On the Baseline Tennis News

The Williams sisters’ boycott of Indian Wells will forever be a mark on an otherwise utopian tennis event. Chris Oddo takes a look at the question of whether Venus and Serena will ever return to the desert.

Big names with even bigger games are ready to vie for the title at the BNP Paribas Open. And to think: It’s not even a Grand Slam!

Led by recent champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, a new group of tennis players are charging up the rankings of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Take a look at who you need to start watching from the most dominant nation in tennis.

Buoyed by newfound belief, Svetlana Kuznetsova appears to be more at peace with herself and her game than ever. Is she ready to live up to her potential in 2010?

After a very disappointing first-round loss to Maria Kirilenko in Melbourne, we can’t help but wonder about the future of Sharapova. Tennis fans want to know: Is the glass half empty – and getting emptier?

Adored by the Australian public, popular among her fellow competitors and a great ambassador for the sport, Alicia Molik has her sights set on a comeback.

She played 19 matches in 2009 and won just nine of them – not even half – but the rising British star has the attention of the tennis world, even at the tender age of 15.

Hailing from the Czech Republic, in 2009 at the age of 18, Kvitova bagged her maiden Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title in Hobart by defeating compatriot and seasoned rival Iveta Benesova.

The years 2000-2009 provided fans with many tennis matches that have gone into the annals of history as some of the most memorable of all time. But which one was really the best of the last ten years?

After two years of being dominated by shovers, women’s tennis is welcoming back one of the game’s greatest slicers in the shape of Justine Henin. Journalist Drew Lilley takes a look at how Justine Henin’s return might impact the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

Currently ranked 554th in singles and 585th in doubles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, the young 17-year-old will be itching to pick up points at the start of the new season in January.

Which Sony Ericsson WTA Tour player took top honors as the best female tennis player of the decade? Matt Trollope finishes his countdown at On the Baseline by unveiling his picks for the Top 5 players of this decade.

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn is an 18 year old with an accomplished junior career behind her, ready to leave the chrysalis and spread her wings as a professional.

Several women have built exceptional playing careers during this time and have entertained us with brilliant shotmaking, competitiveness, rivalries, comebacks and triumphs, taking women’s tennis to a level well above what it was 10 years prior.

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will be one of the players whose careers will be put under the unforgiving spotlight next season.