Carly Cerna-Balanoff is going to be a sophomore in high school and wants to tryout for the varsity volleyball team, but she is attending Saint Thomas Aquinas and the team she’s trying out for is a 4 time state champion and last year runner up for the state title. This is quit a daunting task, [...]
Is tennis more mental or physical? Well, with warrior-like players like Rafael Nadal and big serving giants like John Isner, the physical aspect of the game is becoming more prevalent. But even before physical changes started to occur, the evolution of the racquet industry was in full force. From Jimmy Connors T-2000 to Andy Roddick’s [...]
Skeptics, critics, and non-believers were all proven wrong today as Vera Zvonareva reached the pinnacle of grass court tennis. With a hard-fought three set win over Tsvetana Pironkova, the young Russian booked a spot in the Wimbledon final. Battling back from a set down like she did in the quarterfinals against Kim Clijsters, Zvonareva roared [...]
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Zvonareva battled back after dropping the first set to Kim Clijsters, beating the Belgian 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to reach her first career Wimbledon semifinal. Zvonareva, who trains at the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy, is playing in her second career Grand Slam semi and has [...]
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) vs. Kim Clijsters (BEL)
Zvonareva came into the tournament ranked #21 in the world, but she is certain to move up because she is only defending 3rd round points. She was beating Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 3-0 in the fourth round when Jankovic retired due to an injury. This [...]
Venus Williams (USA) vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
It took Venus only 64 minutes to beat Rossana De Los Rios in the first round. The elder Williams is looking for her sixth career Wimbledon title and her third in the last four years. Is there anyone out there that can beat her? Maybe [...]
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs. Laura Robson (ENG)
Jankovic has moved back up to #4 in the world after a semifinal showing at the French Open and is looking to make a deep run at Wimbledon for the first time in her career. Surprisingly, she has never been past the fourth round on [...]
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Serena Williams (USA) vs. Justine Henin (BEL)
It took Serena just over two hours to beat Na Li in the semis, taking her down in two tiebreak sets. On the other side, Henin was able to eliminate Jie Zheng in [...]
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Jie Zheng (CHN) vs. Justine Henin (BEL)
Zheng is in the second Grand Slam semifinal of her career and she did with a rather easy victory over Maria Kirilenko. She is one of the two Chinese women left in the [...]
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Serena Williams (USA) vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Serena knocked out Sam Stosur in straight sets in the fourth round and she has yet to drop a set in this tournament. In fact, she has only lost a total of 15 [...]
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