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Caroline Wozniacki debuts Stella McCartney Tennis Ruffle Dress

Post author By Marija
Post date March 13, 2011
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World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki premiered adidas by Stella McCartney Tennis Ruffle Dress in her opening match at Indian Wells. The dress was first showcased as early as during the London Fashion Week last year.

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Color palette is pretty much similar to last year’s Tennis Performance Dress which came in dark gray and white, as Tennis Ruffle Dress exists in blueprint and white. Wozniacki is supposed to wear the blueprint dress at the French Open, while the white version is planned for Wimbledon.

I absolutely love this dress, as well as the rest of Stella’s latest collection following the same color scheme. My least favorite part of the dress would be the collar, but all the other details are beautiful, including the color, the cut, the contrasting coral bra and adidas logo.

The top-seeded Wozniacki reached the Indian Wells third round by defeating American wildcard Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2. Her next opponent will be Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez who will try to extend her perfect record against Wozniacki to 4-0.

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Holder Jelena Jankovic safely through to Indian Wells third round

Post author By Marija
Post date March 12, 2011
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Jelena Jankovic started her title defense well, with a dominant 6-2 6-1 victory over American Coco Vandeweghe. The sixth-seeded Jankovic faced no break points during the entire match, while she broke the error-prone teenager, who was making her debut in the Indian Wells main draw, twice in the first set and three times in the second set.

Next for Jankovic is Julia Goerges, seeded No.32. If Jankovic wins that match and Ana Ivanovic wins in the third round against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, the two Serbs will have an encounter in the fourth round.

All the players that advanced to the third round are known now and most seeded players are through, including Kim Clijsters, Vera Zvonareva and Francesca Schiavone. Only seed No.12 Petra Kvitova and seed No.30 Tsvetana Pironkova lost in the second round on Friday. Kvitova was defeated by Zahlavova Strycova, while Pironkova fell to qualifier Alize Cornet. (photo: Johan Rivera)

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Serena’s condition concerns Clijsters about health dangers from flying

Post author By Marija
Post date March 10, 2011
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When it was revealed that constant flying, especially long flights, played a role in Serena Williams’ potentially deadly blood clots in her lungs, in addition to the complications from her foot surgery, the tennis world was shaken.

As spending time flying is an ever-present part of tennis pros’ lives, tennis star Kim Clijsters got seriously concerned. The reigning US Open and Australian Open champion pointed out how as a healthy athlete you worry about injuries, and you don’t think much about the hazards of frequent flights that your profession requires. Serena’s life-threatening health problem alarmed Kim:

Injuries can happen, but to be close to dying…it opened my eyes and made me even more aware of where we need to be. The toughest part for us is flying all over. It’s very scary. It’s very serious.

Serena is now fine, but her agent, Jill Smoller, said that Serena cannot state the exact date she will come back to the sport.

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Kimiko Date Krumm in beer lookalike commercial

Post author By Marija
Post date March 9, 2011
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Japanese tennis star Kimiko Date Krumm is appearing in a commercial for what seems to be beer, but is actually an “alcohol-free beertaste beverage”. The company behind the product is Kirin Brewery, selling two of the most popular beers in Japan.

Do you think Andrea Petkovic would drink this after a concert on Valentine’s Day? 🙂

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Caroline Wozniacki checks on Serena Williams’ health in LA

Post author By Marija
Post date March 8, 2011
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Serena Williams has been out with foot injury for months and in the midst of announcements of her comeback a piece of news broke out about a serious lung condition that required the tennis star to undergo an emergency treatment.

World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki, the one who took the top spot in the rankings from Serena herself, visited the American at her home in Los Angeles. Wozniacki’s report on Serena’s health is positive, saying that Serena looks good and is in good spirits. However, the threats are not over yet and there are things Serena still needs to check on.

Wozniacki was in LA to do a commercial and now she’s already in Indian Wells, where the $4,500,000 BNP Paribas Open is about to start. Wozniacki is No.1 seed at the tournament and as last year’s runner-up she has a lot of points to defend. If she loses in the second round and Kim Clijsters reaches the fourth round, Clijsters will be No.1 again. Another scenario that would change the top-ranked player is that Clijsters advances to the quarterfinals or better and Wozniacki does not get just as far. (source: Fairways and Forehands)

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It’s a fact, Caroline Wozniacki rightfully reigns No.1 ranking

Post author By David Fearnhead
Post date March 7, 2011
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Women’s tennis fans seem to be divided into two groups: those that think Caroline Wozniacki is true No.1 and those that believe she’s not justifying her status without a Grand Slam title. David Fearnhead, sports writer and the author of “Bailey of the Saints” which is due out in October 2011, is definitely on the Dane’s side and he’s eager to tell you why.

