Marion Bartoli defeats Li Na to win Monterrey Open title
Second seed Marion Bartoli of France won her 300th career singles match and first title this year, beating China's Li Na 6-4 6-3 in the final of the Monterrey Open in Mexico.
Bartoli’s biggest competition...
Wimbledon 2012 WTA awards: Grass Empress, Finesse Queen, Gutsy Performer, Brave Heart, Biggest Disappointment
Omair is known for his statistical contributions to Women's Tennis Blog, but as of Roland Garros he started doing post-Grand Slam awards, giving WTA players awards they deserved on the account of their performance....
Loss motivates Azarenka to work even harder
Last night in Miami quarterfinals, Marion Bartoli ended Victoria Azarenka’s 26-match winning streak, which included titles in Sydney, Melbourne, Doha, and Indian Wells. However, the world No.1 is not mourning the loss, at least...
Jelena Jankovic stunned by Marion Bartoli’s “I always beat her” statement
World No.14 Marion Bartoli, Jelena Jankovic’s opponent in the upcoming quarterfinal of the Bank of the West Classic, said before Jankovic's second round match against Sabine Lisicki that she would rather face Jankovic than...
Aravane Rezai claims Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions title
Aravane Rezai won the biggest title of her career playing against Marion Bartoli in an all-French final of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali.
Of course, injuries where not avoided this time either,...
Part 1: Top 10 players in 2011 – how they scored against fellow big opponents
We can soon start calling our reader Omair a stats expert. :) After seeing his "Comparative analysis of Top 10 players and their performance at big tournaments in 2011" received so well, Omair eagerly rushed to...
Bartoli announces comeback to WTA Tour in 2018!
After more than four years of retirement, France's Marion Bartoli surprised us with an announcement of a comeback to the WTA Tour in spring 2018, more precisely, at the Miami Open in the second...
Bali update: Sabine Lisicki enjoys artwork + draw announced
Sabine Lisicki is relieving her jetlag in Bali by painting pottery which will be auctioned off for charity. In her blog for the WTA Tour, the German reveals that her parents are also in...
Andrea Petkovic claims Strasbourg title and new career-high ranking
On the eve of the French Open, Andrea Petkovic claimed her second WTA title and a new career-high ranking of No.12. In the final of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, which was the only International-level...
Venus withdraws with illness, Bartoli upset
Venus Williams denied the US Open spectators a thrilling second round match against Sabine Lisicki by pulling out with an unspecified illness which was later defined as an autoimmune disease, more specifically - Sjogren’s Syndrome,...
