from the Quebec City Challenge on Wednesday 1-Nadia Petrova (Russia) beat Madison Brengle (U.S.) 6-3 6-2 5-Melinda Czink (Hungary) beat Severine Bremond Beltrame (France) 6-4 6-3 Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) beat 6-Jill Craybas (U.S.) 7-5 6-2 8-Julia Goerges (Germany) beat Rebecca Marino (Canada) 6-2 6-3
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia eliminated sixth-seeded Jill Craybas 7-5, 6-2 in the second round of the Bell Challenge on Wednesday.
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Womens Singles: Round 2 (1) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Madison Brengle (USA) 6-3 6-2 (5) Melinda Czink (Hun) bt Severine Bremond Beltrame (Fra) 6-4 6-3 Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt (6) Jill Craybas (USA) 7-5 6-2 (8) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Rebecca Marino (Can) 6-2 6-3
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
American veteran Jill Craybas was an easy opening-round winner Monday at the $220,000 Bell Challenge.
The Roar - the news that matters (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Mahesh Bhupathi’s winning momentum at the US Open has been accelerated, as the top seed cruised into the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the US Open on Saturday. Bhupathi and his mixed doubles partner Liezel Huber beat American pair Jill Craybas and Eric Butorac in straight of 6-3, 6-3. In another match, Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy entered [...]
Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Order of Play Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start Time 1. Men's Singles - 3rd Round Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[31] Not Before:13:00 2. Women's Singles - 3rd Round Melanie Oudin (USA) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[29] 3. Men's Singles - 3rd Round John Isner (USA) v. Andy Roddick (USA)[5] Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00 Start Time 1. Women's Singles - 3rd Round Dinara Safina (RUS)[1] v. Petra Kvitova...
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Great Britain's Sarah Borwell tasted defeat in the US Open women's doubles on Wednesday when she and American Jill Craybas were knocked out in the first round.
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Mens Doubles: Round 1 Nicolas Almagro (Spa) & Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus) & Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 6-1 7-6 (9-7) Julian Knowle (Aut) & Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) & Potito Starace (Ita) 6-3 6-4 (16) Marcelo Melo (Bra) & Andre Sa (Bra) leads Daniel Koellerer (Aut) & Christophe Rochus (Bel) 2-6 6-3 6-3 Julien Benneteau (Fra) & Jeremy...
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
US Open 2009 Order of Play Wednesday September 2nd Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start Amelie Mauresmo(FRA)[17] vs. Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN) Not Before:13:00 Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA) vs. Venus Williams(USA)[3] Richard Gasquet(FRA) vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[3] Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00 Start Roger Federer(SUI)[1] vs. Simon Greul(GER) Not Before:20:30 Melinda Czink(HUN) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[2] Louis Armstrong...
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
US Open 2009 Order of Play Monday August 31st Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start Viktoriya Kutuzova(UKR) vs. Kim Clijsters(BEL) Not Before:13:00 Roger Federer(SUI)[1] vs. Devin Britton(USA) Alexa Glatch(USA) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[2] 19:00 Start Vera Dushevina(RUS) vs. Venus Williams(USA)[3] Bjorn Phau(GER) vs. Andy Roddick(USA)[5] Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 Start Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[8] vs. Alexandra...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva, the top two seeds, took different paths Wednesday into the third round of the Los Angeles Women's Open. Safina, the top seed and coming off a tournament victory at the Slovenia Open, recorded a routine 6-2, 6-4 victory over Daniela Hantuchova. That set up a third-round match with Jie Zheng, who ousted Elena Vesnina 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. Zvonareva...
Gambling Cos Building's Up The Spout (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
I’ve blown my bank!! Ok, just wanted a good first line. The facts are slightly duller, and highlight the pitfalls of self-employment. I removed most of my bank before I went to Cambridge last week, to cover some direct debits due over the weekend, with the intention of putting it back in yesterday. This assumed payment of a June invoice at the end of July. No payment received, no betting bank,...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
Second-seeded Vera Zvonareva scraped into the round of 16 at the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships by the barest of margins on Wednesday, edging China's Peng Shuai 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6). The Russian survived to set up a meeting with either American veteran Jill Craybas or Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer. In the other second round match on the day, sixth-seeded Ana Ivanovic was also extended to three sets to...
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