Ashleigh Barty is the winner of the Australian Open Wild Card Playoff tournament. Barty won all three of her matches in straight sets. She defeated top seed Casey Dellacqua, 6th seed Arina Rodionova and 2nd seed Olivia Rogowska. 15-year-old Barty, who is ranked number 3 in juniors, won the junior Wimbledon title this year.
Steve Tignor gives us his list of the ten best matches of 2011, starting with Agnieszka Radwanska's defeat of Vera Zvonareva in the Istanbul final.
Svetlana Kuznetsova has re-hired former WTA star Olga Morozova as her coach.
Daniela Hantuchova has hired Claudio Pistolesi to be her new coach.
New Zealand's Fed Cup team has been banned from 2012 competition. The New Zealand team withdrew from play right before the competition in February because its two top players were injured.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Kvitova named ITF World Champion
Petra Kvitova, the WTA's Player of the Year, has been awarded the International Tennis Federation's World Champion designation for 2011. This award generally goes to the top-ranked player in the world, but Kvitova received more votes than world number 1 Caroline Wozniacki. Kvitova won six titles this year, including Wimbledon and the WTA Championships. She is ranked number 2 in the world.
Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik won the award for women's doubles.
The ITF World Champions dinner will be held in Paris on June 5.
Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik won the award for women's doubles.
The ITF World Champions dinner will be held in Paris on June 5.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Passing shots
Judy Murray is expected to be named Britain's new Fed Cup captain. Murray would succeed Nigel Sears, who is now coaching Ana Ivanovic. Murray is the former national coach of Scotland, and is also the mother of ATP world number 4 Andy Murray.
Anastasia Myskina and Elena Dementieva have been inducted into the Russian Tennis Hall of Fame.
Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone will play doubles together for the first half of 2012 so that they can qualify to play doubles together in the Olympic Games. One (at least this one) hopes that Pennetta and current partner Gisela Dulko will become a team again.
Sam Stosur has won the Newcombe Medal for the second year in a row.
Maria Sharapova has recovered from her ankle injury and is training again.
Anastasia Myskina and Elena Dementieva have been inducted into the Russian Tennis Hall of Fame.
Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone will play doubles together for the first half of 2012 so that they can qualify to play doubles together in the Olympic Games. One (at least this one) hopes that Pennetta and current partner Gisela Dulko will become a team again.
Sam Stosur has won the Newcombe Medal for the second year in a row.
Maria Sharapova has recovered from her ankle injury and is training again.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Wozniacki hires Ricardo Sanchez as coach
Those of us who follow Jelena Jankovic closely were thrilled when JJ hired back her former coach, Ricardo Sanchez, for she has always played her best tennis under his watch. But the second Jankovic-Sanchez team has split, too. Sanchez has signed a one-year contract with Caroline Wozniacki.
There's more: Sanchez was not the "mystery coach" helping the world number 1 during the U.S. Open--the one whose name was supposed to have been revealed right after the Open. So the Mystery Coach remains a mystery, and the next question is: Who will coach JJ?
There's more: Sanchez was not the "mystery coach" helping the world number 1 during the U.S. Open--the one whose name was supposed to have been revealed right after the Open. So the Mystery Coach remains a mystery, and the next question is: Who will coach JJ?
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