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Sports Central
October 21, 2011
Luke Broadbent |
WTA Tour Championships Preview Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Sharapova became the first players to book their place in the Tour Championships. Being the first to secure a spot is always impressive, but even more so considering neither of them won a slam in 2011.   |
Sports Central
October 19, 2007
Tom Kosinski |
A True Champion, Finally It's time to take a look at what Maria Sharapova's loss really demonstrated. |
Sports Central
March 9, 2010
Tom Kosinski |
Tennis, Economic, or Player Recession? I've discussed the current world economic situation and its effect on the professional tennis industry here many times. |
Sports Central
October 3, 2011
Tom Kosinski |
Fall is Here, So is the End of Tennis Season Here's to hoping the fall will mean better things for us all in tennis next year. |
Sports Central
June 29, 2011
Luke Broadbent |
Tennis Has No Need For a Leading Lady A lot is made of the fact that women's tennis lacks big names that consistently come to the fore. |
Sports Central
June 13, 2012
Brad Oremland |
Sharapova, Errani, and the French Open Maria Sharapova completed a career Grand Slam on Saturday. Two or three years ago, I never would have believed it. |
Sports Central
July 8, 2011
Tom Kosinski |
To High Tides From Green Grass Novak Djokovic, the 2011 men's champion, returned to Serbia and was greeted with a party the likes of only Goran Ivanisevic has ever seen. |
Sports Central
June 9, 2009
Luke Broadbent |
Nadia Petrova's Struggle Why Nadia Petrova hasn't fulfilled the potential she displayed when she broke onto the scene, as well as the reason why she will always be in the shadow of her fellow Russians. |
Sports Central
August 17, 2010
Luke Broadbent |
Maria Sharapova's Return to Form Recent form suggests that Sharapova is once again a force to be reckoned with in the sport of tennis |
Sports Central
September 1, 2009
Tom Kosinski |
Tennis and Parenthood: Perfect Together? The return of Kim Clijsters to high level, professional tennis after having a child is not unheard of, and her return has been in keeping with her recent contemporaries. |
Sports Central
September 6, 2009
Tom Kosinski |
Expect the Unexpected at U.S. Open Could anyone have expected the men's and women's draw to have a day and night like Saturday? |
Sports Central
October 28, 2008
Tom Kosinski |
Jankovic Finishes No. 1, But Should She? Several of the tennis elite feel Jelena Jankovic's No. 1 ranking is wrong. |
Sports Central
November 14, 2006
Tom Kosinski |
One Down, One to Go The curtain closed on another season of women's professional tennis, but the season was not without its controversies. |
Sports Illustrated
July 2, 2003
S.L. Price |
Inside Tennis: Youth Movement Maria Sharapova was the latest 16-year-old to take Wimbledon by storm. But where will she be in a few years? |
Sports Central
February 2, 2011
Tom Kosinski |
Another Upside Down Down Under Championship Novak Djokovic man-handled Andy Murray in straight sets and took home his second Australian Open title. |
Sports Central
September 14, 2010
Luke Broadbent |
Wozniacki's U.S. Open in Perspective The absence of Serena Williams at this year's U.S. Open meant that Caroline Wozniacki, the world No. 2, was installed as the No. 1 seed. |
Sports Central
December 28, 2005
Mert Ertunga |
Best and Worst of WTA Tour in 2005 One final look at the 2005 season, especially considering the ATP version published on Sports Central last month turned out to draw so much reader feedback. |
Sports Central
December 21, 2006
Tom Kosinski |
Fifth Annual Tennis Christmas Wish List Saint Nick was pretty good to me last year, and most of my wish list materialized. Hopefully, he'll be just as generous this year. |
Sports Central
September 8, 2004
Tom Kosinski |
Did Anyone Care to Notice? In remembrance of the over 500 wounded and dead Russian men, women, and children caught in the political play of a handful of Chechen terrorists, Maria Sharapova and her Russian mates demonstrated their sadness and sympathy outwardly. Only a small website in the Phillipines reported it. |
Sports Central
June 20, 2012
Mert Ertunga |
Half a Century Ago at Wimbledon... Fifty years ago there was a vast gap between how much the men's champion has been revered over the years and how little is known about the women's champion. |
Sports Central
November 30, 2010
Tom Kosinski |
2010 Tennis Comes To an End, Finally With a thunder of applause, and a bit of ale-driven cheers, the 2010 professional tennis year came to an end yesterday. |
Sports Central
November 6, 2013
Mert Ertunga |
Wacky Week in Women's Tennis For the last four years, the WTA has scheduled an additional event. To top it all, it has the wackiest name that I have ever heard for a tournament: "Masters bis." This year, it was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. |
Sports Central
August 31, 2011
Tom Kosinski |
Hurricane Irene First, Now Hurricane McHale Seems fitting, as at the U.S. Open, with two rounds done, NJ resident and local girl Christina McHale have swept through like Hurricane Irene taking out Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round and No. 8 seed Marion Bartoli in the second round. |
ifeminists
July 3, 2007
Carey Roberts |
Equal Pay for Equal Work at Wimbledon? If women's tennis is bringing in far less revenue but taking home just as much money as men's, where is their money coming from? You guessed it -- from the men. |
Sports Central
May 11, 2011
Tom Kosinski |
Where Did All the Americans Go? This week, the tennis headline on most major sports news outlets is that for the first time ever there are not American players in the top 10 of both the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour. |
Sports Central
July 1, 2008
