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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Andrea Petkovic German Tennis Player

Andrea Petkovic is a German professional tennis player of Serbian and Bosnian origin. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt in Germany.

Petkovic reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 on 21 June 2010. Petkovic's highest doubles ranking was World No. 68 on September 28, 2009. She has won 1 WTA title, 8 ITF singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles. Petkovic became the German national champion in 2007 and 2009.

She's currently coached by Glen Schaap and her father, Zoran Petković.

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Caroline Wozniacki ousts Sharapova at US Open

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki stayed on course for her maiden Grand Slam title on Monday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Maria Sharapova in a pulsating fourth-round tie.

In the end, it was Sharapova's vulnerability on serve at key points that proved to be the main difference, handing vital breaks to the Dane through double faults in each set.

Wozniacki will play unseeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia for a place in the semi- finals.

"It was a tough match. She is a great player and I knew it wasn't going to be easy," last year's runner-up said.

"I got a lot of experience from last year and that helped me a lot today."

The world number two went into the match having dropped just three games in her first three outings in New York, the least in a Grand Slam event by any woman since Mary Pierce at the 1994 French Open.

She had also won three out of the last four WTA tournaments in the build-up to New York and had enjoyed a 17-1 win-loss record since Wimbledon.

But Sharapova, three years older at 23, had won their two previous meetings, both coming in 2008, and, after battling back from injury, had been showing glimpses of her best form in the last few weeks.

The match was expected to come down to Sharapova's explosiveness against Wozniacki's consistency, and so it turned out in the opening few games with the Russian facing the first break points in the second game before blasting her way out of trouble.

Two games later, though, Sharapova came out on top in a long, punishing rally to lead 40- 30 on her serve, but then flung in three straight double faults to hand the break to Wozniacki.

The Dane held serve for 4-1 and had two further break points on Sharapova's next serve, but failed to convert them.

In the following game, Sharapova let slip five break points of her own, but finally converting at the sixth attempt using her big forehand to pound a hole in Wozniacki's solid defenses.

But once again, the Russian struggled on serve and was broken to love. This time Wozniacki held firm to take the set 6-3 on her third set point in 53 minutes.

In what was a top-quality encounter, both players battled hard to hold on to their serves in the second set and it was Wozniacki who found an extra gear in the seventh game to grab the break of serve she needed thanks to another double fault from Sharapova.

Wozniacki then served out twice to ensure one of the biggest wins of her career and clear her path for another run at the final in Flushing Meadows.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

John Isner American Tennis player bio and pictures

John Isner was born April 26, 1985 in Greensboro, North Carolina. His parents are Karen and Bob Isner, and he has two older brothers, Jordan and Nathan.

John began playing tennis at age nine at the Carolina Tennis Academy. After graduating from the Walter Hines Page Senior High School, he attended the University of Georgia. John played tennis for four years at UGA, earned All-American honors each season from 2004-2007, and is the school’s all-time leader in singles and doubles wins. In May 2007, after leading his beloved school to an NCAA team title, he reached the singles final and captured the doubles title in front of his home crowd in Athens.
During his junior year in college, John began considering a career as a professional tennis player, knowing that his skills had developed enough to compete on the highest level. John began playing professional events in 2007. After competing in only a few tournaments, the towering American’s breakthrough came later that summer, when he reached the finals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, DC. While en route to his first ATP final, he posted a record five straight wins in a third set tiebreak. Thanks to his incredible week in Washington, his ranking rose to #193 in the world after just six weeks as a pro.

Since his professional career began in 2007, John has been recognized as one of the future stars of American tennis. John has caught the attention from many due to being the only player in the top 150 to attend college for 4 years, having one of the hardest serves, being the second tallest player on tour (6’9”), and his fast rise to a ATP top 20 ranking. Additionally, John holds the record for the longest match ever played in tennis history. His heroic battle at Wimbledon against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut lasted for 11 hours and 5 minutes, and ended with John’s 70-68 victory in the fifth set.

John is currently coached by former ATP pro Craig Boynton (since March 2009) and resides in Tampa, Florida.
source : John Inser official website

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Kim Clijsters rolls to win over Australian teen

When Australian Sally Peers was 10 years old, she successfully secured an autographed photo from a fast-rising tennis player named Kim Clijsters. When she returns home to Melbourne, she may want to hide that photo someplace out of sight, so Wednesday's second-round match between the two will stay out of mind.

Kim Clijsters, a two-time US Open champion, made Peers' debut on Arthur Ashe Stadium a forgettable one by speeding to a 6-2, 6-1 win in 56 minutes. The now 19-year-old qualifier held just once in seven service games.

Peers can take solace in the fact that for five games, she and the No. 2 seed were on even terms. That's because Clijsters let leads of 2-0 and 3-1 slip away, breaking Peers only to be broken immediately thereafter.

But after belting a down-the-line backhand winner to break Peers in the sixth game, Clijsters never looked back.

In a third-round match Friday, Clijsters will play No. 27 seed Petra Kvitova, who defeated former world No. 1 Dinara Safina at last year's US Open.

"Hopefully when the opponents get tougher, I'll play better," said Clijsters.