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Wk.44- What Goes Around Comes Around
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• Mon, Nov 9
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By Todd Spiker(toddspiker@gmail.com) 45 - Serena Williams, USA 45 - Dinara Safina, RUS 45 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS 45 - Elena Dementieva, RUS 45 - Venus Williams, USA 45 - Jelena Jankovic, SRB 25 - Nadia Petrova, RUS 22 - Ana Ivanovic, SRB 18 - Agnieszka Radwanska, POL 5 - Flavi Pennetta, ITA 4 - Maria Sharapova, RUS
The Decade's Best: Players #6-10
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• Sun, Nov 8
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By Todd Spiker(toddspiker@gmail.com) 6. Jennifer Capriati, USA 8. Amelie Mauresmo, FRA 9. Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS 15. Elena Dementieva, RUS 16. Martina Hingis, SUI 19. Dinara Safina, RUS 22. Jelena Jankovic, SRB 25. Patty Schnyder, SUI Kim Clijsters Justine Henin Maria Sharapova Serena Williams Venus Williams
Wk.43- Simply Another Pleat in Her Cape
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• Tue, Nov 3
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By Todd Spiker(toddspiker@gmail.com) MOST SEC TITLES - ACTIVE** 2...Kim Clijsters 2...Justine Henin 2...SERENA WILLIAMS 1...Amelie Mauresmo 1...Maria Sharapova 1...Venus Williams CAREER WTA TITLES - ACTIVE** 41...Justine Henin 41...Venus Williams 35...SERENA WILLIAMS 35...Kim Clijsters 25...Amelie Mauresmo 20...Maria Sharapova
Wk.42- And 2009's "Ms.Backspin"-to-Be is...?
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• Tue, Oct 27
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By Todd Spiker(toddspiker@gmail.com) 4...Dinara Safina (May, 2-2) 2...Elena Dementieva (January, 2-0) 2...Venus Williams (February, 2-0) 2...Flavia Pennetta (July/August, 2-0) 2...Shahar Peer (September, 2-0) 2...Svetlana Kuznetsova (May, 1-1) 2...Caroline Wozniacki (August/September, 1-1) 2...Dinara Safina (January/February, 0-2)
The Decade's Best: Players #11-15
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• Sun, Oct 25
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By Todd Spiker(toddspiker@gmail.com) 15. Elena Dementieva, RUS 16. Martina Hingis, SUI 18. Mary Pierce, FRA 19. Dinara Safina, RUS 20. Daniela Hantuchova, SVK 21. Ana Ivanovic, SRB 22. Jelena Jankovic, SRB 23. Ai Sugiyama, JPN 24. Anastasia Myskina, RUS 25. Patty Schnyder, SUI HONORABLE MENTION- Martina Navratilova, USA
The Decade's Best: Players #21-25
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• Thu, Oct 8
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By Todd Spiker(toddspiker@gmail.com) Jennifer Capriati Kim Clijsters Lindsay Davenport Elena Dementieva Daniela Hantuchova Justine Henin Martina Hingis Liezel Huber Svetlana Kuznetsova Amelie Mauresmo Mary Pierce Lisa Raymond Dinara Safina Maria Sharapova Paola Suarez Serena Williams Venus Williams
Six-foot-Six ≠ 6
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• Mon, Sep 14
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL* 4 Williams/Williams (USA/USA) def. #1 Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) 6-2/6-2 MOST DOUBLES SLAM TITLES - OPEN ERA* 21...Martina Navratilova/Pam Shriver 14...Gigi Fernandez/Natasha Zvereva 9...SERENA WILLIAMS/VENUS WILLIAMS 8...Virginia Ruano-Pascual/Paola Suarez
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US 10.5- Caroline in the City
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• Wed, Sep 9
By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) LONG 2009 WTA WIN STREAKS* 16...Dinara Safina, May-June 15...Elena Dementieva, January @ 15...Flavia Pennetta, July-August 14...Venus Williams, February-April @ 10...CAROLINE WOZNIACKI, AUGUST-CURRENT 10...Serena Williams, January-February # 10...Victoria Azarenka, February-March
US.6- Melanie-in-the-Box
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• Sat, Sep 5
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) 3...USA (Oudin/Williams/Williams) 2...BEL (Clijsters/Wickmayer) 2 Serena Williams 3 Venus Williams 6 Svetlana Kuznetsova 12 Nadia Petrova 24 Daniela Hantuchova NR Kim Clijsters 26 Kim Clijsters, Daniela Hantuchova 28 Serena Williams 29 Francesca Schiavone, Venus Williams
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US.4- A Standing O for Little O'
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• Thu, Sep 3
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) US OPEN= 2008 Ana Ivanovic/SRB (2nd Rd.-Coin/FRA) 2009 Elena Dementieva/RUS (2nd Rd.-Oudin/USA) RG: Elena Dementieva/RUS (3rd Rd.-Stosur/AUS) WI: Maria Sharapova/RUS (2nd Rd.-Dulko/ARG) US: Elena Dementieva/RUS (2nd Rd.-Oudin/USA)
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US.3- Second Verse, (Almost the) Same as the First
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• Wed, Sep 2
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) Bartoli was the Belgian's first opponent in KC II in Cincinnati last month, and the result wasn't pretty. Fresh off defeating Venus Williams in the Stanford final, Bartoli was tentative against Clijsters. Kim wasn't. Clijsters won twelve of the first fifteen points, and took the match 6-4...
