Wuhan Open, China [20] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) vs. [27] Anett Kontaveit (EST) The final is set and many would not have predicted these two as finalists; however, their respective teams may have. Both finalists are the future of the WTA Tour and Sabalenka recently announced that she is the real deal by capturing her first…
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Absolutely not! The champion that Serena Williams is should have been able to rise above the call. Take it a step further, since she constantly talks about Jehovah, her faith that this trial would only make her a better player should have allowed her to rise above what she perceived was a “sexist response”. In…
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US OPEN, New York The number one seed and number one ranked player, Rafael Nadal, will face an opponent that has beaten him on his favorite surface; however, they have never played each other on hard court. They have met ten times on clay and Nadal has the 7:3 advantage, but Dominic Thiem seems to…
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This will be the thirtieth time that the sisters will face each other as opponents in a tennis match and younger sister Serena leads the head-to-head 17:12; however, a lot has changed in both of their lives over the last couple of years. Serena Williams gave birth to her daughter and had a recovery that…
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Rafael Nadal is the number one ranked player and the number one seed at the final major of the year, the US Open. Today I had the pleasure of watching him practice in the new Louis Armstrong Stadium…….and if you are a Nadal fan…..enjoy the following photos. The defending champion will begin his bid to…
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It seems like I have been away from tennis for a long time; however, although I have not been blogging as regularly as I used to, I have been following. Life got in the way. Now I understand how tennis players can take mental or even physical breaks from the sport and be okay. While…
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