Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark overpowered Britain's Katie O'Brien 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Women's Open. Wozniacki converted six of nine break points in a match that lasted just 44 minutes at Utsubo Tennis Center. The U.S. Open finalist will face Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak in the quarterfinals of the $220,000 tournament. Sixth-seeded Wozniak struggled...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark overpowered Britain's Katie O'Brien 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Women's Open.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark overpowered Britain's Katie O'Brien 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Women's Open.
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
An easy 6-0, 6-1 win over Britain's Katie O'Brien sees defending champion Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark reach the quarterfinals in Osaka.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Oct 12 (Reuters) - Japan Open women's singles first round results on Monday (prefix denotes seeding; * indicates new result) *Mathilde Johansson (France) beat 8-Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) 7-5 2-6 7-5 * 7-Melinda Czink (Hungary) beat Ryoko Fuda (Japan) 6-4 6-4 * 4-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Anne Kremer (Luxembourg) 7-5 6-2 Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukraine) beat Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 6-2 retired...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
• British pair celebrate winning their first ATP title • Davis Cup humiliation provides inspiration for success Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski showed Britain's Davis Cup captain, John Lloyd, what he was missing last weekend as they won their first ATP Tour doubles title at the Open de Moselle in Metz today. The Britons, who were overlooked by Lloyd in favour of Andy Murray and Ross Hutchins...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
PORTOROZ, Slovenia, July 20 (UPI) -- Dinara Safina, playing for the first time since Wimbledon, was a 6-0, 6-4 winner Monday over Slovenian Tadeja Majeric in the Slovenia Open. The Russian star is still the top-ranked player in women's tennis. Safina was a 6-1, 6-0 loser to Venus Williams at Wimbledon after losing in the finals of the first two Grand Slam events this year. Third-seeded Kaia Kanepi...
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
British player Katie O'Brien fell at the first hurdle at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open on Monday with a 6-4 6-4 defeat to Lucie Safarova.
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
Womens Singles: Round 1 Polona Hercog (Slo) bt Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 7-5 6-4 Kristina Barrois (Ger) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (Rom) 5-7 6-1 7-5 Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) bt (5) Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-1 6-3 Stefanie Voegele (Swi) bt Petra Martic (Cro) 3-6 6-4 6-3 Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt (6) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-2 7-6 (7-5) (8) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Anna Lapushchenkova (Rus) 6-1 6-0 Zarina...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
• Spectators 'out to criticise' rather than support • British players attack excessive focus on Wimbledon The British women's No1, Anne Keothavong, has said Wimbledon crowds are "out to criticise their own players rather than get behind them" as her compatriots defended themselves from public and media condemnation. Keothavong, who broke down in tears after she was asked if she...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
One by one the lesser British lights went out over SW19 yesterday. First, the wild cards, then Anne Keothavong, the greatest hope in the women's game for a generation, and then the perennial loser, Alex Bogdanovich, who insists he might return to these lawns again having now become the most unsuccessful Englishman to play on them. As Elena Baltacha went into battle against Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
• British women's No1 Keothavong loses 7-5, 6-2 to Mayr • Teenager Evans shows grit in defeat to Davydenko Tears, valiant efforts, a disappointing display and an inevitable defeat. All in a day's work for Britain's tennis players at Wimbledon yesterday as hope and belief turned to dejection and wounded pride. The tears and disappointing display belonged to Anne Keothavong, whose rise up...
Mail Online - Alex Kay Talks Tennis (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Not the best day to be British. God bless Andy Murray. Yesterday saw the demise of Dan Evans, Alex Bogdanovic, Josh Goodall, Georgie Stoop, Anne Keothavong, Katie O'Brien and, as I write, probably Elena Baltacha. How depressing. The biggest blow...
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Katie O'Brien missed a glorious chance to reach the second round of Wimbledon for the second time when she lost a marathon match to Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
• Katie O'Brien sees final set lead overturned • Dan Evans loses to Nikolay Davydenko Katie O'Brien missed a glorious chance to reach the second round of Wimbledon for the second time when she lost a gruelling match to Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic. The 23-year-old from Yorkshire, playing her third grand slam event of the year, led 3–1 in the deciding set but lost her temper...
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