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Venus Williams, Huber, Raymond All Out of Rome Tournament
Venus Williams was almost “inch perfect” today in her loss to Safina. Williams agressive play came within fractions of an inch of paying off, but in multiple critical moments, Venus’ impressive drives brought the umpire out of her chair, but were ultimately ruled out. Extraordinary powerful forehand strikes by Safina continued even when Safina started [...]
8May2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
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 [...]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (w/Petrova) Advances over #1 Seed Lisa Raymond (w/Peschke)
Although Mattek-Sands and Petrova lost the second set 1-6, they advanced over #1 seeds Raymond and Peschke 7-5, 1-6, 10-6.
18Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Lisa Raymond (w/Peschke) To Meet Bethanie Mattek-Sands (w/Petrova) In Charleston
Lisa Raymond (w/Peschke) defeated Chan and Govortsova today to set up a semifinal contest vs. fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands (w/Petrova).
Wildcard American’s Alexa Glatch and Shenay Perry were defeated by Shuai Peng and Zi Yan in their quarterfinal match 2-6, 5-7.
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 [...]
Lisa Raymond (w/Peschke) Takes 2nd Place in Ponte Vedra Beach, MPS Group Championship
Lisa Raymond (w/Peschke) came up against a fiery Sania Mirza who unleashed many powerful groundstrokes that helped Mirza and her partner, Chia-Jung Chuang, take the title 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.
Raymond and Peschke are the number 1 seed this week in Charleston.
Last American’s, Lepchenko and Mattek-Sands, Eliminated From Singles in Ponte Vedra Beach. Raymond, Haynes Advance
Ponte Vedra Beach Singles Results:
Varvara Lepchenko lost a close match to Tamira Paszek 6-3, 3-6, 4-6. After 8 breaks of serve, Paszek took the final and pivotal 9th break of serve and the match. Although Paszek had 7 double faults and made only 47% of her first serves, her aggresive serving approach resulted in an [...]
Madison Keys Eliminated by #1 Seed, Nadia Patrova
Madison Keys put the WTA tour players on notice this week with her ground breaking win as a 14 year old and her fine showing today vs. Nadia Petrova.
Madison Keys lost 3 & 2, but with an impressive 10 winners and only 2 unforced errors.
Yesterday Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Marion Bartoli 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3 and Varvara [...]
