WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
ITF Backspin. A day late. Not a dollar short (not very long, either). But the first production since I finally got that "Decade's Best" taste out of my mouth.ITF PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Evgeniya Rodina/RUS...the 20-year old Ru (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Well, it took ten years worth of tennis action, condensed and spread out over nearly a year's worth of "Decade's Best" special editions of Backspin, to get to this. The best two players of the decade.Funny thing is, I probab (Read More)
Women's Tennis Blog:
Nothing of this is confirmed, but here are some previews of what women's tennis players may be wearing at the start of the 2010 season. Apparently, the new season is just around the corner.Ana Ivanovic will supposedly wear th (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Backspin's "Decade's Best" countdown of the final five of the Top 25 players of the 2000's continues today with #3, a player whose career both represents (and maybe surpasses) the most far-reaching development on tour over th (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
It's at this point that Backspin's "Decade's Best" countdown of the final five of the Top 25 players of the 2000's gets sticky... at least as far as the odd placing of the #3 and #4 players is concerned.For all intents and pu (Read More)
Women's Tennis Blog:
Our dear reader Teerin is contributing to Women's Tennis Blog once again, this time by creating a countdown of the best moments in the 2009 tennis season.Teerin would like to have been able to include more memorable situation (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Backspin's "Decade's Best" countdown of the final five of the Top 25 players of the 2000's begins today, with an additional edition arriving every day until the end of this year-long series on Sunday.Unlike the past five-play (Read More)
Women's Tennis Blog:
World number three Svetlana Kuznetsova will start her 2010 season and the Australian Open campaign at the Medibank International Sydney.The Russian is the fifth Top 10 player to join the Sydney field after No.1 Serena William (Read More)
Open Court:
As a top 10 player, the overworked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark has more limitations on the number of smaller tournaments she will be allowed to play in 2010.So that means she can't crisscross the globe, playing waaaayyyy to (Read More)
Open Court:
Is Caroline Wozniacki a big deal in Denmark? Yup.There are a dozen stories about her in the big Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet over the last few weeks.Here are some updates.Caroline åbner tennis-akademiActually, it sounds lik (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Forty-four weeks of tennis action and it's come to this... trying to determine the "top" performer(s) in a year in which the player who spent the most time at #1 was most renowned for her no-shows and collapses in slams, wh (Read More)
YouTennis.com - Tennis For You, From You:
Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwanska, Urszula Radwanska and Angelique Kerber recently spent their off season holiday in Mauritius.Not only that the girls were caught on bikini shots, Wozniacki and Agnieszka were also caugh (Read More)
YouTennis.com - Tennis For You, From You:
Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwanska, Urszula Radwanska and Angelique Kerber recently spent their off season holiday in Mauritius.Not only that the girls were caught on bikini shots, Wozniacki was also caught sunbathing to (Read More)
Women Who Serve:
At the end of last year, I called 2008 a "strange" season. 2009, however, was just as strange, if not more so. The year did not lack drama; in fact, there was too much of it. The U.S. Open alone provided enough drama to fill (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Lists have always been a stock and trade component of WTA Backspin, and that's never more the case than with the annual Backspin Awards.The final "Ms. Backspin" standings won't show up in this space for a day or two, but don' (Read More)
Women Who Serve:
Maris Sharapova has entered the 2010 Family Circle Cup in Charleston. Sharapova played in Charleston in 2008, during the tournament's 35th anniversary, and was defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual champion Serena William (Read More)
Open Court:
No longer is the teenager from Denmark the cute, but relatively anonymous up-and-comer.Caroline Wozniacki finally gets to go on her first grownup vacation with her BFFs (i.e., without Mom and Dad watching her every move), and (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Going into this weekend, one might have said that it was a fait accompli that Italy was going to rule over the Americans in the Fed Cup final. And if you DID say it, then you'd have been 100% correct.Oh, sure, there was that (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Backspin's "Decade's Best" countdown of the top players of the 2000's continues today with the five players ranked #6-10. No discussion about the past decade would be complete without these women, but each of them has one li (Read More)