Results for tag: Francesca Schiavone
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on Dec 20, 2010 at 11:55:26 AM
[b]Walking on Broken Glass[/b]
The most significant moment of 2010 on the WTA Tour didn't happen on a tennis court. It actually took place in a Munich restaurant shortly after Wimbledon. There, fresh from winning her thirteenth Grand Slam singles crown at the All England Club, Serena Williams trod on broken glass.
At first, the injury to her right foot was not thought to be serious, as Serena played an exhibition in Brussels against Kim Clijsters (currently 3.25 favourite on Betfair to win the 2011 Australian Open) in front of 35, 681 people - a world-record crowd for a tennis match. But soon after it became clear that Serena needed surgery and she was forced out of three events, including the U.S. Open. The American tried in vain to return afterwards and then missed the rest of the...
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on Nov 18, 2010 at 12:01:29 PM
[b]It's been a year of ups and downs on the WTA Tour. But what were the most important moments? In the first of a two-part series, Guy McCrea selects five highlights from the opening half of the 2010 season ...[/b]
[b]Things looking up Down Under[/b]
The optimism of January 2010 seems so far away now. With Kim Clijsters (currently priced around 4.7 favourite to win the 2011 Australian Open) and Justine Henin 9.6 both back, Maria Sharapova 15.5 recovered from injury, the Williams sisters as imperious as ever and a crop of youngsters poised to breakthrough, there were genuine hopes that this would be one of the best WTA seasons in living memory. Alas, it didn't quite turn out that way.
For that, we can partly blame Serena Williams 5.3 and Justine Henin for producing such a high-quality...