All Posts Tagged With: "Ditty"
Serena, Fish, Bryan Bros, Huber, King, and Ditty Roll on Day 3 at Wimbledon; Querrey, Spadea, Craybas, Dent, Ram, Martin, Kops-Jones and Spears Eliminated
Day 3 at Wimbledon
US Men Singles:
Sam Querrey had the opportunity of his life today up a set and a break on Centre Court at Wimbledon, but momentum turned on the first point with Querrey serving at 5-3 in the second as he watched a miss-hit, yet playable, topper catch the baseline. Sam remarked in his [...]
24Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Five US Women Could Claim A Berth In Women’s Wimbledon Singles Draw
Melanie Oudin defeated Sophie Ferguson 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 and Karin Knapp 1 & 2.
Kristina Kucova is the final obstacle in the way of Oudin reaching the main Wimbledon singles draw.
Shenay Perry defeated Chin-Wei Chan 2 & 3 and Anna Lapushchenkova 2 & 2.
Perry will meet #1 seed Viktoriya Kutuzova who earlier dismissed American Lauren Riley [...]
American Women Made Red Dirt Progress In 2009; American Men Slide
Four American women advanced past the first round in both 2008 and 2009, but Serena William’s quarterfinal appearance at the French Open this year helped the US women mark forward progress in singles as last year no US woman made it past the third round. In Women’s doubles, seven teams with an American pro advanced [...]
7Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Haynes, Gullickson, King, Albanese Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round In Three Set Matches
Anglea Haynes and Carly Gullickson both came from a set down to advance to the second round of qualifying. All the American winners required three sets and they all won the third set in convincing fashion.
Haynes defeated Zuzana Kucova 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-2.
Gullickson defeated Violette Huck 6-7(7), 7-6(6), 6-1.
Vania King advanced to the second round 7-5, [...]
American Women Waking Up In Paris to Begin Roland Garros Quest
Shenay Perry, Angela Haynes could meet in the second round of qualifying.
Abigail Spears and Vania King could meet in the final qualifying round.
Julie Ditty and Lauren Albanese could meet in second round.
Carly Gullickson and Julie Ditty or Lauren Albanese may meet in the final qualifying round.
Melanie Oudin & Madison Brengle can qualify without knocking out [...]
Venus Williams Into Rome Semis To Take On Safina; #1 Huber & #2 Raymond Into Doubles Quarterfinals
Serena Williams bowed out early in Rome to Patty Schnyder 2-6, 6-2, 1-6 thus eliminating the possibility of a rematch with Azarenka. Venus Williams, however, has secured her place in the semifinal vs. Safina and if Azarenka defeats Kuznetsova, Venus could have her chance to take on Azarenka.
Venus defeated Safarova 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, then Chakvetadze [...]
Statistics From Deciding Day 2 for American Fed Cup Team Offer Clues For Choosing Players For The Final In Italy
Bethanie Mattek-Sands had a low 30% win ratio on her 2nd serves with 74% on her first serve points with only 1 double fault. This type of conservative play contributed to her two singles losses over the weekend. During a critical first service game, Mattek-Sands spun her 2nd serve to the deuce court and it [...]
28Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Lepchenko, Oudin, Williams Singles Winners; Raymond, Mattek-Sands, Glatch, Perry Advance in Doubles at Charleston
Women’s Singles:
American Varvara Lepchenko defeated surprise US qualifier Shenay Perry 6-2, 6-3 as Perry lost 64% of her service points while Lepchenko won 69% of her own service points.
Mattek-Sands lost to Rodionova 2-6, 4-6 making 71% of her first serves, but unfortunately losing 53% of her first serve points allowing Rodionova 8 break chances creating [...]