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BACKSPIN TIME CAPSULE: 2003 & 2005 U.S. Open
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• Thu, Aug 27
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) 331...Martina Navratilova 209...Martina Hingis 117...JUSTINE HENIN 98...Lindsay Davenport 72...Serena Williams @ 39...Amelie Mauresmo @ 22...Tracy Austin 19...KIM CLIJSTERS @ 18...Jelena Jankovic @ 17...Maria Sharapova @ 17...Jennifer Capriati 12...Ana Ivanovic @ 11...Venus Williams @
Wk.32- The Theory of Chaos and the Effect of Calm
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• Mon, Aug 17
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) 41...Venus Williams, USA [2] 34...Serena Williams, USA [2] 34...Kim Clijsters, BEL 25...Amelie Mauresmo, FRA [1] 19...Maria Sharapova, RUS 13...Elena Dementieva, RUS [2] 12...Dinara Safina, RUS [3] 11...JELENA JANKOVIC, SRB [2] 11...Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS [2] 11...Patty Schnyder, SUI
Wk.29- Take Two... err, three... umm, or is it four?
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• Mon, Jul 27
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) 2009 WTA FINALS** 7...DINARA SAFINA (3-4) 3...Serena Williams (2-1) 3...Elena Dementieva (2-1) 3...Svetlana Kuznetsova (2-1) 3...Venus Williams (2-1) STANFORD, CALIFORNIA USA (Premier $700K/hard)(US OPEN SERIES) SF= S.Williams d. Lisicki Dementieva d. Sharapova FINAL= S.Williams d. Dementieva
Odds & Ends Between London and New York
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• Tue, Jul 7
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) U.S. OPEN - THE EARLY POWER RANKINGS= 1. Serena Williams 2. Victoria Azarenka 3. Maria Sharapova 4. Elena Dementieva 5. Dinara Safina 6. Venus Williams 7. Svetlana Kuznetsova 8. Caroline Wozniacki Wild Card: Sabine Lisicki ALSO THIS WEEK: Grass Court Awards
Mr. European Cool vs. Yankee Doodle Dandy (or, "An English Classic, Pt.II")
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• Sun, Jul 5
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) LADIES' SINGLES FINAL* 2 Serena Williams def. #3 Venus Williams/USA 7-6/6-2 LONG WIMBLEDON FINALS* 4:48 - 2008: Nadal def. Federer 4:16 - 2009: FEDERER def. RODDICK 7...Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal 5...Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras 4...ROGER FEDERER vs. ANDY RODDICK
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W.10- Something Funny Almost Happened on the Way to the Final
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• Thu, Jul 2
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) 14...SERENA WILLIAMS (10-3) 14...VENUS WILLIAMS (7-6) 5...Kim Clijsters (1-4) 4...Maria Sharapova (3-1) 4...Svetlana Kuznetsova (2-2) SLAM FINALS - 2000's* 13...SERENA WILLIAMS (9-3) 13...VENUS WILLIAMS (7-5) 11...Justine Henin (7-4) 5...Lindsay Davenport (1-4) 5...Kim Clijsters (1-4)
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W.7- The New Deal
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• Mon, Jun 29
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) SLAM "ZOMBIE QUEENS"* 2007= WI: Venus Williams, USA 2008= AO: Jelena Jankovic, SRB RG: Dinara Safina, RUS WI: Nicole Vaidisova, CZE US: Jelena Jankovic, SRB 2009= AO: Dinara Safina, RUS RG: Victoria Azarenka, BLR WI: Dinara Safina, RUS
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W.6- Blade Runners, Pt.II
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• Sat, Jun 27
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) US: Maria Sharapova (3r-A.Radwanska) AO: Svetlana Kuznetsova (3r-A.Radwanska) RG: Serena Williams (3r-Srebotnik) WI: Maria Sharapova (2r-Kudryavtseva) US: Ana Ivanovic (2r-Coin) RG: Elena Dementieva (3r-Stosur) WI: Maria Sharapova (2r-Dulko)
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W.5- Blade Runners, Pt.I
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• Fri, Jun 26
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) Showing why she's always been such a frustrating presence on tour, Gisela Dulko couldn't follow up her upset of Maria Sharapova with another win. At least she lost to a capable player in Nadia Petrova, though, and not a player she was favored to defeat, as often occurs the match AFTER a large...
