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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The 2009 Backspin Awards are still a week away, so consider this something of a mini-preview... region by region. ==NORTH AMERICA== PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Serena Williams, USA POY ( RUNNER-UP ): Venus Williams, USA RISER: Aleksandra Wozniak, CAN SURPRISE: Vania King, USA VETERAN: Liezel Huber, USA FRESH FACE: Melanie Oudin, USA COMEBACK: Alexa Glatch, USA DOWN: Mashona Washington, USA ITF PLAYER: Valerie...
Explore : Aleksandra Wozniak,
Alexa Glatch,
Anna Chakvetadze,
Cagla Buyukakcay,
Cara Black,
Carly Gullickson,
Catalina Castano,
Chanelle Scheepers,
Dinara Safina,
Ekaterina Makarova,
Elena Dementieva,
Elena Vesnina,
Gisela Dulko,
Liezel Huber,
Mailen Auroux,
Maria Irigoyen,
Mariana Duque Marino,
Maria Sharapova,
Mashona Washington,
Melanie Oudin,
Natalie Grandin,
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn,
Pemra Ozgen,
Rennae Stubbs,
Rossana de Los Rios,
Sacha Jones,
Samantha Stosur,
Serena Williams,
Shahar Peer,
Svetlana Kuznetsova,
Tennis,
Valerie Tetreault,
Vania King,
Venus Williams,
Vera Zvonareva,
Veronica Cepede,
Yaroslava Shvedova
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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Sure, this has sort of turned into the "Oudin Open," but there were other players out there winning matches in the middle rounds, too. =MIDDLE-ROUND AWARDS - 3rd Rd-to-QF= TOP PLAYER: Serena Williams/USA ...Oudin's been the story, but Serena is still the favorite to star in the final headline. (RU: Kim Clijsters/BEL) RISER: Caroline Wozniacki/DEN ...hopefully, if she knocks off Oudin, no...
Explore : American Juniors,
Beatrice Capra,
Cara Black,
Carly Gullickson,
Caroline Wozniacki,
Flavia Pennetta,
Gisela Dulko,
Kateryna Bondarenko,
Kim Clijsters,
Melanie Oudin,
Serena Williams,
Tennis,
The Middle,
Yanina Wickmayer
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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
A day before the long-expected all-Williams final might be filed away for Saturday consideration, one would think that Day 9 would provide a stress-free occasion on which to watch a little men's tennis and not have to bother with what it all might mean, right? Yeah, not with the not-so-silent hand of NBC around. More on the latest bit of network insanity in a few moments. =DAY 9 NOTES= ...the sound...