Henin fears she might miss the Olympics because of air pollution
Top-ranked women’s tennis player Justine Henin is concerned about pollution levels in Beijing, the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games. The Belgian has breathing problems and she fears that high pollution in the...
Williams sisters capture Olympic doubles gold medal for the third time
In a rematch of their recent Wimbledon doubles final, the Williams sisters again defeated Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka to become the first tennis players in history to win four Olympic gold medals - they...
Olympic WTA awards: Golden Empress, Bridesmaids, Gutsy Performers and others
Our guest blogger Omair likes to give WTA players unofficial titles on the account of their performance at big events. Notice how Serena improved from the Biggest Disappointment at Roland Garros, to Grass Empress...
Olympic semifinal preview: Maria Sharapova vs. Maria Kirilenko
Having already previewed the Olympic semifinal between Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams, we are moving on to predicting the all-Russian one, between Maria Sharapova vs. Maria Kirilenko. Thank you, Omair, for contributing the article!
Maria...
Lights out for Stosur as Kerber continues impressive form at Rio
German Angelique Kerber safely negotiated her way past Australian counterpart Samantha Stosur 6-0 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the Rio Olympic Games.
The opening set of the third-round match was one way traffic for...
Olympic semifinal preview: Serena Williams vs. Victoria Azarenka
Our contributing blogger Omair dug into the world of Olympic stats and brought us the previews of the semifinals. Let's see the numbers behind the 2012 Olympic performances of our semifinalists for an insight...
Clijsters remains unbeaten by Ivanovic, Venus falls to Kerber
Kim Clijsters will likely end her career with a perfect 6-0 record against fellow Grand Slam champion and former No.1 Ana Ivanovic. In their today's encounter at the London Olympics, Clijsters won 84% of points...
Goerges hits 56 winners to beat Radwanska at Olympics
In the first round of the Olympic Tennis Event and on the first day in 100 years that rain sent the Olympic tennis indoors, Julia Goerges upset second seed Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4.
En route...
Andrea Petkovic can’t play the London Olympics due to ankle injury
Just hours after we reported that Kaia Kanepi withdrew from the upcoming Olympics with an Achilles injury, world No.18 Andrea Petkovic is tweeting:
Really sorry to announce that I will not be competing at the Olympic Games....
Injury misfortune for Kaia Kanepi for her third Olympics in a row
Estonian No.1 and world No.16 Kaia Kanepi has not healed from her Achilles injury and has thus withdrawn from the 2012 London Olympics. Unbelievable! Before the 2004 Athens Olympics, Kanepi broke her little finger when she fell...
