Venus Williams ousts top seed Victoria Azarenka in the second round of Tokyo
Second-round action at the Toray Pan Pacific Open came to a close on Tuesday and the biggest surprise was the upset of top seed Victoria Azarenka by Venus Willliams in two sets 6-2 6-4 in one hour...
Victoria Duval eliminates Sam Stosur, makes a big surprise at the US Open
After two hours and 39 minutes of a tough battle, a new star is born. American seventeen-year-old Victoria Duval, ranked 298th, defeated eleventh seed and the winner of the 2011 US Open Samantha Stosur,...
US Open women’s draw analysis
Dear readers, as you noticed, I was on a two-week summer vacation and Women's Tennis Blog was at a standstill. Just in time of the US Open I'm turning my engines on again and...
Stosur celebrates in Carlsbad, Rybarikova in Washington
Samantha Stosur and Magdalena Rybarikova both lost their opening matches at the Bank of the West Classic last week and both went all the way to the title at their next tournament, the Southern...
Stosur wins in Carlsbad, Kuznetsova out in the first round
Samantha Stosur hadn’t planned to play the Southern California Open, but following her early loss in Stanford last week, the Australian accepted a wildcard into Carlsbad and progressed into the second round on Monday...
Li Na makes easy progress at Wimbledon
Sixth seed Li Na raced past Michaella Krajicek, a big-hitting 2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist who hadn't been in the main draw of the tournament since 2008. Li hit 29 winners to 12 unforced errors and made Krajicek's...
Jankovic victorious against Stosur in the first round of Stuttgart
Jelena Jankovic recorded a 6-4 6-4 victory over sixth seed Samantha Stosur, favorite on paper, in the high-profile match at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix to wrap up the first round of the $795,707 tournament....
No quarterfinals in Indian Wells today, both Stosur and Azarenka withdraw!
A very bad day for women’s tennis at Indian Wells today - first Samantha Stosur withdrew with a right calf injury and now top seed Victoria Azarenka is out with a right ankle injury....
Defending champion Radwanska falls in Dubai quarterfinals
Just as we said that the Dubai draw opened up for titleholder Agnieszka Radwanska with withdrawals of Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams, the Pole went out to Petra Kvitova 6-2 6-4 in the quarterfinals, who...
Stosur’s defeat leaves Australian Open without Aussies, Sharapova double-bagels again
Samantha Stosur's horror story at her home Grand Slam continued when the Australian blew a 5-2 lead in the third set to succumb to Zheng Jie 6-4 1-6 7-5 in the second round of the...
