Ons Jabeur is a twenty-five-year old talented Tunisian female tennis player. She is currently ranked seventy-eighth. The highest she has ever ranked was fifty-one last year. I have watched her for years and wondered, why such a talented player was not ranked higher. I have also wondered why she has not won any titles on…
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Seeds Tumble On Day 6 [2] Karolina Pliskova CZE) could not get by the resurgent Russian. [30] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is looking to get to her second consecutive Australian Open quarterfinal, and she is one step closer with the 7-6(4), 7-6(3) defeat of the number two seed. [5] Elina Svitolina (UKR) lost 1-6, 2-6 to [32]…
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Less than six months ago, at the US Open, [9] Serena Williams (USA) destroyed the twenty-eight-year old 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. What did Wang do this time around to not only avoid embarrassment, but pull off the biggest upset of the tournament? Perhaps it was not all Wang and she got a lot of…
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The seeds held firm today; however, there were still some mishaps. [20] Karolina Muchova lost to American, Catherine Bellis. [26] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) lost 6-4, 6-7(5), 4-6, 4-6 to [51] Fernando Verdasco (ESP). [26] Danielle Collins (USA) lost a tough one to the dangerous [38] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ). Collins was done in by the tenacity…
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The seeds were dropping like flies in the hot sun and credit four American players for some of this disruption. Players love the majors because they are the four biggest opportunities they have to turn their careers around. Do well at a major and it is not just a significant payday, it can also be…
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Maria Sharapova needed a wildcard and sadly she did not make good use of it. Currently ranked outside the top hundred (145), she needed to make some impressive noise at this Australian Open to improve her ranking; she did not. Sharapova lost 3-6, 4-6 in the first round to [19] Donna Vekic (CRO). Day 2…
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