Tom Kosinski |
Wimbledon: Grass or Green Clay? The All England Lawn Tennis Club insists that they have not changed the playing conditions at Wimbledon to favor the clay-court players. |
Sports Central
December 21, 2010
Tom Kosinski |
The Tennis Christmas Wish List 2010 Each year for nearly a decade, I've been creating this list as my public thoughts and feelings about where I hope the professional game will go in the coming year. |
Sports Central
June 10, 2006
Tom Kosinski |
Time For Another Battle of the Sexes? In tennis, the controversy over equal prize money for the sexes continues. |
Sports Central
December 16, 2008
Tom Kosinski |
2008 Tennis Christmas Wish List Dear Santa, I have been relatively good this year, even though Venus and Serena are mad at me. |
Sports Central
June 16, 2014
Mert Ertunga |
2014 French Open: Parting Thoughts Roland Garros ended with two usual characters holding the winning trophies. Ironically, it will remain as one of the most upset-filled Slams in recent memory. |
Sports Central
November 4, 2011
Mert Ertunga |
WTA Championships at Istanbul: A Success "Brilliant" was frequently the term used by the commentators on Eurosport, Sam Smith and Chris Bradley, to describe the Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul and the atmosphere created in it by the spectators during the year-ending TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships. |
Sports Central
August 14, 2007
Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Open Series: Is it Serious? This is turning out to be the summer of Serbs. |
Sports Central
June 20, 2007
Mert Ertunga |
Wimbledon, Save Us! A flip of a coin would have been more exciting than guessing the outcomes of tournaments and matches so far. |
Sports Central
October 21, 2012
Mert Ertunga |
WTA and Best-of-Five Sets in Slams The women's finals are continuously overshadowed by the men's finals. It is time for WTA to seriously consider implementing some formula that includes a five-set format in the Slams. |
Sports Central
June 28, 2010
Tom Kosinski |
Tradition is the Winner at Wimbledon 2010 As I write this, we are down to the final 16 men and women at the greatest sports championship in the world, the Wimbledon tennis championships. |
Sports Central
July 25, 2008
Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Open Series, Who Cares? The only tennis tournaments that truly matter to the sports watching public at large are the big four -- the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open. |
Sports Central
October 26, 2010
Tom Kosinski |
Is the Tennis Season Too Long? The tennis season is way too long. Just like basketball, hockey, and baseball (the World Series hasn't even started yet and it's the end of October) tennis has become just another drawn out non-spectacle. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2007
Tom Kosinski |
WTA Tour Faces Grave Challenges in U.S. The WTA Tour has done an amazing job of bringing in good sponsors and partners, all who have helped make the tour a worthwhile entertainment venture. But is the picture as rosey as it might seem? |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2001
S.L. Price |
Venus Falling As the star-starved French Open showed, the women's game is suddenly in a swoon... |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2011
Danielle Rossingh |
Women's Tennis Changes Its Game By allowing multiple sponsors, WTA aims to boost revenue. |
Sports Central
June 16, 2011
Tom Kosinski |
Will Wimbledon Determine Who is Greatest Ever? Immediately following the French Open final, the debate began in earnest again about Roger Federer being declared the best tennis player of all-time. |
Sports Central
March 6, 2014
Mert Ertunga |
Early Tennis Season Notes of 2014 The 2014 season has begun with several unexpected events that set the stage for a terrific year in tennis. |
Sports Central
September 26, 2006
Ricky Dimon |
If Not For Agassi... What more can be said about Andre Agassi, the American tennis legend who finally called it quits after his third-round loss in the U.S. Open? Quite frankly, nothing. |
Sports Central
August 22, 2005
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Tennis in Toronto Belgium is a country known for charming chocolates and bewitching beers. Now you can add women's tennis to that list. The final match of the Sony Ericsson WTA tournament featured the only two Belgian females entered in the women's singles draw. |
Sports Central
July 10, 2007
Tom Kosinski |
Wimbledon '07: More Than Meets the Eye For the first time in 20 years, a local comes home with a title. |
Sports Central
December 12, 2007
Tom Kosinski |
The Annual Tennis Holiday Wish List With the allegations of match-fixing looming, the professional tennis game has a lot of work ahead in 2008. |
Sports Illustrated
August 5, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
No glam, all game Belgium's Kim Clijsters is one of the few players armed with the weapons and blessed with the physique to topple the Williams dynasty. Clijsters has found a way to be a top player without turning every match into a blood feud. |
Sports Central
February 3, 2015
Mert Ertunga |
Leaving the Australian Open Behind The Australian Open provided enough thrills throughout the two-week long tennis festival, and concluded with Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic confirming their statuses as the best players on their respective tours. |
Sports Central
September 7, 2009
Mert Ertunga |
Super Saturday Saves the Day This year's U.S. Open has already had its version of a Super Saturday and it took place in the first week. |
Sports Central
March 30, 2004
Mert Ertunga |
Tennis Needs to Eliminate "Dull Season" What does this so-called "dull season" offer the average sports fan? Unfortunately, very little to nothing! |