There is a lot of stuff and nonsense currently being spoken about who is the real number one in women’s tennis. I’ve grown a little wearisome at the constant snipping at Caroline Wozniacki by those claiming that her number one ranking should come with some sort of asterisk to indicate she’s not won a Grand Slam. Many claim the best player currently on the women’s tour is Kim Clijsters, but this somewhat defeats the purpose of the WTA Tour.

Clijsters may have been undefeated in Dubai and Doha, but that was only because she didn’t show up – and that is a long way from any sort of victory.

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defends Monterrey Open title

Post author By Marija
Post date March 7, 2011
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Top seed Jelena Jankovic got off to a good start, but it was defending champion and second seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova that prevailed and won the Whirlpool Monterrey Open final 2-6 6-2 6-3. The International-level Mexican event is the tournament where the Russian first triumphed and now she’s managed to retain her crown. Pavlyuchenkova also won the Istanbul Cup last year.

In the semifinals Pavlyuchenkova ended Gisela Dulko’s Mexican winning streak. Dulko had won Acapulco and her quarterfinal win at the Monterrey Open was her eighth straight match win. Other players that the 19-ranked Pavlyuchenkova defeated at the 2011 Monterrey Open include Eleni Danilidou, Melanie Oudin and Greta Arn.

Jankovic was looking for her 13th career title and her first since last year’s Indian Wells, but Pavlyuchenkova only improved her record against the Serb to 2-0. In addition, the sixth-ranked Jankovic now has a negative record in career finals (12-13), while Pavlyuchenkova kept her record in Monterrey perfect (10-0) and her win-loss record in career finals is now 3-0.

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Jelena Dokic claims Malaysian Open title

Post author By Marija
Post date March 6, 2011
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Former world No.4 Jelena Dokic made her comeback to tennis big when she reached the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2009. However, she hardly built up on that, and despite winning five ITF titles, no substantial results can be pointed out from the two-year period. The situation has changed today, when the Australian fought back from a set down to defeat fifth seed Lucie Safarova in the final of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.

Today’s tough 2-6 7-6(9) 6-4 victory ended Dokic’s nine-year title drought. Her previous five career titles came in 2001 and 2002. The 27-year-old’s run to the title included a win over top seed and world No.5 Francesca Schiavone in the first round. Victories over Kurumi Nara, Bojana Jovanovski, Michaella Krajicek and finally Lucie Safarova followed.

The world No.91 Dokic earned $37,000 by winning the International-level event, while Czech Safarova earned $19,000 as a runner-up.

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Jelena Dokic and Lucie Safarova into Kuala Lumpur final

Post author By Marija
Post date March 5, 2011
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At the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Jelena Dokic advanced to her first final in seven years and will try to win her first WTA title since 2002. Her opponent will be fifth seed Lucie Safarova.

The former fourth-ranked Dokic rolled to a 6-2 6-3 victory over Michaella Krajicek in the semifinals. Krajicek was once ranked 30th in the world, but the young Dutch player, still only 22, played her last WTA semifinal in 2006, the year in which she also won two WTA titles. After that year, her last notable result was a Wimbledon quarterfinal in 2007.

Safarova prevented an all-Australian final at the Malaysian Open, beating fourth seed and wildcard Jarmila Groth 6-2 3-6 6-3. Safarova is looking for her first WTA title since 2008 Forest Hills.

World No.91 Dokic and and world No.35 Safarova have a 1-1 head-to-head record. Their single 2011 meeting in Paris Dokic won 4-6 6-3 6-4. (photos: Stephane Martinache, © Neal Trousdale)

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Jelena Dokic beats Bojana Jovanovski for Kuala Lumpur semis

Post author By Marija
Post date March 4, 2011
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World No.91 Jelena Dokic won the promising quarterfinal with eighth seed Bojana Jovanovski to advance to the semifinals of the Malaysian Open where she will play Michaella Krajicek, who had upset third seed and defending champion Alisa Kleybanova in the second round, before taking out Anne Kremer in the quarters.

Australia’s Dokic started the match and it went with serve all the way to 4-4, when the rising Serbian star Jovanovski earned a break to serve for the set. But it was not to be that simple. Dokic broke back, and even though Jovanovski repeated the feat and served for the set once again, leading 6-5, Dokic forced a tiebreak and won it 7-4. The first set alone lasted 1 hour 3 minutes.

The second set was much shorter, though, as Dokic broke the 55th-ranked Jovanovski in the fifth and seventh games to record a 7-6(4) 6-2 victory. Dokic served a total of seven aces, compared to Jovanovski’s one. (photo: twenty90seven)