Women Who Serve

I watched the 2nd round French Open match between 3rd seed Vera Zvonareva and Sabine Lisicki with a growing sense of dread because it seemed...

The German fans in Stuttgart got to see two of their countrywomen pick up trophies and bouquets today at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Germ...

Wild card Sabine Lisicki, who won the championship in Charleston in 2009 when she was seeded 15th, pulled another unexpected stunt tonight w...

Sabine Lisicki serves in her 1st round match There was a time, just a few years ago, when the names "Tamira Paszek" and "...

Sabine Lisicki, who won the Family Circle Cup in 2009 when she was seeded 16th, has entered the 2011 event. Lisicki, who has suffered throu...

The Virginia Slims series began 40 years ago today . The first women to break away and sign up for the series were ostracized by many male p...

Samantha Stosur, the top seed in Brisbane, is out of the competition in the second round. Stosur was defeated 6-2, 6-4 by her countrywoman, ...

The Australian Open wild card playoffs for U.S. players will be held December 17-19 at the Racquet Club of the South in Atlanta. Elena Dem...

Sabine Lisicki lost today to Eleni Daniilidou in the second round of Luxembourg qualifying. Daniilidou, who double-faulted 14 times, defeate...

Sabine Lisicki lost today in the first round of the $100k ITF tournament in Torhout, Belgium. Zuzana Kucova defeated the struggling German p...

Sabine Lisicki, the number 2 seed in this week's 75k Shrewsbury ITF tournament, was upset in the second round by Heather Watson. Watson ...

Venus Williams says she will not play women's or mixed doubles at the U.S. Open. The Mets played the Astros on Friday, and Kim Clijste...

Sabine Lisicki has been knocked out of the 100k Bronx ITF tournament in the first round. She was defeated 6-3, 6-3 by countrywoman Kristina ...

Sam Stosur has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup. She had already withdrawn from Cincinnati because of pain in her right arm. The tour has pub...

I was thinking about Kaia Kanepi today, wondering what she was up to in the U.S. Open Series, and I just learned that she is the top qualify...

Sabine Lisicki had announced, some time ago, that she would resume playing in Portoroz. Obviously, she did not do so. She was packed and rea...

The BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup, held in Madison Square Garden in 2009 and 2010, will be replaced in 2011 by a match b...

Here is an interview with Heather Watson , who won her first main draw match this week. Sabine Lisicki says that she will return to the to...

Sabine Lisicki has withdrawn from both the Warsaw Open and the French Open. She is still rehabilitating an ankle injury. This is sad, but pr...

Sabine Lisicki's ankle injury lingers on, so she is out of both Fed Cup and Stuttgart. Germany plays France this weekend in the World ...