WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Forty-four weeks of tennis action and it's come to this... trying to determine the "top" performer(s) in a year in which the player who spent the most time at #1 was most renowned for her no-shows and collapses in slams, while the actual year-end #1 player, who won two slams and the Season-Ending Championships, was, at best, largely on cruise control for the bulk of her all-or-nothing season,...
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Going into this weekend, one might have said that it was a fait accompli that Italy was going to rule over the Americans in the Fed Cup final. And if you DID say it, then you'd have been 100% correct. Oh, sure, there was that hint of a question before the action began on the red clay in Calabria. But just a hint, and that was only because the previous 2009 FC heroics performed by the likes of Melanie...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Fed Cup final result between Italy and United States from Calabria, Italy on Sunday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result). 3-Italy beat 4-U.S. 4-0 * Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Liezel Huber/Vania King (U.S.) 4-6 6-3 11-9 Flavia Pennetta (Italy) beat Melanie Oudin (U.S.) 7-5 6-2
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Womens Doubles: Match 4 Sara Errani (Ita) & Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Liezel Huber (USA) & Vania King (USA) 4-6 6-3 11-9 Womens Singles: Match 3 Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 7-5 6-2
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
TOP Zimbabwean female tennis player Cara Black and her American partner Liezel Huber will be aiming for a hat-trick of victories at the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, this weekend.
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The 2009 Backspin Awards are still a week away, so consider this something of a mini-preview... region by region. ==NORTH AMERICA== PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Serena Williams, USA POY ( RUNNER-UP ): Venus Williams, USA RISER: Aleksandra Wozniak, CAN SURPRISE: Vania King, USA VETERAN: Liezel Huber, USA FRESH FACE: Melanie Oudin, USA COMEBACK: Alexa Glatch, USA DOWN: Mashona Washington, USA ITF PLAYER: Valerie...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The U.S. Tennis Association says Serena Williams has pulled out of the team that will face Italy in the Fed Cup final. USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier tells The Associated Press on Saturday that Williams informed United States captain Mary Joe Fernandez she won't play in the Nov. 7-8 matches. Vania King replaces Williams on the roster, joining surprise U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin, Liezel...
ZooTennis (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
My article today for the Tennis Recruiting Network is one that was brought back a lot of memories for me. One of the first professional pieces I ever wrote was for tennis.com, when tenniswire.org's Liza Horan was the editor there, and it was about Scoville Jenkins and Scott Oudsema serving as hitting partners for the U.S. Davis Cup semifinal tie with Belarus back in September of 2004. I learned in...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Serena Williams has been officially included on the United States team to face Italy in the Fed Cup final - but her sister Venus will not play. Serena was named along with U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin, Liezel Huber and Alexa Glatch for the best-of-five series on Nov. 7-8 against Italy on outdoor clay in Reggio Calabria. The International Tennis Federation made the announcement Wednesday....
WTA Womens Tennis (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Anna Kournikova to play the Advanta WTT Smash Hits charity tennis event Anna Kournikova has confirmed she will be playing at the Advanta WTT Smash Hits charity tennis event co-hosted by Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King. Kournikova will join Andy Roddick, Lindsay Davenport, Tommy Haas and Liezel Huber on December 8 at [...]
Anups Gang Welcomes You (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi will be playing with different partners in the mixed doubles event of the ongoing US Open tennis championships The Australian Open mixed doubles champions reached the decision due to uncertainity over Sania's participation in the event because of her troubled wrist, which was operated upon last year. Sania's father Imran Mirza told IANS that her wrist was troubling her...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
CARA Black and Liezel Huber are through to the semi-finals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open women's tennis tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
CARA Black and Liezel Huber meekly surrendered their US Open women's tennis doubles title when they lost to Americans Venus and Serena Williams in the final on Monday night.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Zimbabwean tennis player Cara Black and her American doubles partner Liezel Huber lost to the American sisters Venus and Serena Williams in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2 on Monday in the U.S. Open women's doubles finals at Flushing Meadows in New York City. Black and Huber defeated Australians Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur Sunday but were no match for the William sisters who won their 10th career Grand...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
ZIMBABWE'S tennis ace Cara Black and her American partner Liezel Huber were late last night set to be involved in one of their biggest fights of the season at the US Open in New York.
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