Aces
World number seven Nadia Petrova has announced that she will be competing at the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida. Amelie Mauresmo is expected to be the top seed. (Defending champ Petrova to return)
The top seventy-five female tennis players in the world are scheduled to play in Florida next month for the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne. (2007 Sony Ericsson Open: World No. 1’s Federer, Sharapova Lead Field at Sony Ericsson Open)
Italy’s Roberta Vinci won her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title yesterday at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia after her opponent, Tathiana Garbin, retired at 6-7(4), 6-4, 0-3 with a stomach illness. (Vinci Captures Maiden Title)
Tatiana Golovin was not feeling well enough to compete at Memphis last week, but she still traveled to the tournament and took part in a children’s clinic and other Tour commitments. (Golovin’s One-Day Memphis Blog)
The WTA Tour may have scored a big victory with equal pay at Wimbledon, but the Pacific Life Open does not even offer the same purse for the ladies draw. Check out this interesting read – you may be surprised to see that the tournament is not at fault. (Pay Equality On The Horizon For Pacific Life Open)
Venus Williams wants to be back inside of the top sixteen by Roland Garros. (Victorious Venus targets return to elite)
Prince’s Synthetic Gut with Duraflex is the number one string used in the tennis industry according to a recent survey. (Prince Has Tennis’ Top String…Yet Again)
The courts at the Crandon Park Tennis Center are getting a makeover for the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne. (Sony Ericsson Open’s Purple Patch)
Matthew Cronin at Tennis Reporters has the latest scoop on the WTA Tour’s modified Roadmap plans. (TennisReporters.net)
Bethanie Mattek, Caroline Wozniacki, Asha Rolle, Lauren Albanese, Anna Tatishvili, Mirjana Lucic, and Lilia Osterloh have received wild cards into the main draw at next month’s Pacific Life Open. (Tennis Week)
Faults
France’s Regis de Camaret, a former coach of Nathalie Tauziat, is in prison because of sexual harassment allegations. (Coach could face rape charges)
Stars on Court Today
Be sure to check out the rest of today’s schedule at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Order of Play page.
DOHA: Sania Mirza vs. Romina Oprandi, Daniela Hantuchova vs. Catalina Castano, Francesca Schiavone vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
ACAPULCO: Emilie Loit vs. Daniela Munoz Gallegos, Julia Schruff vs. Tzipora Obziler
I am unbelievably glad to read in Cronin’s article that Evgenia Linetskaya is back! She really is one of my favs. That poor little girl, can’t imagine what she must have been through. I really wish her all the best. Keep going, Evgenia!!!
Aaress, if you hear anything on her, could you pleeeeease post it?
Hi Alsacienne,
It is great news to hear that Linetskaya is trying to make a comeback. I agree with Cronin – she definitely deserves wild-cards and hopefully we will soon see her in the main draw at a WTA level tournament. I also hope that she was able to deal with the issues with her father over the last couple of seasons.
Sure, if I see anything new about her, I’ll post it.
BTW – if you happen to see anything, feel free to drop me a link!
One more thing – here is the link to her latest results on the ITF’s site.
http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/activity.asp?player=100001877
Apparently, she has been playing futures since the beginning of February.
Thanks!
Sure I’ll let you know if I see something on Evgenia… have to admit that your website is my prime source for tennis news though, so if you don’t write it I won’t know it
Thanks for the kind words!