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Wk.7- Too Little Too Late
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• Tue, Feb 24
By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) DUBAI, UAE (Premiere $2m/HO) S: Venus Williams def. Virginie Razzano 6-4/6-2 DOWN: Agnieszka Radwanska/POL & Jelena Jankovic/SRB 2009 WTA FINALS** 3...Elena Dementieva (2-1) 2...Dinara Safina (0-2) Serena Williams - Australian Open MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ-SANCHEZ - BOGOTA
Wk.6- The French Way
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• Sat, Feb 21
By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) CAREER WTA SINGLES TITLES - ACTIVE** 39...Venus Williams, USA 33...Serena Williams, USA 25...AMELIE MAURESMO, FRA 19...Maria Sharapova, RUS ALSO: Davenport-55 2009 WTA SF** 4...Elena Dementieva (2-1 +W) 3...Serena Williams (1-1 +L) 2...Amelie Mauresmo (1-1) 2...Dinara Safina (2-0)
Oz 7- Chaos in the Morning, Drama During the Day and Glory in the Evening... late into the fun night
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• Sat, Jan 17
By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) With Jankovic's loss, the #1 ranking was suddenly up for grabs, with the likes of Serena Williams, Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva within shouting distance of the top spot. Ah, but Safina actually had Cornet just where she wanted her.
Oz 5- Another One Bites the Dust
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• Sun, Jan 11
By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) 2007 Roland Garros RU - lost to Henin 2007 Wimbledon SF - lost to V.Williams 2008 Australian Open RU - lost to Sharapova 2008 ROLAND GARROS CHAMPION - def. SAFINA 2008 Wimbledon 3rd Rd. - lost to Zheng 2009 Australian Open 3rd Rd. - lost to Kleybanova
Odds & Ends Between New York & Doha
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• Fri, Sep 12
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By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) 2002 Kim Clijsters def. Serena Williams 2003 Kim Clijsters def. Amelie Mauresmo 2004 Maria Sharapova def. Serena Williams 2005 Amelie Mauresmo def. Mary Pierce 2006 Justine Henin-Hardenne def. Amelie Mauresmo 2007 Justine Henin def. Maria Sharapova
Wk.1- Act 1, Scene 1 (2008)
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• Thu, Feb 28
By Todd Spiker SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (II-Hard) 07 FINAL: Clijsters d. Jankovic 08 TOP: Henin/Kuznetsova QF: Henin d. Dementieva Srebotnik d. Ivanovic Golovin d. Safina Kuznetsova d. Bartoli SF: Henin d. Srebotnik Kuznetsova d. Golovin F: Henin d. Kuznetsova ALSO: AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUALIFYING (Hard)
Day 3: Re-Introducing the Hardline According to Maria Sharapova
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• Thu, Feb 28
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By Todd Spiker Is this the Australian Open, or Wimbledon? Speaking of, imagine if this little game is still being played come June. The tabloid editors are already dabbing at the drool dripping off their lips. MATCH, "Opinions are like a-- holes, everyone has one -- but you don't HAVE to display them to the...
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BV '08: #1-5
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• Thu, Feb 28
By Todd Spiker 3. Maria Sharapova, RUS 4. Ana Ivanovic, SRB 5. Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS 3. Lindsay Davenport, USA 4. Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS 5. Serena Williams, USA 1. Justine Henin, BEL 2. Nadia Petrova, RUS 2. Venus Williams, USA 1. Maria Sharapova, RUS 2. Justine Henin, BEL
Day 6: Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This
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• Thu, Feb 28
By Todd Spiker Even when he's spent the better part of five hours dangling from the cliff overlooking the graveyard of all-time champions shocked into temporary submission (Hingis at the '99 Wimbledon, Sharapova at last year's US Open, etc.), Federer finds a way to come out on top.