Photos from Stanford: Bellis eliminates Kvitova
A year ago, CiCi Bellis from nearby Atherton was poised to join Stanford’s athletics department when she last played the Bank of the West Classic on the university’s campus. Less than 12 months later, the...
How to translate your tennis practice into match wins
This is a guest post by professional tennis coach Marcin Bieniek, giving us tips on how to train smart and translate our hard work into won tennis matches. Marcin reminds us of details that...
Photos from Stanford: Kvitova makes winning Bank of the West Classic debut
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova made a successful debut at the 2017 Bank of the West Classic on Thursday.
Playing in Stanford for the very first time in her career, Kvitova won her second-round match...
Photos from Stanford: Sharapova withdraws, Muguruza moves on
The 2017 Bank of the West Classic had to deal with some serious bad news on Wednesday as Maria Sharapova was forced to withdraw from the event just hours before her second-round match against...
Photos from Stanford: Bellis makes winning start
Local hero CiCI Bellis made a proper start into her 2017 Bank of the West Classic campaign, winning her first round match against Alize Cornet from France in straight sets.
The 18-year-old American, who has...
Photos from Stanford: Kvitova graduates, Sharapova moves on
The field of the 2017 Bank of the West Classic completed on Monday as #2 seed Petra Kvitova arrived in California, preparing for her debut at the long-running event.
After completing a practice session, Kvitova...
A pretender to the throne, or has Wimbledon witnessed the crowning of a new queen?
Sportswriter and broadcaster David Fearnhead, Women’s Tennis Blog’s friend and long-time contributor, shares his thoughts after the Wimbledon fortnight. He now presents a sports radio show The Only Game in Town every Thursday night on Ribble FM.
Before the start of Wimbledon,...
WTA fashion at Wimbledon 2017: Rich textures and finishes make stunning performance dresses
Since today is Middle Sunday at Wimbledon, I used the day without tennis to make my traditional Grand Slam fashion overview, my third this year, after the Australian Open and Roland Garros. There's such...
Brengle ends Kvitova’s Wimbledon 2017 run
Playing just her third tournament since December's life-threatening knife attack, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova lost to Madison Brengle 6-3 1-6 6-2 in the second round of Wimbledon, despite entering the Grand Slam as a favorite, having...
Photos from Eastbourne: Watson stuns reigning champ Cibulkova
After Petra Kvitova’s much-discussed title win in Birmingham, the WTA tour moves from the British Midland’s all the way to the Channel Coast with Eastbourne's Aegon International, the final lead-up event before Wimbledon.
Famous for its...
